Usage: /usr/bin/clickhouse-benchmark [options] < queries.txt
Allowed options:
--help produce help message
-q [ --query ] arg
query to execute
-c [ --concurrency ] arg (=1)
number of parallel queries
-d [ --delay ] arg (=1)
delay between intermediate reports in
seconds (set 0 to disable reports)
--stage arg (=complete)
request query processing up to
specified stage: complete,fetch_columns
,with_mergeable_state,with_mergeable_st
ate_after_aggregation,with_mergeable_st
ate_after_aggregation_and_limit
-i [ --iterations ] arg (=0)
amount of queries to be executed
-t [ --timelimit ] arg (=0)
stop launch of queries after specified
time limit
-r [ --randomize ]
randomize order of execution
-h [ --host ] arg list of hosts
--port arg list of ports
--roundrobin Instead of comparing queries for
different --host/--port just pick one
random --host/--port for every query
and send query to it.
--cumulative prints cumulative data instead of data
per interval
-s [ --secure ] Use TLS connection
-u [ --user ] arg (=default)
--password arg
--quota_key arg
--database arg (=default)
--stacktrace print stack traces of exceptions
--confidence arg (=5)
set the level of confidence for T-test
[0=80%, 1=90%, 2=95%, 3=98%, 4=99%,
5=99.5%(default)
--query_id arg
--query_id_prefix arg
--max-consecutive-errors arg (=0)
set number of allowed consecutive
errors
--ignore-error continue testing even if a query fails
--reconnect establish new connection for every
query
--client-side-time
display the time including network
communication instead of server-side
time; note that for server versions
before 22.8 we always display
client-side time
--dialect arg
Which dialect will be used to parse
query
--min_compress_block_size arg
For [MergeTree](../../engines/table-eng
ines/mergetree-family/mergetree.md)
tables. In order to reduce latency when
processing queries, a block is
compressed when writing the next mark
if its size is at least
`min_compress_block_size`. By default,
65,536.
The actual size of the block, if the
uncompressed data is less than
`max_compress_block_size`, is no less
than this value and no less than the
volume of data for one mark.
Let's look at an example. Assume that
`index_granularity` was set to 8192
during table creation.
We are writing a UInt32-type column (4
bytes per value). When writing 8192
rows, the total will be 32 KB of data.
Since min_compress_block_size = 65,536,
a compressed block will be formed for
every two marks.
We are writing a URL column with the
String type (average size of 60 bytes
per value). When writing 8192 rows, the
average will be slightly less than 500
KB of data. Since this is more than
65,536, a compressed block will be
formed for each mark. In this case,
when reading data from the disk in the
range of a single mark, extra data
won't be decompressed.
:::note
This is an expert-level setting, and
you shouldn't change it if you're just
getting started with ClickHouse.
:::
--max_compress_block_size arg
The maximum size of blocks of
uncompressed data before compressing
for writing to a table. By default,
1,048,576 (1 MiB). Specifying a smaller
block size generally leads to slightly
reduced compression ratio, the
compression and decompression speed
increases slightly due to cache
locality, and memory consumption is
reduced.
:::note
This is an expert-level setting, and
you shouldn't change it if you're just
getting started with ClickHouse.
:::
Don't confuse blocks for compression (a
chunk of memory consisting of bytes)
with blocks for query processing (a set
of rows from a table).
--max_block_size arg
In ClickHouse, data is processed by
blocks, which are sets of column parts.
The internal processing cycles for a
single block are efficient but there
are noticeable costs when processing
each block.
The `max_block_size` setting indicates
the recommended maximum number of rows
to include in a single block when
loading data from tables. Blocks the
size of `max_block_size` are not always
loaded from the table: if ClickHouse
determines that less data needs to be
retrieved, a smaller block is
processed.
The block size should not be too small
to avoid noticeable costs when
processing each block. It should also
not be too large to ensure that queries
with a LIMIT clause execute quickly
after processing the first block. When
setting `max_block_size`, the goal
should be to avoid consuming too much
memory when extracting a large number
of columns in multiple threads and to
preserve at least some cache locality.
--max_insert_block_size arg
The size of blocks (in a count of rows)
to form for insertion into a table.
This setting only applies in cases when
the server forms the blocks.
For example, for an INSERT via the HTTP
interface, the server parses the data
format and forms blocks of the
specified size.
But when using clickhouse-client, the
client parses the data itself, and the
'max_insert_block_size' setting on the
server does not affect the size of the
inserted blocks.
The setting also does not have a
purpose when using INSERT SELECT, since
data is inserted using the same blocks
that are formed after SELECT.
The default is slightly more than
`max_block_size`. The reason for this
is that certain table engines
(`*MergeTree`) form a data part on the
disk for each inserted block, which is
a fairly large entity. Similarly,
`*MergeTree` tables sort data during
insertion, and a large enough block
size allow sorting more data in RAM.
--min_insert_block_size_rows arg
Sets the minimum number of rows in the
block that can be inserted into a table
by an `INSERT` query. Smaller-sized
blocks are squashed into bigger ones.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — Squashing disabled.
--min_insert_block_size_bytes arg
Sets the minimum number of bytes in the
block which can be inserted into a
table by an `INSERT` query.
Smaller-sized blocks are squashed into
bigger ones.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — Squashing disabled.
--min_insert_block_size_rows_for_materialized_views arg
Sets the minimum number of rows in the
block which can be inserted into a
table by an `INSERT` query.
Smaller-sized blocks are squashed into
bigger ones. This setting is applied
only for blocks inserted into
[materialized view](../../sql-reference
/statements/create/view.md). By
adjusting this setting, you control
blocks squashing while pushing to
materialized view and avoid excessive
memory usage.
Possible values:
- Any positive integer.
- 0 — Squashing disabled.
**See Also**
- [min_insert_block_size_rows](#min_ins
ert_block_size_rows)
--min_insert_block_size_bytes_for_materialized_views arg
Sets the minimum number of bytes in the
block which can be inserted into a
table by an `INSERT` query.
Smaller-sized blocks are squashed into
bigger ones. This setting is applied
only for blocks inserted into
[materialized view](../../sql-reference
/statements/create/view.md). By
adjusting this setting, you control
blocks squashing while pushing to
materialized view and avoid excessive
memory usage.
Possible values:
- Any positive integer.
- 0 — Squashing disabled.
**See also**
- [min_insert_block_size_bytes](#min_in
sert_block_size_bytes)
--min_external_table_block_size_rows arg
Squash blocks passed to external table
to specified size in rows, if blocks
are not big enough.
--min_external_table_block_size_bytes arg
Squash blocks passed to the external
table to a specified size in bytes, if
blocks are not big enough.
--max_joined_block_size_rows arg
Maximum block size for JOIN result (if
join algorithm supports it). 0 means
unlimited.
--min_joined_block_size_bytes arg
Minimum block size for JOIN result (if
join algorithm supports it). 0 means
unlimited.
--max_insert_threads arg
The maximum number of threads to
execute the `INSERT SELECT` query.
Possible values:
- 0 (or 1) — `INSERT SELECT` no
parallel execution.
- Positive integer. Bigger than 1.
Cloud default value: from `2` to `4`,
depending on the service size.
Parallel `INSERT SELECT` has effect
only if the `SELECT` part is executed
in parallel, see [max_threads](#max_thr
eads) setting.
Higher values will lead to higher
memory usage.
--max_insert_delayed_streams_for_parallel_write arg
The maximum number of streams (columns)
to delay final part flush. Default -
auto (1000 in case of underlying
storage supports parallel write, for
example S3 and disabled otherwise)
--max_final_threads arg
Sets the maximum number of parallel
threads for the `SELECT` query data
read phase with the [FINAL](/sql-refere
nce/statements/select/from#final-modifi
er) modifier.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 or 1 — Disabled. `SELECT` queries
are executed in a single thread.
--max_threads_for_indexes arg
The maximum number of threads process
indices.
--max_threads arg
The maximum number of query processing
threads, excluding threads for
retrieving data from remote servers
(see the 'max_distributed_connections'
parameter).
This parameter applies to threads that
perform the same stages of the query
processing pipeline in parallel.
For example, when reading from a table,
if it is possible to evaluate
expressions with functions, filter with
WHERE and pre-aggregate for GROUP BY in
parallel using at least 'max_threads'
number of threads, then 'max_threads'
are used.
