CREATE TABLE `short_url_cache` ( `short_url` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, `decoded_url` VARCHAR(512) NOT NULL, `hits` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1, `created` INT(11) NOT NULL, `modified` INT(11) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`short_url`) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; -- Maintaining index for cleaning is likely more expensive than occasional full table scan -- ALTER TABLE `short_url_cache` ADD INDEX `short_url_created` (`created`);