作者：阿里云数据库产品事业部
高级技术专家 印风
前言
CTE也就是common table expressions，是SQL标准里的语法，很多数据库都能够支持，MySQL也在8.0版本里加入了CTE功能。本文主要简单的介绍下该语法的用法，由于笔者对server层了解不深，本文不探讨代码层。
CTE与derived table最大的不同之处是
可以自引用，递归使用（recursive cte
在语句级别生成独立的临时表. 多次调用只会执行一次
一个cte可以引用另外一个cte
一个CTE语句其实和CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE类似，但不需要显式的创建或删除，也不需要创建表的权限。更准确的说，CTE更像是一个临时的VIEW
示例
语法：
with_clause:
WITH [RECURSIVE]
cte_name [(col_name [, col_name] ...)] AS (subquery)
[, cte_name [(col_name [, col_name] ...)] AS (subquery)] ...一条语句里可以创建多个cte，用逗号隔开:
WITH cta1 AS (SELECT sum(k) from sbtest1 where id < 100) ,
cta2 AS (SELECT SUM(k) from sbtest2 WHERE id < 100)
SELECT * FROM cta1 JOIN cta2 ;
+----------+----------+
| sum(k) | SUM(k) |
+----------+----------+
| 49529621 | 49840812 |
+----------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
递归CTE示例：
root@sb1 09:41:34>WITH RECURSIVE cte (n) AS
-> (
-> SELECT 1
-> UNION ALL
-> SELECT n + 1 FROM cte WHERE n < 5
-> )
-> SELECT * FROM cte;
+------+
| n |
+------+
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
+------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)递归CTE需要加RECURSIVE关键字，使用Union all来产生结果
SELECT ...定义初始化值，不引用自身, 同时初始化值的列也定义了cte上的列的个数和类型，可以用cast重定义
UNION ALL
SELECT ....返回更多的值，并定义退出循环条件，这里引用了cte自身
其实现类似于：
- non-recursive query block is evaluated, result goes into an internal tmp table
- if no rows, exit
- (A): recursive query block is evaluated over the tmp table's lastly inserted
rows, and it produces new rows which are appended to the tmp table (if UNION
ALL; only distinct not-already-there rows if UNION DISTINCT)
- if the last step didn't produce new rows, exit
- goto (A)递归的部分不可以包含:
Aggregate functions such as SUM()
Window functions
GROUP BY
ORDER BY
LIMIT
DISTINCT再举个典型的斐波拉契数 (Fibonacci Series Generation)
WITH RECURSIVE fibonacci (n, fib_n, next_fib_n) AS
(
SELECT 1, 0, 1
UNION ALL
SELECT n + 1, next_fib_n, fib_n + next_fib_n
FROM fibonacci WHERE n < 10
)
SELECT * FROM fibonacci;
+------+-------+------------+
| n | fib_n | next_fib_n |
+------+-------+------------+
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 9 | 21 | 34 |
| 10 | 34 | 55 |
+------+-------+------------+
10 rows in set (0.00 sec)关于递归的深度，除了自定义推出条件外，为了避免无限递归，也定义了一个系统参数cte_max_recursion_depth来限制深度，默认值为1000:
（延伸阅读：
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_cte_max_recursion_depth）
root@sb1 09:53:31>SELECT @@SESSION.cte_max_recursion_depth;
+-----------------------------------+
| @@SESSION.cte_max_recursion_depth |
+-----------------------------------+
| 1000 |
+-----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
root@sb1 09:53:42>WITH RECURSIVE cte (n) AS ( SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 FROM cte WHERE n < 1001) SELECT * FROM cte;
ERROR 3636 (HY000): Recursive query aborted after 1001 iterations. Try increasing @@cte_max_recursion_depth to a larger value.如何实现
笔者对Server层代码了解不多，这里只做简单的记录
主要提交的代码：https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/4880f977236b5a33acc531bf420d503f9832781b
参考文档
官方文档：https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/with.html
A Definitive Guide To MySQL Recursive CTE：http://www.mysqltutorial.org/mysql-recursive-cte/
An Introduction to MySQL CTE：http://www.mysqltutorial.org/mysql-cte/
MySQL | Recursive CTE (Common Table Expressions)：
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/mysql-recursive-cte-common-table-expressions/