For queries that are completed quickly
because of a LIMIT, you can set a lower
'max_threads'. For example, if the
necessary number of entries are located
in every block and max_threads = 8,
then 8 blocks are retrieved, although
it would have been enough to read just
one.
The smaller the `max_threads` value,
the less memory is consumed.
--use_concurrency_control [=arg(=1)]
Respect the server's concurrency
control (see the `concurrent_threads_so
ft_limit_num` and `concurrent_threads_s
oft_limit_ratio_to_cores` global server
settings). If disabled, it allows using
a larger number of threads even if the
server is overloaded (not recommended
for normal usage, and needed mostly for
tests).
--max_download_threads arg
The maximum number of threads to
download data (e.g. for URL engine).
--max_parsing_threads arg
The maximum number of threads to parse
data in input formats that support
parallel parsing. By default, it is
determined automatically
--max_download_buffer_size arg
The maximal size of buffer for parallel
downloading (e.g. for URL engine) per
each thread.
--max_read_buffer_size arg
The maximum size of the buffer to read
from the filesystem.
--max_read_buffer_size_local_fs arg
The maximum size of the buffer to read
from local filesystem. If set to 0 then
max_read_buffer_size will be used.
--max_read_buffer_size_remote_fs arg
The maximum size of the buffer to read
from remote filesystem. If set to 0
then max_read_buffer_size will be used.
--max_distributed_connections arg
The maximum number of simultaneous
connections with remote servers for
distributed processing of a single
query to a single Distributed table. We
recommend setting a value no less than
the number of servers in the cluster.
The following parameters are only used
when creating Distributed tables (and
when launching a server), so there is
no reason to change them at runtime.
--max_query_size arg
The maximum number of bytes of a query
string parsed by the SQL parser.
Data in the VALUES clause of INSERT
queries is processed by a separate
stream parser (that consumes O(1) RAM)
and not affected by this restriction.
:::note
`max_query_size` cannot be set within
an SQL query (e.g., `SELECT now()
SETTINGS max_query_size=10000`) because
ClickHouse needs to allocate a buffer
to parse the query, and this buffer
size is determined by the
`max_query_size` setting, which must be
configured before the query is
executed.
:::
--interactive_delay arg
The interval in microseconds for
checking whether request execution has
been canceled and sending the progress.
--connect_timeout arg
Connection timeout if there are no
replicas.
--handshake_timeout_ms arg
Timeout in milliseconds for receiving
Hello packet from replicas during
handshake.
--connect_timeout_with_failover_ms arg
The timeout in milliseconds for
connecting to a remote server for a
Distributed table engine, if the
'shard' and 'replica' sections are used
in the cluster definition.
If unsuccessful, several attempts are
made to connect to various replicas.
--connect_timeout_with_failover_secure_ms arg
Connection timeout for selecting first
healthy replica (for secure
connections).
--receive_timeout arg
Timeout for receiving data from the
network, in seconds. If no bytes were
received in this interval, the
exception is thrown. If you set this
setting on the client, the
'send_timeout' for the socket will also
be set on the corresponding connection
end on the server.
--send_timeout arg
Timeout for sending data to the
network, in seconds. If a client needs
to send some data but is not able to
send any bytes in this interval, the
exception is thrown. If you set this
setting on the client, the
'receive_timeout' for the socket will
also be set on the corresponding
connection end on the server.
--tcp_keep_alive_timeout arg
The time in seconds the connection
needs to remain idle before TCP starts
sending keepalive probes
--hedged_connection_timeout_ms arg
Connection timeout for establishing
connection with replica for Hedged
requests
--receive_data_timeout_ms arg
Connection timeout for receiving first
packet of data or packet with positive
progress from replica
--use_hedged_requests [=arg(=1)]
Enables hedged requests logic for
remote queries. It allows to establish
many connections with different
replicas for query.
New connection is enabled in case
existent connection(s) with replica(s)
were not established within
`hedged_connection_timeout`
or no data was received within
`receive_data_timeout`. Query uses the
first connection which send non empty
progress packet (or data packet, if
`allow_changing_replica_until_first_dat
a_packet`);
other connections are cancelled.
Queries with `max_parallel_replicas >
1` are supported.
Enabled by default.
Disabled by default on Cloud.
--allow_changing_replica_until_first_data_packet [=arg(=1)]
If it's enabled, in hedged requests we
can start new connection until
receiving first data packet even if we
have already made some progress
(but progress haven't updated for
`receive_data_timeout` timeout),
otherwise we disable changing replica
after the first time we made progress.
--queue_max_wait_ms arg
The wait time in the request queue, if
the number of concurrent requests
exceeds the maximum.
--connection_pool_max_wait_ms arg
The wait time in milliseconds for a
connection when the connection pool is
full.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — Infinite timeout.
--replace_running_query_max_wait_ms arg
The wait time for running the query
with the same `query_id` to finish,
when the [replace_running_query](#repla
ce_running_query) setting is active.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — Throwing an exception that does
not allow to run a new query if the
server already executes a query with
the same `query_id`.
--kafka_max_wait_ms arg
The wait time in milliseconds for
reading messages from
[Kafka](/engines/table-engines/integrat
ions/kafka) before retry.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — Infinite timeout.
See also:
- [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.o
rg/)
--rabbitmq_max_wait_ms arg
The wait time for reading from RabbitMQ
before retry.
--poll_interval arg
Block at the query wait loop on the
server for the specified number of
seconds.
--idle_connection_timeout arg
Timeout to close idle TCP connections
after specified number of seconds.
Possible values:
- Positive integer (0 - close
immediately, after 0 seconds).
--distributed_connections_pool_size arg
The maximum number of simultaneous
connections with remote servers for
distributed processing of all queries
to a single Distributed table. We
recommend setting a value no less than
the number of servers in the cluster.
--connections_with_failover_max_tries arg
The maximum number of connection
attempts with each replica for the
Distributed table engine.
--s3_strict_upload_part_size arg
The exact size of part to upload during
multipart upload to S3 (some
implementations does not supports
variable size parts).
--azure_strict_upload_part_size arg
The exact size of part to upload during
multipart upload to Azure blob storage.
--azure_max_blocks_in_multipart_upload arg
Maximum number of blocks in multipart
upload for Azure.
--s3_min_upload_part_size arg
The minimum size of part to upload
during multipart upload to S3.
--s3_max_upload_part_size arg
The maximum size of part to upload
during multipart upload to S3.
--azure_min_upload_part_size arg
The minimum size of part to upload
during multipart upload to Azure blob
storage.
--azure_max_upload_part_size arg
The maximum size of part to upload
during multipart upload to Azure blob
storage.
--s3_upload_part_size_multiply_factor arg
Multiply s3_min_upload_part_size by
this factor each time
s3_multiply_parts_count_threshold parts
were uploaded from a single write to
S3.
--s3_upload_part_size_multiply_parts_count_threshold arg
Each time this number of parts was
uploaded to S3, s3_min_upload_part_size
is multiplied by s3_upload_part_size_mu
ltiply_factor.
--s3_max_part_number arg
Maximum part number number for s3
upload part.
--s3_allow_multipart_copy [=arg(=1)]
Allow multipart copy in S3.
--s3_max_single_operation_copy_size arg
Maximum size for single-operation copy
in s3. This setting is used only if
s3_allow_multipart_copy is true.
--azure_upload_part_size_multiply_factor arg
Multiply azure_min_upload_part_size by
this factor each time
azure_multiply_parts_count_threshold
parts were uploaded from a single write
to Azure blob storage.
--azure_upload_part_size_multiply_parts_count_threshold arg
Each time this number of parts was
uploaded to Azure blob storage,
azure_min_upload_part_size is
multiplied by azure_upload_part_size_mu
ltiply_factor.
--s3_max_inflight_parts_for_one_file arg
The maximum number of a concurrent
loaded parts in multipart upload
request. 0 means unlimited.
--azure_max_inflight_parts_for_one_file arg
The maximum number of a concurrent
loaded parts in multipart upload
request. 0 means unlimited.
--s3_max_single_part_upload_size arg
The maximum size of object to upload
using singlepart upload to S3.
--azure_max_single_part_upload_size arg
The maximum size of object to upload
using singlepart upload to Azure blob
storage.
--azure_max_single_part_copy_size arg
The maximum size of object to copy
using single part copy to Azure blob
storage.
--s3_max_single_read_retries arg
The maximum number of retries during
single S3 read.
--azure_max_single_read_retries arg
The maximum number of retries during
single Azure blob storage read.
