MySQL Select and Sort Status Variables This page is a reboot of the original written 15 years ago in 2005. Back then, I must have been using MySQL 4.1 or 5.0. Today, I am using MySQL 8.0.22. A lot changed in MySQL from 4.1 to 8.0, but it still has the same Select_% and Sort_% status variables which are equally important today in 2021. Let’s examine them in greater detail and with better examples.