loop - ClickHouse Documentation

Syntax

SELECT ... FROM loop(database, table);
SELECT ... FROM loop(database.table);
SELECT ... FROM loop(table);
SELECT ... FROM loop(other_table_function(...));

Arguments

Argument	Description
`database`	database name.
`table`	table name.
`other_table_function(...)`	other table function. Example: `SELECT * FROM loop(numbers(10));` `other_table_function(...)` here is `numbers(10)`.

Returned values

Infinite loop to return query results.

Examples

Selecting data from ClickHouse:

SELECT * FROM loop(test_database, test_table);
SELECT * FROM loop(test_database.test_table);
SELECT * FROM loop(test_table);

Or using other table functions:

SELECT * FROM loop(numbers(3)) LIMIT 7;
   ┌─number─┐
1. │      0 │
2. │      1 │
3. │      2 │
   └────────┘
   ┌─number─┐
4. │      0 │
5. │      1 │
6. │      2 │
   └────────┘
   ┌─number─┐
7. │      0 │
   └────────┘

SELECT * FROM loop(mysql('localhost:3306', 'test', 'test', 'user', 'password'));
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