--azure_max_unexpected_write_error_retries arg
The maximum number of retries in case
of unexpected errors during Azure blob
storage write
--s3_max_unexpected_write_error_retries arg
The maximum number of retries in case
of unexpected errors during S3 write.
--s3_max_redirects arg
Max number of S3 redirects hops
allowed.
--s3_max_connections arg
The maximum number of connections per
server.
--s3_max_get_rps arg
Limit on S3 GET request per second rate
before throttling. Zero means
unlimited.
--s3_max_get_burst arg
Max number of requests that can be
issued simultaneously before hitting
request per second limit. By default
(0) equals to `s3_max_get_rps`
--s3_max_put_rps arg
Limit on S3 PUT request per second rate
before throttling. Zero means
unlimited.
--s3_max_put_burst arg
Max number of requests that can be
issued simultaneously before hitting
request per second limit. By default
(0) equals to `s3_max_put_rps`
--s3_list_object_keys_size arg
Maximum number of files that could be
returned in batch by ListObject request
--s3_use_adaptive_timeouts [=arg(=1)]
When set to `true` than for all s3
requests first two attempts are made
with low send and receive timeouts.
When set to `false` than all attempts
are made with identical timeouts.
--azure_list_object_keys_size arg
Maximum number of files that could be
returned in batch by ListObject request
--s3_truncate_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables truncate before
inserts in s3 engine tables. If
disabled, an exception will be thrown
on insert attempts if an S3 object
already exists.
Possible values:
- 0 — `INSERT` query creates a new
file or fail if file exists and
s3_create_new_file_on_insert is not
set.
- 1 — `INSERT` query replaces
existing content of the file with the
new data.
See more details [here](/integrations/s
3#inserting-data).
--azure_truncate_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables truncate before
insert in azure engine tables.
--s3_create_new_file_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables creating a new file
on each insert in s3 engine tables. If
enabled, on each insert a new S3 object
will be created with the key, similar
to this pattern:
initial: `data.Parquet.gz` ->
`data.1.Parquet.gz` ->
`data.2.Parquet.gz`, etc.
Possible values:
- 0 — `INSERT` query creates a new
file or fail if file exists and
s3_truncate_on_insert is not set.
- 1 — `INSERT` query creates a new
file on each insert using suffix (from
the second one) if s3_truncate_on_inser
t is not set.
See more details [here](/integrations/s
3#inserting-data).
--s3_skip_empty_files [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables skipping empty
files in [S3](../../engines/table-engin
es/integrations/s3.md) engine tables.
Possible values:
- 0 — `SELECT` throws an exception if
empty file is not compatible with
requested format.
- 1 — `SELECT` returns empty result
for empty file.
--azure_create_new_file_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables creating a new file
on each insert in azure engine tables
--s3_check_objects_after_upload [=arg(=1)]
Check each uploaded object to s3 with
head request to be sure that upload was
successful
--azure_check_objects_after_upload [=arg(=1)]
Check each uploaded object in azure
blob storage to be sure that upload was
successful
--s3_allow_parallel_part_upload [=arg(=1)]
Use multiple threads for s3 multipart
upload. It may lead to slightly higher
memory usage
--azure_allow_parallel_part_upload [=arg(=1)]
Use multiple threads for azure
multipart upload.
--s3_throw_on_zero_files_match [=arg(=1)]
Throw an error, when ListObjects
request cannot match any files
--hdfs_throw_on_zero_files_match [=arg(=1)]
Throw an error if matched zero files
according to glob expansion rules.
Possible values:
- 1 — `SELECT` throws an exception.
- 0 — `SELECT` returns empty result.
--azure_throw_on_zero_files_match [=arg(=1)]
Throw an error if matched zero files
according to glob expansion rules.
Possible values:
- 1 — `SELECT` throws an exception.
- 0 — `SELECT` returns empty result.
--s3_ignore_file_doesnt_exist [=arg(=1)]
Ignore absence of file if it does not
exist when reading certain keys.
Possible values:
- 1 — `SELECT` returns empty result.
- 0 — `SELECT` throws an exception.
--hdfs_ignore_file_doesnt_exist [=arg(=1)]
Ignore absence of file if it does not
exist when reading certain keys.
Possible values:
- 1 — `SELECT` returns empty result.
- 0 — `SELECT` throws an exception.
--azure_ignore_file_doesnt_exist [=arg(=1)]
Ignore absence of file if it does not
exist when reading certain keys.
Possible values:
- 1 — `SELECT` returns empty result.
- 0 — `SELECT` throws an exception.
--azure_sdk_max_retries arg
Maximum number of retries in azure sdk
--azure_sdk_retry_initial_backoff_ms arg
Minimal backoff between retries in
azure sdk
--azure_sdk_retry_max_backoff_ms arg
Maximal backoff between retries in
azure sdk
--s3_validate_request_settings [=arg(=1)]
Enables s3 request settings validation.
Possible values:
- 1 — validate settings.
- 0 — do not validate settings.
--s3_disable_checksum [=arg(=1)]
Do not calculate a checksum when
sending a file to S3. This speeds up
writes by avoiding excessive processing
passes on a file. It is mostly safe as
the data of MergeTree tables is
checksummed by ClickHouse anyway, and
when S3 is accessed with HTTPS, the TLS
layer already provides integrity while
transferring through the network. While
additional checksums on S3 give defense
in depth.
--s3_retry_attempts arg
Setting for Aws::Client::RetryStrategy,
Aws::Client does retries itself, 0
means no retries
--s3_request_timeout_ms arg
Idleness timeout for sending and
receiving data to/from S3. Fail if a
single TCP read or write call blocks
for this long.
--s3_connect_timeout_ms arg
Connection timeout for host from s3
disks.
--enable_s3_requests_logging [=arg(=1)]
Enable very explicit logging of S3
requests. Makes sense for debug only.
--s3queue_default_zookeeper_path arg
Default zookeeper path prefix for
S3Queue engine
--s3queue_migrate_old_metadata_to_buckets [=arg(=1)]
Migrate old metadata structure of
S3Queue table to a new one
--s3queue_enable_logging_to_s3queue_log [=arg(=1)]
Enable writing to system.s3queue_log.
The value can be overwritten per table
with table settings
--hdfs_replication arg
The actual number of replications can
be specified when the hdfs file is
created.
--hdfs_truncate_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables truncation before
an insert in hdfs engine tables. If
disabled, an exception will be thrown
on an attempt to insert if a file in
HDFS already exists.
Possible values:
- 0 — `INSERT` query appends new data
to the end of the file.
- 1 — `INSERT` query replaces
existing content of the file with the
new data.
--hdfs_create_new_file_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables creating a new file
on each insert in HDFS engine tables.
If enabled, on each insert a new HDFS
file will be created with the name,
similar to this pattern:
initial: `data.Parquet.gz` ->
`data.1.Parquet.gz` ->
`data.2.Parquet.gz`, etc.
Possible values:
- 0 — `INSERT` query appends new data
to the end of the file.
- 1 — `INSERT` query creates a new
file.
--hdfs_skip_empty_files [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables skipping empty
files in [HDFS](../../engines/table-eng
ines/integrations/hdfs.md) engine
tables.
Possible values:
- 0 — `SELECT` throws an exception if
empty file is not compatible with
requested format.
- 1 — `SELECT` returns empty result
for empty file.
--azure_skip_empty_files [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables skipping empty
files in S3 engine.
Possible values:
- 0 — `SELECT` throws an exception if
empty file is not compatible with
requested format.
- 1 — `SELECT` returns empty result
for empty file.
--hsts_max_age arg
Expired time for HSTS. 0 means disable
HSTS.
--extremes [=arg(=1)]
Whether to count extreme values (the
minimums and maximums in columns of a
query result). Accepts 0 or 1. By
default, 0 (disabled).
For more information, see the section
"Extreme values".
--use_uncompressed_cache [=arg(=1)]
Whether to use a cache of uncompressed
blocks. Accepts 0 or 1. By default, 0
(disabled).
Using the uncompressed cache (only for
tables in the MergeTree family) can
significantly reduce latency and
increase throughput when working with a
large number of short queries. Enable
this setting for users who send
frequent short requests. Also pay
attention to the [uncompressed_cache_si
ze](/operations/server-configuration-pa
rameters/settings#uncompressed_cache_si
ze) configuration parameter (only set
in the config file) – the size of
uncompressed cache blocks. By default,
it is 8 GiB. The uncompressed cache is
filled in as needed and the least-used
data is automatically deleted.
