visualização MySQL sempre faz a varredura completa da tabel

Estou tentando otimizar uma consulta que usa uma visão no MySQL 5.1. Parece que, mesmo se eu selecionar uma coluna na exibição, ela sempre faz uma verificação completa da tabela. Esse é o comportamento esperado?

A exibição é apenas um SELECT "Todas as colunas dessas tabelas - NÃO *" para as tabelas que especifiquei na primeira consulta abaix

Esta é a minha explicação de quando seleciono a coluna indexada PromotionID da consulta que compõe a exibição. Como você pode ver, é muito diferente da saída na exibiçã

EXPLAIN SELECT pb.PromotionID FROM PromotionBase pb INNER JOIN PromotionCart pct ON pb.PromotionID = pct.PromotionID INNER JOIN PromotionCode pc ON pb.PromotionID = pc.PromotionID WHERE pc.PromotionCode = '5TAFF312C0NT'\G;
*************************** 1. row ***************************
           id: 1
  select_type: SIMPLE
        table: pc
         type: const
possible_keys: PRIMARY,fk_pc_pb
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 302
          ref: const
         rows: 1
        Extra:
*************************** 2. row ***************************
           id: 1
  select_type: SIMPLE
        table: pb
         type: const
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: const
         rows: 1
        Extra: Using index
*************************** 3. row ***************************
           id: 1
  select_type: SIMPLE
        table: pct
         type: const
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: const
         rows: 1
        Extra: Using index
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

A saída quando seleciono a mesma coisa, mas a partir da visualização

EXPLAIN SELECT vpc.PromotionID FROM vw_PromotionCode vpc  WHERE vpc.PromotionCode = '5TAFF312C0NT'\G;
*************************** 1. row ***************************
           id: 1
  select_type: PRIMARY
        table: <derived2>
         type: ALL
possible_keys: NULL
          key: NULL
      key_len: NULL
          ref: NULL
         rows: 5830
        Extra: Using where
*************************** 2. row ***************************
           id: 2
  select_type: DERIVED
        table: pcart
         type: index
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: NULL
         rows: 33
        Extra: Using index
*************************** 3. row ***************************
           id: 2
  select_type: DERIVED
        table: pb
         type: eq_ref
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pcart.PromotionID
         rows: 1
        Extra:
*************************** 4. row ***************************
           id: 2
  select_type: DERIVED
        table: pc
         type: ref
possible_keys: fk_pc_pb
          key: fk_pc_pb
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pb.PromotionID
         rows: 249
        Extra: Using where
*************************** 5. row ***************************
           id: 3
  select_type: UNION
        table: pp
         type: index
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: pp_p
      key_len: 4
          ref: NULL
         rows: 1
        Extra: Using index
*************************** 6. row ***************************
           id: 3
  select_type: UNION
        table: pb
         type: eq_ref
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pp.PromotionID
         rows: 1
        Extra:
*************************** 7. row ***************************
           id: 3
  select_type: UNION
        table: pc
         type: ref
possible_keys: fk_pc_pb
          key: fk_pc_pb
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pb.PromotionID
         rows: 249
        Extra: Using where
*************************** 8. row ***************************
           id: 4
  select_type: UNION
        table: pcp
         type: index
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: pcp_cp
      key_len: 4
          ref: NULL
         rows: 1
        Extra: Using index
*************************** 9. row ***************************
           id: 4
  select_type: UNION
        table: pb
         type: eq_ref
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pcp.PromotionID
         rows: 1
        Extra:
*************************** 10. row ***************************
           id: 4
  select_type: UNION
        table: pc
         type: ref
possible_keys: fk_pc_pb
          key: fk_pc_pb
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pb.PromotionID
         rows: 249
        Extra: Using where
*************************** 11. row ***************************
           id: 5
  select_type: UNION
        table: ppc
         type: index
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: ppc_pc
      key_len: 4
          ref: NULL
         rows: 1
        Extra: Using index
*************************** 12. row ***************************
           id: 5
  select_type: UNION
        table: pb
         type: eq_ref
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.ppc.PromotionID
         rows: 1
        Extra:
*************************** 13. row ***************************
           id: 5
  select_type: UNION
        table: pc
         type: ref
possible_keys: fk_pc_pb
          key: fk_pc_pb
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pb.PromotionID
         rows: 249
        Extra: Using where
*************************** 14. row ***************************
           id: 6
  select_type: UNION
        table: ppt
         type: index
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: ppt_pt
      key_len: 4
          ref: NULL
         rows: 1
        Extra: Using index
*************************** 15. row ***************************
           id: 6
  select_type: UNION
        table: pb
         type: eq_ref
possible_keys: PRIMARY
          key: PRIMARY
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.ppt.PromotionID
         rows: 1
        Extra:
*************************** 16. row ***************************
           id: 6
  select_type: UNION
        table: pc
         type: ref
possible_keys: fk_pc_pb
          key: fk_pc_pb
      key_len: 4
          ref: readyinteractive.pb.PromotionID
         rows: 249
        Extra: Using where
*************************** 17. row ***************************
           id: NULL
  select_type: UNION RESULT
        table: <union2,3,4,5,6>
         type: ALL
possible_keys: NULL
          key: NULL
      key_len: NULL
          ref: NULL
         rows: NULL
        Extra:
17 rows in set (0.18 sec)

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