SELECT 
  pf.feature_id, 
  pf.company_id, 
  pf.feature_type, 
  pf.parent_id, 
  pf.display_on_product, 
  pf.display_on_catalog, 
  pf.display_on_header, 
  cscart_product_features_descriptions.description, 
  cscart_product_features_descriptions.internal_name, 
  cscart_product_features_descriptions.lang_code, 
  cscart_product_features_descriptions.prefix, 
  cscart_product_features_descriptions.suffix, 
  pf.categories_path, 
  cscart_product_features_descriptions.full_description, 
  pf.status, 
  pf.comparison, 
  pf.position, 
  pf.purpose, 
  pf.feature_style, 
  pf.filter_style, 
  pf.feature_code, 
  pf.timestamp, 
  pf.updated_timestamp 
FROM 
  cscart_product_features AS pf 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_features_descriptions ON cscart_product_features_descriptions.feature_id = pf.feature_id 
  AND cscart_product_features_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  pf.feature_type = 'G' 
  AND (
    pf.feature_id IN ('') 
    OR pf.feature_id NOT IN (
      SELECT 
        parent_id 
      FROM 
        cscart_product_features
    )
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  pf.position, 
  cscart_product_features_descriptions.description

Query time 0.02660

JSON explain

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