For queries that read at least a
somewhat large volume of data (one
million rows or more), the uncompressed
cache is disabled automatically to save
space for truly small queries. This
means that you can keep the
'use_uncompressed_cache' setting always
set to 1.
--replace_running_query [=arg(=1)]
When using the HTTP interface, the
'query_id' parameter can be passed.
This is any string that serves as the
query identifier.
If a query from the same user with the
same 'query_id' already exists at this
time, the behaviour depends on the
'replace_running_query' parameter.
`0` (default) – Throw an exception
(do not allow the query to run if a
query with the same 'query_id' is
already running).
`1` – Cancel the old query and start
running the new one.
Set this parameter to 1 for
implementing suggestions for
segmentation conditions. After entering
the next character, if the old query
hasn't finished yet, it should be
cancelled.
--max_remote_read_network_bandwidth arg
The maximum speed of data exchange over
the network in bytes per second for
read.
--max_remote_write_network_bandwidth arg
The maximum speed of data exchange over
the network in bytes per second for
write.
--max_local_read_bandwidth arg
The maximum speed of local reads in
bytes per second.
--max_local_write_bandwidth arg
The maximum speed of local writes in
bytes per second.
--stream_like_engine_allow_direct_select [=arg(=1)]
Allow direct SELECT query for Kafka,
RabbitMQ, FileLog, Redis Streams, and
NATS engines. In case there are
attached materialized views, SELECT
query is not allowed even if this
setting is enabled.
--stream_like_engine_insert_queue arg
When stream-like engine reads from
multiple queues, the user will need to
select one queue to insert into when
writing. Used by Redis Streams and
NATS.
--dictionary_validate_primary_key_type [=arg(=1)]
Validate primary key type for
dictionaries. By default id type for
simple layouts will be implicitly
converted to UInt64.
--distributed_insert_skip_read_only_replicas [=arg(=1)]
Enables skipping read-only replicas for
INSERT queries into Distributed.
Possible values:
- 0 — INSERT was as usual, if it will
go to read-only replica it will fail
- 1 — Initiator will skip read-only
replicas before sending data to shards.
--distributed_foreground_insert [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables synchronous data
insertion into a [Distributed](/engines
/table-engines/special/distributed)
table.
By default, when inserting data into a
`Distributed` table, the ClickHouse
server sends data to cluster nodes in
background mode. When
`distributed_foreground_insert=1`, the
data is processed synchronously, and
the `INSERT` operation succeeds only
after all the data is saved on all
shards (at least one replica for each
shard if `internal_replication` is
true).
Possible values:
- 0 — Data is inserted in background
mode.
- 1 — Data is inserted in synchronous
mode.
Cloud default value: `1`.
**See Also**
- [Distributed Table
Engine](/engines/table-engines/special/
distributed)
- [Managing Distributed
Tables](/sql-reference/statements/syste
m#managing-distributed-tables)
--insert_distributed_sync [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables synchronous data
insertion into a [Distributed](/engines
/table-engines/special/distributed)
table.
By default, when inserting data into a
`Distributed` table, the ClickHouse
server sends data to cluster nodes in
background mode. When
`distributed_foreground_insert=1`, the
data is processed synchronously, and
the `INSERT` operation succeeds only
after all the data is saved on all
shards (at least one replica for each
shard if `internal_replication` is
true).
Possible values:
- 0 — Data is inserted in background
mode.
- 1 — Data is inserted in synchronous
mode.
Cloud default value: `1`.
**See Also**
- [Distributed Table
Engine](/engines/table-engines/special/
distributed)
- [Managing Distributed
Tables](/sql-reference/statements/syste
m#managing-distributed-tables)
--distributed_background_insert_timeout arg
Timeout for insert query into
distributed. Setting is used only with
insert_distributed_sync enabled. Zero
value means no timeout.
--insert_distributed_timeout arg
Timeout for insert query into
distributed. Setting is used only with
insert_distributed_sync enabled. Zero
value means no timeout.
--distributed_background_insert_sleep_time_ms arg
Base interval for the
[Distributed](../../engines/table-engin
es/special/distributed.md) table engine
to send data. The actual interval grows
exponentially in the event of errors.
Possible values:
- A positive integer number of
milliseconds.
--distributed_directory_monitor_sleep_time_ms arg
Base interval for the
[Distributed](../../engines/table-engin
es/special/distributed.md) table engine
to send data. The actual interval grows
exponentially in the event of errors.
Possible values:
- A positive integer number of
milliseconds.
--distributed_background_insert_max_sleep_time_ms arg
Maximum interval for the
[Distributed](../../engines/table-engin
es/special/distributed.md) table engine
to send data. Limits exponential growth
of the interval set in the
[distributed_background_insert_sleep_ti
me_ms](#distributed_background_insert_s
leep_time_ms) setting.
Possible values:
- A positive integer number of
milliseconds.
--distributed_directory_monitor_max_sleep_time_ms arg
Maximum interval for the
[Distributed](../../engines/table-engin
es/special/distributed.md) table engine
to send data. Limits exponential growth
of the interval set in the
[distributed_background_insert_sleep_ti
me_ms](#distributed_background_insert_s
leep_time_ms) setting.
Possible values:
- A positive integer number of
milliseconds.
--distributed_background_insert_batch [=arg(=1)]
Enables/disables inserted data sending
in batches.
When batch sending is enabled, the
[Distributed](../../engines/table-engin
es/special/distributed.md) table engine
tries to send multiple files of
inserted data in one operation instead
of sending them separately. Batch
sending improves cluster performance by
better-utilizing server and network
resources.
Possible values:
- 1 — Enabled.
- 0 — Disabled.
--distributed_directory_monitor_batch_inserts [=arg(=1)]
Enables/disables inserted data sending
in batches.
When batch sending is enabled, the
[Distributed](../../engines/table-engin
es/special/distributed.md) table engine
tries to send multiple files of
inserted data in one operation instead
of sending them separately. Batch
sending improves cluster performance by
better-utilizing server and network
resources.
Possible values:
- 1 — Enabled.
- 0 — Disabled.
--distributed_background_insert_split_batch_on_failure [=arg(=1)]
Enables/disables splitting batches on
failures.
Sometimes sending particular batch to
the remote shard may fail, because of
some complex pipeline after (i.e.
`MATERIALIZED VIEW` with `GROUP BY`)
due to `Memory limit exceeded` or
similar errors. In this case, retrying
will not help (and this will stuck
distributed sends for the table) but
sending files from that batch one by
one may succeed INSERT.
So installing this setting to `1` will
disable batching for such batches (i.e.
temporary disables `distributed_backgro
und_insert_batch` for failed batches).
Possible values:
- 1 — Enabled.
- 0 — Disabled.
:::note
This setting also affects broken
batches (that may appears because of
abnormal server (machine) termination
and no `fsync_after_insert`/`fsync_dire
ctories` for [Distributed](../../engine
s/table-engines/special/distributed.md)
table engine).
:::
:::note
You should not rely on automatic batch
splitting, since this may hurt
performance.
:::
--distributed_directory_monitor_split_batch_on_failure [=arg(=1)]
Enables/disables splitting batches on
failures.
Sometimes sending particular batch to
the remote shard may fail, because of
some complex pipeline after (i.e.
`MATERIALIZED VIEW` with `GROUP BY`)
due to `Memory limit exceeded` or
similar errors. In this case, retrying
will not help (and this will stuck
distributed sends for the table) but
sending files from that batch one by
one may succeed INSERT.
So installing this setting to `1` will
disable batching for such batches (i.e.
temporary disables `distributed_backgro
und_insert_batch` for failed batches).
Possible values:
- 1 — Enabled.
- 0 — Disabled.
:::note
This setting also affects broken
batches (that may appears because of
abnormal server (machine) termination
and no `fsync_after_insert`/`fsync_dire
ctories` for [Distributed](../../engine
s/table-engines/special/distributed.md)
table engine).
:::
:::note
You should not rely on automatic batch
splitting, since this may hurt
performance.
:::
--optimize_move_to_prewhere [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables automatic
[PREWHERE](../../sql-reference/statemen
ts/select/prewhere.md) optimization in
[SELECT](../../sql-reference/statements
/select/index.md) queries.
Works only for [*MergeTree](../../engin
es/table-engines/mergetree-family/index
.md) tables.
