Removing quotes from an INT column allows MySQL to use the index and this can reduce rows scanned by __99.997 percent__. Example from Magento 1.12 on a production database; the query takes nearly a second to execute: ```sql mysql> explain DELETE FROM `catalog_product_index_price` WHERE entity_id IN('433284', 433283)\G; *************************** 1. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: SIMPLE table: catalog_product_index_price type: ALL possible_keys: NULL key: NULL key_len: NULL ref: NULL rows: 773625 Extra: Using where 1 row in set (0.00 sec) ``` This query is much faster: ```sql mysql> explain DELETE FROM `catalog_product_index_price` WHERE entity_id IN(433284, 433283)\G; *************************** 1. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: SIMPLE table: catalog_product_index_price type: range possible_keys: PRIMARY,IDX_CATALOGPRODUCTINDEXPRICE_ENTITYID key: PRIMARY key_len: 4 ref: NULL rows: 19 Extra: Using where 1 row in set (0.00 sec) ``` Incorrectly quoting both INT values produces the same result: ```sql mysql> explain DELETE FROM `catalog_product_index_price` WHERE entity_id IN('433284', '433283')\G; *************************** 1. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: SIMPLE table: catalog_product_index_price type: range possible_keys: PRIMARY,IDX_CATALOGPRODUCTINDEXPRICE_ENTITYID key: PRIMARY key_len: 4 ref: NULL rows: 19 Extra: Using where 1 row in set (0.00 sec) ```