SQL_NO_CACHE means that the query result is not cached. It does not mean that the cache is not used to answer the query.
You may use RESET QUERY CACHE to remove all queries from the cache and then your next query should be slow again. Same effect if you change the table, because this makes all cached queries invalid.
mysql> select count(*) from users where email = 'hello';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0 |
+----------+
1 row in set (7.22 sec)
mysql> select count(*) from users where email = 'hello';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.45 sec)
mysql> select count(*) from users where email = 'hello';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.45 sec)
mysql> select SQL_NO_CACHE count(*) from users where email = 'hello';
SQL_NO_CACHE means that the query result is not cached. It does not mean that the cache is not used to answer the query.
You may use RESET QUERY CACHE to remove all queries from the cache and then your next query should be slow again. Same effect if you change the table, because this makes all cached queries invalid.
mysql> select count(*) from users where email = 'hello';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0 |
+----------+
1 row in set (7.22 sec)
mysql> select count(*) from users where email = 'hello';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.45 sec)
mysql> select count(*) from users where email = 'hello';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.45 sec)
mysql> select SQL_NO_CACHE count(*) from users where email = 'hello';