Possible values:
- 0 — Automatic `PREWHERE`
optimization is disabled.
- 1 — Automatic `PREWHERE`
optimization is enabled.
--optimize_move_to_prewhere_if_final [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables automatic
[PREWHERE](../../sql-reference/statemen
ts/select/prewhere.md) optimization in
[SELECT](../../sql-reference/statements
/select/index.md) queries with
[FINAL](/sql-reference/statements/selec
t/from#final-modifier) modifier.
Works only for [*MergeTree](../../engin
es/table-engines/mergetree-family/index
.md) tables.
Possible values:
- 0 — Automatic `PREWHERE`
optimization in `SELECT` queries with
`FINAL` modifier is disabled.
- 1 — Automatic `PREWHERE`
optimization in `SELECT` queries with
`FINAL` modifier is enabled.
**See Also**
- [optimize_move_to_prewhere](#optimize
_move_to_prewhere) setting
--move_all_conditions_to_prewhere [=arg(=1)]
Move all viable conditions from WHERE
to PREWHERE
--enable_multiple_prewhere_read_steps [=arg(=1)]
Move more conditions from WHERE to
PREWHERE and do reads from disk and
filtering in multiple steps if there
are multiple conditions combined with
AND
--move_primary_key_columns_to_end_of_prewhere [=arg(=1)]
Move PREWHERE conditions containing
primary key columns to the end of AND
chain. It is likely that these
conditions are taken into account
during primary key analysis and thus
will not contribute a lot to PREWHERE
filtering.
--allow_reorder_prewhere_conditions [=arg(=1)]
When moving conditions from WHERE to
PREWHERE, allow reordering them to
optimize filtering
--alter_sync arg
Allows to set up waiting for actions to
be executed on replicas by
[ALTER](../../sql-reference/statements/
alter/index.md), [OPTIMIZE](../../sql-r
eference/statements/optimize.md) or
[TRUNCATE](../../sql-reference/statemen
ts/truncate.md) queries.
Possible values:
- 0 — Do not wait.
- 1 — Wait for own execution.
- 2 — Wait for everyone.
Cloud default value: `0`.
:::note
`alter_sync` is applicable to
`Replicated` tables only, it does
nothing to alters of not `Replicated`
tables.
:::
--replication_alter_partitions_sync arg
Allows to set up waiting for actions to
be executed on replicas by
[ALTER](../../sql-reference/statements/
alter/index.md), [OPTIMIZE](../../sql-r
eference/statements/optimize.md) or
[TRUNCATE](../../sql-reference/statemen
ts/truncate.md) queries.
Possible values:
- 0 — Do not wait.
- 1 — Wait for own execution.
- 2 — Wait for everyone.
Cloud default value: `0`.
:::note
`alter_sync` is applicable to
`Replicated` tables only, it does
nothing to alters of not `Replicated`
tables.
:::
--replication_wait_for_inactive_replica_timeout arg
Specifies how long (in seconds) to wait
for inactive replicas to execute
[ALTER](../../sql-reference/statements/
alter/index.md), [OPTIMIZE](../../sql-r
eference/statements/optimize.md) or
[TRUNCATE](../../sql-reference/statemen
ts/truncate.md) queries.
Possible values:
- 0 — Do not wait.
- Negative integer — Wait for
unlimited time.
- Positive integer — The number of
seconds to wait.
--alter_move_to_space_execute_async [=arg(=1)]
Execute ALTER TABLE MOVE ... TO
[DISK|VOLUME] asynchronously
--load_balancing arg
Specifies the algorithm of replicas
selection that is used for distributed
query processing.
ClickHouse supports the following
algorithms of choosing replicas:
- [Random](#load_balancing-random) (by
default)
- [Nearest hostname](#load_balancing-ne
arest_hostname)
- [Hostname levenshtein
distance](#load_balancing-hostname_leve
nshtein_distance)
- [In order](#load_balancing-in_order)
- [First or random](#load_balancing-fir
st_or_random)
- [Round robin](#load_balancing-round_r
obin)
See also:
- [distributed_replica_max_ignored_erro
rs](#distributed_replica_max_ignored_er
rors)
### Random (by Default)
{#load_balancing-random}
```sql
load_balancing = random
```
The number of errors is counted for
each replica. The query is sent to the
replica with the fewest errors, and if
there are several of these, to anyone
of them.
Disadvantages: Server proximity is not
accounted for; if the replicas have
different data, you will also get
different data.
### Nearest Hostname
{#load_balancing-nearest_hostname}
```sql
load_balancing = nearest_hostname
```
The number of errors is counted for
each replica. Every 5 minutes, the
number of errors is integrally divided
by 2. Thus, the number of errors is
calculated for a recent time with
exponential smoothing. If there is one
replica with a minimal number of errors
(i.e. errors occurred recently on the
other replicas), the query is sent to
it. If there are multiple replicas with
the same minimal number of errors, the
query is sent to the replica with a
hostname that is most similar to the
server's hostname in the config file
(for the number of different characters
in identical positions, up to the
minimum length of both hostnames).
For instance, example01-01-1 and
example01-01-2 are different in one
position, while example01-01-1 and
example01-02-2 differ in two places.
This method might seem primitive, but
it does not require external data about
network topology, and it does not
compare IP addresses, which would be
complicated for our IPv6 addresses.
Thus, if there are equivalent replicas,
the closest one by name is preferred.
We can also assume that when sending a
query to the same server, in the
absence of failures, a distributed
query will also go to the same servers.
So even if different data is placed on
the replicas, the query will return
mostly the same results.
### Hostname levenshtein distance
{#load_balancing-hostname_levenshtein_d
istance}
```sql
load_balancing = hostname_levenshtein_d
istance
```
Just like `nearest_hostname`, but it
compares hostname in a [levenshtein
distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Levenshtein_distance) manner. For
example:
```text
example-clickhouse-0-0
ample-clickhouse-0-0
1
example-clickhouse-0-0
example-clickhouse-1-10
2
example-clickhouse-0-0
example-clickhouse-12-0
3
```
### In Order {#load_balancing-in_order}
```sql
load_balancing = in_order
```
Replicas with the same number of errors
are accessed in the same order as they
are specified in the configuration.
This method is appropriate when you
know exactly which replica is
preferable.
### First or Random {#load_balancing-fi
rst_or_random}
```sql
load_balancing = first_or_random
```
This algorithm chooses the first
replica in the set or a random replica
if the first is unavailable. It's
effective in cross-replication topology
setups, but useless in other
configurations.
The `first_or_random` algorithm solves
the problem of the `in_order`
algorithm. With `in_order`, if one
replica goes down, the next one gets a
double load while the remaining
replicas handle the usual amount of
traffic. When using the
`first_or_random` algorithm, the load
is evenly distributed among replicas
that are still available.
It's possible to explicitly define what
the first replica is by using the
setting `load_balancing_first_offset`.
This gives more control to rebalance
query workloads among replicas.
### Round Robin {#load_balancing-round_
robin}
```sql
load_balancing = round_robin
```
This algorithm uses a round-robin
policy across replicas with the same
number of errors (only the queries with
`round_robin` policy is accounted).
--load_balancing_first_offset arg
Which replica to preferably send a
query when FIRST_OR_RANDOM load
balancing strategy is used.
--totals_mode arg
How to calculate TOTALS when HAVING is
present, as well as when
max_rows_to_group_by and
group_by_overflow_mode = 'any' are
present.
See the section "WITH TOTALS modifier".
--totals_auto_threshold arg
The threshold for `totals_mode =
'auto'`.
See the section "WITH TOTALS modifier".
--allow_suspicious_low_cardinality_types [=arg(=1)]
Allows or restricts using
[LowCardinality](../../sql-reference/da
ta-types/lowcardinality.md) with data
types with fixed size of 8 bytes or
less: numeric data types and
`FixedString(8_bytes_or_less)`.
For small fixed values using of
`LowCardinality` is usually
inefficient, because ClickHouse stores
a numeric index for each row. As a
result:
- Disk space usage can rise.
- RAM consumption can be higher,
depending on a dictionary size.
- Some functions can work slower due to
extra coding/encoding operations.
Merge times in [MergeTree](../../engine
s/table-engines/mergetree-family/merget
ree.md)-engine tables can grow due to
all the reasons described above.
Possible values:
- 1 — Usage of `LowCardinality` is
not restricted.
- 0 — Usage of `LowCardinality` is
restricted.
--allow_suspicious_fixed_string_types [=arg(=1)]
In CREATE TABLE statement allows
creating columns of type FixedString(n)
with n > 256. FixedString with length
>= 256 is suspicious and most likely
indicates a misuse
--allow_suspicious_indices [=arg(=1)]
Reject primary/secondary indexes and
sorting keys with identical expressions
--allow_suspicious_ttl_expressions [=arg(=1)]
Reject TTL expressions that don't
depend on any of table's columns. It
indicates a user error most of the
time.
--allow_suspicious_variant_types [=arg(=1)]
In CREATE TABLE statement allows
specifying Variant type with similar
variant types (for example, with
different numeric or date types).
Enabling this setting may introduce
some ambiguity when working with values
with similar types.
--allow_suspicious_primary_key [=arg(=1)]
Allow suspicious `PRIMARY KEY`/`ORDER
BY` for MergeTree (i.e.
SimpleAggregateFunction).
--allow_suspicious_types_in_group_by [=arg(=1)]
Allows or restricts using
[Variant](../../sql-reference/data-type
s/variant.md) and [Dynamic](../../sql-r
eference/data-types/dynamic.md) types
in GROUP BY keys.
--allow_suspicious_types_in_order_by [=arg(=1)]
Allows or restricts using
[Variant](../../sql-reference/data-type
s/variant.md) and [Dynamic](../../sql-r
eference/data-types/dynamic.md) types
in ORDER BY keys.
--allow_not_comparable_types_in_order_by [=arg(=1)]
Allows or restricts using not
comparable types (like
JSON/Object/AggregateFunction) in ORDER
BY keys.
--allow_not_comparable_types_in_comparison_functions [=arg(=1)]
Allows or restricts using not
comparable types (like
JSON/Object/AggregateFunction) in
comparison functions
`equal/less/greater/etc`.
--compile_expressions [=arg(=1)]
Compile some scalar functions and
operators to native code. Due to a bug
in the LLVM compiler infrastructure, on
AArch64 machines, it is known to lead
to a nullptr dereference and,
consequently, server crash. Do not
enable this setting.
--min_count_to_compile_expression arg
Minimum count of executing same
expression before it is get compiled.
--compile_aggregate_expressions [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables JIT-compilation of
aggregate functions to native code.
Enabling this setting can improve the
performance.
Possible values:
- 0 — Aggregation is done without JIT
compilation.
- 1 — Aggregation is done using JIT
compilation.
**See Also**
- [min_count_to_compile_aggregate_expre
ssion](#min_count_to_compile_aggregate_
expression)
--min_count_to_compile_aggregate_expression arg
The minimum number of identical
aggregate expressions to start
JIT-compilation. Works only if the
[compile_aggregate_expressions](#compil
e_aggregate_expressions) setting is
enabled.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — Identical aggregate expressions
are always JIT-compiled.
--compile_sort_description [=arg(=1)]
Compile sort description to native
code.
--min_count_to_compile_sort_description arg
The number of identical sort
descriptions before they are
JIT-compiled
--group_by_two_level_threshold arg
From what number of keys, a two-level
aggregation starts. 0 - the threshold
is not set.
--group_by_two_level_threshold_bytes arg
From what size of the aggregation state
in bytes, a two-level aggregation
begins to be used. 0 - the threshold is
not set. Two-level aggregation is used
when at least one of the thresholds is
triggered.
--distributed_aggregation_memory_efficient [=arg(=1)]
Is the memory-saving mode of
distributed aggregation enabled.
--aggregation_memory_efficient_merge_threads arg
Number of threads to use for merge
intermediate aggregation results in
memory efficient mode. When bigger,
then more memory is consumed. 0 means -
same as 'max_threads'.
--enable_memory_bound_merging_of_aggregation_results [=arg(=1)]
Enable memory bound merging strategy
for aggregation.
--enable_positional_arguments [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables supporting
positional arguments for [GROUP
BY](/sql-reference/statements/select/gr
oup-by), [LIMIT BY](../../sql-reference
/statements/select/limit-by.md), [ORDER
BY](../../sql-reference/statements/sele
ct/order-by.md) statements.
Possible values:
- 0 — Positional arguments aren't
supported.
- 1 — Positional arguments are
supported: column numbers can use
instead of column names.
**Example**
Query:
```sql
CREATE TABLE positional_arguments(one
Int, two Int, three Int)
ENGINE=Memory();
INSERT INTO positional_arguments VALUES
(10, 20, 30), (20, 20, 10), (30, 10,
20);
SELECT * FROM positional_arguments
ORDER BY 2,3;
```
Result:
```text
┌─one─┬─two─┬─three─�
�
│ 30 │ 10 │ 20 │
│ 20 │ 20 │ 10 │
│ 10 │ 20 │ 30 │
└─────┴─────┴
───────┘
```
--enable_extended_results_for_datetime_functions [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables returning results
of type:
- `Date32` with extended range
(compared to type `Date`) for functions
[toStartOfYear](../../sql-reference/fun
ctions/date-time-functions.md/#tostarto
fyear), [toStartOfISOYear](../../sql-re
ference/functions/date-time-functions.m
d/#tostartofisoyear),
[toStartOfQuarter](../../sql-reference/
functions/date-time-functions.md/#tosta
rtofquarter), [toStartOfMonth](../../sq
l-reference/functions/date-time-functio
ns.md/#tostartofmonth),
[toLastDayOfMonth](../../sql-reference/
functions/date-time-functions.md/#tolas
tdayofmonth), [toStartOfWeek](../../sql
-reference/functions/date-time-function
s.md/#tostartofweek),
[toLastDayOfWeek](../../sql-reference/f
unctions/date-time-functions.md/#tolast
dayofweek) and [toMonday](../../sql-ref
erence/functions/date-time-functions.md
/#tomonday).
- `DateTime64` with extended range
(compared to type `DateTime`) for
functions [toStartOfDay](../../sql-refe
rence/functions/date-time-functions.md/
#tostartofday), [toStartOfHour](../../s
ql-reference/functions/date-time-functi
ons.md/#tostartofhour),
[toStartOfMinute](../../sql-reference/f
unctions/date-time-functions.md/#tostar
tofminute), [toStartOfFiveMinutes](../.
./sql-reference/functions/date-time-fun
ctions.md/#tostartoffiveminutes),
[toStartOfTenMinutes](../../sql-referen
ce/functions/date-time-functions.md/#to
startoftenminutes), [toStartOfFifteenMi
nutes](../../sql-reference/functions/da
te-time-functions.md/#tostartoffifteenm
inutes) and [timeSlot](../../sql-refere
nce/functions/date-time-functions.md/#t
imeslot).
Possible values:
- 0 — Functions return `Date` or
`DateTime` for all types of arguments.
- 1 — Functions return `Date32` or
`DateTime64` for `Date32` or
`DateTime64` arguments and `Date` or
`DateTime` otherwise.
--allow_nonconst_timezone_arguments [=arg(=1)]
Allow non-const timezone arguments in
certain time-related functions like
toTimeZone(), fromUnixTimestamp*(),
snowflakeToDateTime*()
--function_locate_has_mysql_compatible_argument_order [=arg(=1)]
Controls the order of arguments in
function [locate](../../sql-reference/f
unctions/string-search-functions.md/#lo
cate).
Possible values:
- 0 — Function `locate` accepts
arguments `(haystack, needle[,
start_pos])`.
- 1 — Function `locate` accepts
arguments `(needle, haystack, [,
start_pos])` (MySQL-compatible
behavior)
--group_by_use_nulls [=arg(=1)]
Changes the way the [GROUP BY
clause](/sql-reference/statements/selec
t/group-by) treats the types of
aggregation keys.
When the `ROLLUP`, `CUBE`, or `GROUPING
SETS` specifiers are used, some
aggregation keys may not be used to
produce some result rows.
Columns for these keys are filled with
either default value or `NULL` in
corresponding rows depending on this
setting.
Possible values:
- 0 — The default value for the
aggregation key type is used to produce
missing values.
- 1 — ClickHouse executes `GROUP BY`
the same way as the SQL standard says.
The types of aggregation keys are
converted to [Nullable](/sql-reference/
data-types/nullable). Columns for
corresponding aggregation keys are
filled with [NULL](/sql-reference/synta
x#null) for rows that didn't use it.
See also:
- [GROUP BY clause](/sql-reference/stat
ements/select/group-by)
--skip_unavailable_shards [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables silently skipping
of unavailable shards.
Shard is considered unavailable if all
its replicas are unavailable. A replica
is unavailable in the following cases:
- ClickHouse can't connect to replica
for any reason.
When connecting to a replica,
ClickHouse performs several attempts.
If all these attempts fail, the replica
is considered unavailable.
- Replica can't be resolved through
DNS.
If replica's hostname can't be
resolved through DNS, it can indicate
the following situations:
- Replica's host has no DNS record.
It can occur in systems with dynamic
DNS, for example, [Kubernetes](https://
kubernetes.io), where nodes can be
unresolvable during downtime, and this
is not an error.
- Configuration error. ClickHouse
configuration file contains a wrong
hostname.
Possible values:
- 1 — skipping enabled.
If a shard is unavailable,
ClickHouse returns a result based on
partial data and does not report node
availability issues.
- 0 — skipping disabled.
If a shard is unavailable,
ClickHouse throws an exception.
--parallel_distributed_insert_select arg
Enables parallel distributed `INSERT
... SELECT` query.
If we execute `INSERT INTO
distributed_table_a SELECT ... FROM
distributed_table_b` queries and both
tables use the same cluster, and both
tables are either [replicated](../../en
gines/table-engines/mergetree-family/re
plication.md) or non-replicated, then
this query is processed locally on
every shard.
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled.
- 1 — `SELECT` will be executed on
each shard from the underlying table of
the distributed engine.
- 2 — `SELECT` and `INSERT` will be
executed on each shard from/to the
underlying table of the distributed
engine.
--distributed_group_by_no_merge arg
Do not merge aggregation states from
different servers for distributed query
processing, you can use this in case it
is for certain that there are different
keys on different shards
Possible values:
- `0` — Disabled (final query
processing is done on the initiator
node).
- `1` - Do not merge aggregation states
from different servers for distributed
query processing (query completely
processed on the shard, initiator only
proxy the data), can be used in case it
is for certain that there are different
keys on different shards.
- `2` - Same as `1` but applies `ORDER
BY` and `LIMIT` (it is not possible
when the query processed completely on
the remote node, like for
`distributed_group_by_no_merge=1`) on
the initiator (can be used for queries
with `ORDER BY` and/or `LIMIT`).
**Example**
```sql
SELECT *
FROM remote('127.0.0.{2,3}',
system.one)
GROUP BY dummy
LIMIT 1
SETTINGS distributed_group_by_no_merge
= 1
FORMAT PrettyCompactMonoBlock
┌─dummy─┐
│ 0 │
│ 0 │
└───────┘
```
```sql
SELECT *
FROM remote('127.0.0.{2,3}',
system.one)
GROUP BY dummy
LIMIT 1
SETTINGS distributed_group_by_no_merge
= 2
FORMAT PrettyCompactMonoBlock
┌─dummy─┐
│ 0 │
└───────┘
```
--distributed_push_down_limit arg
Enables or disables [LIMIT](#limit)
applying on each shard separately.
This will allow to avoid:
- Sending extra rows over network;
- Processing rows behind the limit on
the initiator.
Starting from 21.9 version you cannot
get inaccurate results anymore, since
`distributed_push_down_limit` changes
query execution only if at least one of
the conditions met:
- [distributed_group_by_no_merge](#dist
ributed_group_by_no_merge) > 0.
- Query **does not have** `GROUP
BY`/`DISTINCT`/`LIMIT BY`, but it has
`ORDER BY`/`LIMIT`.
- Query **has** `GROUP
BY`/`DISTINCT`/`LIMIT BY` with `ORDER
BY`/`LIMIT` and:
- [optimize_skip_unused_shards](#op
timize_skip_unused_shards) is enabled.
- [optimize_distributed_group_by_sh
arding_key](#optimize_distributed_group
_by_sharding_key) is enabled.
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled.
- 1 — Enabled.
See also:
- [distributed_group_by_no_merge](#dist
ributed_group_by_no_merge)
- [optimize_skip_unused_shards](#optimi
ze_skip_unused_shards)
- [optimize_distributed_group_by_shardi
ng_key](#optimize_distributed_group_by_
sharding_key)
--optimize_distributed_group_by_sharding_key [=arg(=1)]
Optimize `GROUP BY sharding_key`
queries, by avoiding costly aggregation
on the initiator server (which will
reduce memory usage for the query on
the initiator server).
The following types of queries are
supported (and all combinations of
them):
- `SELECT DISTINCT [...,
]sharding_key[, ...] FROM dist`
- `SELECT ... FROM dist GROUP BY
sharding_key[, ...]`
- `SELECT ... FROM dist GROUP BY
sharding_key[, ...] ORDER BY x`
- `SELECT ... FROM dist GROUP BY
sharding_key[, ...] LIMIT 1`
- `SELECT ... FROM dist GROUP BY
sharding_key[, ...] LIMIT 1 BY x`
The following types of queries are not
supported (support for some of them may
be added later):
- `SELECT ... GROUP BY sharding_key[,
...] WITH TOTALS`
- `SELECT ... GROUP BY sharding_key[,
...] WITH ROLLUP`
- `SELECT ... GROUP BY sharding_key[,
...] WITH CUBE`
- `SELECT ... GROUP BY sharding_key[,
...] SETTINGS extremes=1`
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled.
- 1 — Enabled.
See also:
- [distributed_group_by_no_merge](#dist
ributed_group_by_no_merge)
- [distributed_push_down_limit](#distri
buted_push_down_limit)
- [optimize_skip_unused_shards](#optimi
ze_skip_unused_shards)
:::note
Right now it requires
`optimize_skip_unused_shards` (the
reason behind this is that one day it
may be enabled by default, and it will
work correctly only if data was
inserted via Distributed table, i.e.
data is distributed according to
sharding_key).
:::
--optimize_skip_unused_shards_limit arg
Limit for number of sharding key
values, turns off `optimize_skip_unused
_shards` if the limit is reached.
Too many values may require significant
amount for processing, while the
benefit is doubtful, since if you have
huge number of values in `IN (...)`,
then most likely the query will be sent
to all shards anyway.
--optimize_skip_unused_shards [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables skipping of unused
shards for [SELECT](../../sql-reference
/statements/select/index.md) queries
that have sharding key condition in
`WHERE/PREWHERE` (assuming that the
data is distributed by sharding key,
otherwise a query yields incorrect
result).
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled.
- 1 — Enabled.
--optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in [=arg(=1)]
Rewrite IN in query for remote shards
to exclude values that does not belong
to the shard (requires
optimize_skip_unused_shards).
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled.
- 1 — Enabled.
--allow_nondeterministic_optimize_skip_unused_shards [=arg(=1)]
Allow nondeterministic (like `rand` or
`dictGet`, since later has some caveats
with updates) functions in sharding
key.
Possible values:
- 0 — Disallowed.
- 1 — Allowed.
--force_optimize_skip_unused_shards arg
Enables or disables query execution if
[optimize_skip_unused_shards](#optimize
_skip_unused_shards) is enabled and
skipping of unused shards is not
possible. If the skipping is not
possible and the setting is enabled, an
exception will be thrown.
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled. ClickHouse does not
throw an exception.
- 1 — Enabled. Query execution is
disabled only if the table has a
sharding key.
- 2 — Enabled. Query execution is
disabled regardless of whether a
sharding key is defined for the table.
--optimize_skip_unused_shards_nesting arg
Controls [`optimize_skip_unused_shards`
](#optimize_skip_unused_shards) (hence
still requires [`optimize_skip_unused_s
hards`](#optimize_skip_unused_shards))
depends on the nesting level of the
distributed query (case when you have
`Distributed` table that look into
another `Distributed` table).
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled, `optimize_skip_unused
_shards` works always.
- 1 — Enables `optimize_skip_unused_s
hards` only for the first level.
- 2 — Enables `optimize_skip_unused_s
hards` up to the second level.
--force_optimize_skip_unused_shards_nesting arg
Controls [`force_optimize_skip_unused_s
hards`](#force_optimize_skip_unused_sha
rds) (hence still requires
[`force_optimize_skip_unused_shards`](#
force_optimize_skip_unused_shards))
depends on the nesting level of the
distributed query (case when you have
`Distributed` table that look into
another `Distributed` table).
Possible values:
- 0 - Disabled, `force_optimize_skip_un
used_shards` works always.
- 1 — Enables `force_optimize_skip_un
used_shards` only for the first level.
- 2 — Enables `force_optimize_skip_un
used_shards` up to the second level.
--input_format_parallel_parsing [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables order-preserving
parallel parsing of data formats.
Supported only for [TSV](../../interfac
es/formats.md/#tabseparated),
[TSKV](../../interfaces/formats.md/#tsk
v), [CSV](../../interfaces/formats.md/#
csv) and [JSONEachRow](../../interfaces
/formats.md/#jsoneachrow) formats.
Possible values:
- 1 — Enabled.
- 0 — Disabled.
--min_chunk_bytes_for_parallel_parsing arg
- Type: unsigned int
- Default value: 1 MiB
The minimum chunk size in bytes, which
each thread will parse in parallel.
--output_format_parallel_formatting [=arg(=1)]
Enables or disables parallel formatting
of data formats. Supported only for
[TSV](../../interfaces/formats.md/#tabs
eparated), [TSKV](../../interfaces/form
ats.md/#tskv), [CSV](../../interfaces/f
ormats.md/#csv) and [JSONEachRow](../..
/interfaces/formats.md/#jsoneachrow)
formats.
Possible values:
- 1 — Enabled.
- 0 — Disabled.
--output_format_compression_level arg
Default compression level if query
output is compressed. The setting is
applied when `SELECT` query has `INTO
OUTFILE` or when writing to table
functions `file`, `url`, `hdfs`, `s3`,
or `azureBlobStorage`.
Possible values: from `1` to `22`
--output_format_compression_zstd_window_log arg
Can be used when the output compression
method is `zstd`. If greater than `0`,
this setting explicitly sets
compression window size (power of `2`)
and enables a long-range mode for zstd
compression. This can help to achieve a
better compression ratio.
Possible values: non-negative numbers.
Note that if the value is too small or
too big, `zstdlib` will throw an
exception. Typical values are from `20`
(window size = `1MB`) to `30` (window
size = `1GB`).
--enable_parsing_to_custom_serialization [=arg(=1)]
If true then data can be parsed
directly to columns with custom
serialization (e.g. Sparse) according
to hints for serialization got from the
table.
--merge_tree_use_v1_object_and_dynamic_serialization [=arg(=1)]
When enabled, V1 serialization version
of JSON and Dynamic types will be used
in MergeTree instead of V2. Changing
this setting takes affect only after
server restart.
--merge_tree_min_rows_for_concurrent_read arg
If the number of rows to be read from a
file of a [MergeTree](../../engines/tab
le-engines/mergetree-family/mergetree.m
d) table exceeds `merge_tree_min_rows_f
or_concurrent_read` then ClickHouse
tries to perform a concurrent reading
from this file on several threads.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
--merge_tree_min_bytes_for_concurrent_read arg
If the number of bytes to read from one
file of a [MergeTree](../../engines/tab
le-engines/mergetree-family/mergetree.m
d)-engine table exceeds
`merge_tree_min_bytes_for_concurrent_re
ad`, then ClickHouse tries to
concurrently read from this file in
several threads.
Possible value:
- Positive integer.
--merge_tree_min_rows_for_seek arg
If the distance between two data blocks
to be read in one file is less than
`merge_tree_min_rows_for_seek` rows,
then ClickHouse does not seek through
the file but reads the data
sequentially.
Possible values:
- Any positive integer.
--merge_tree_min_bytes_for_seek arg
If the distance between two data blocks
to be read in one file is less than
`merge_tree_min_bytes_for_seek` bytes,
then ClickHouse sequentially reads a
range of file that contains both
blocks, thus avoiding extra seek.
Possible values:
- Any positive integer.
--merge_tree_coarse_index_granularity arg
When searching for data, ClickHouse
checks the data marks in the index
file. If ClickHouse finds that required
keys are in some range, it divides this
range into `merge_tree_coarse_index_gra
nularity` subranges and searches the
required keys there recursively.
Possible values:
- Any positive even integer.
--merge_tree_max_rows_to_use_cache arg
If ClickHouse should read more than
`merge_tree_max_rows_to_use_cache` rows
in one query, it does not use the cache
of uncompressed blocks.
The cache of uncompressed blocks stores
data extracted for queries. ClickHouse
uses this cache to speed up responses
to repeated small queries. This setting
protects the cache from trashing by
queries that read a large amount of
data. The [uncompressed_cache_size](/op
erations/server-configuration-parameter
s/settings#uncompressed_cache_size)
server setting defines the size of the
cache of uncompressed blocks.
Possible values:
- Any positive integer.
--merge_tree_max_bytes_to_use_cache arg
If ClickHouse should read more than
`merge_tree_max_bytes_to_use_cache`
bytes in one query, it does not use the
cache of uncompressed blocks.
The cache of uncompressed blocks stores
data extracted for queries. ClickHouse
uses this cache to speed up responses
to repeated small queries. This setting
protects the cache from trashing by
queries that read a large amount of
data. The [uncompressed_cache_size](/op
erations/server-configuration-parameter
s/settings#uncompressed_cache_size)
server setting defines the size of the
cache of uncompressed blocks.
Possible values:
- Any positive integer.
--merge_tree_use_deserialization_prefixes_cache [=arg(=1)]
Enables caching of columns metadata
from the file prefixes during reading
from Wide parts in MergeTree.
--merge_tree_use_prefixes_deserialization_thread_pool [=arg(=1)]
Enables usage of the thread pool for
parallel prefixes reading in Wide parts
in MergeTree. Size of that thread pool
is controlled by server setting
`max_prefixes_deserialization_thread_po
ol_size`.
--do_not_merge_across_partitions_select_final [=arg(=1)]
Merge parts only in one partition in
select final
--split_parts_ranges_into_intersecting_and_non_intersecting_final [=arg(=1)]
Split parts ranges into intersecting
and non intersecting during FINAL
optimization
--split_intersecting_parts_ranges_into_layers_final [=arg(=1)]
Split intersecting parts ranges into
layers during FINAL optimization
--mysql_max_rows_to_insert arg
The maximum number of rows in MySQL
batch insertion of the MySQL storage
engine
--mysql_map_string_to_text_in_show_columns [=arg(=1)]
When enabled, [String](../../sql-refere
nce/data-types/string.md) ClickHouse
data type will be displayed as `TEXT`
in [SHOW COLUMNS](../../sql-reference/s
tatements/show.md/#show_columns).
Has an effect only when the connection
is made through the MySQL wire
protocol.
- 0 - Use `BLOB`.
- 1 - Use `TEXT`.
--mysql_map_fixed_string_to_text_in_show_columns [=arg(=1)]
When enabled, [FixedString](../../sql-r
eference/data-types/fixedstring.md)
ClickHouse data type will be displayed
as `TEXT` in [SHOW COLUMNS](../../sql-r
eference/statements/show.md/#show_colum
ns).
Has an effect only when the connection
is made through the MySQL wire
protocol.
- 0 - Use `BLOB`.
- 1 - Use `TEXT`.
--optimize_min_equality_disjunction_chain_length arg
The minimum length of the expression
`expr = x1 OR ... expr = xN` for
optimization
--optimize_min_inequality_conjunction_chain_length arg
The minimum length of the expression
`expr <> x1 AND ... expr <> xN` for
optimization
--min_bytes_to_use_direct_io arg
The minimum data volume required for
using direct I/O access to the storage
disk.
ClickHouse uses this setting when
reading data from tables. If the total
storage volume of all the data to be
read exceeds `min_bytes_to_use_direct_i
o` bytes, then ClickHouse reads the
data from the storage disk with the
`O_DIRECT` option.
Possible values:
- 0 — Direct I/O is disabled.
- Positive integer.
--min_bytes_to_use_mmap_io arg
This is an experimental setting. Sets
the minimum amount of memory for
reading large files without copying
data from the kernel to userspace.
Recommended threshold is about 64 MB,
because [mmap/munmap](https://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/Mmap) is slow. It makes
sense only for large files and helps
only if data reside in the page cache.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — Big files read with only
copying data from kernel to userspace.
--checksum_on_read [=arg(=1)]
Validate checksums on reading. It is
enabled by default and should be always
enabled in production. Please do not
expect any benefits in disabling this
setting. It may only be used for
experiments and benchmarks. The setting
is only applicable for tables of
MergeTree family. Checksums are always
validated for other table engines and
when receiving data over the network.
--force_index_by_date [=arg(=1)]
Disables query execution if the index
can't be used by date.
Works with tables in the MergeTree
family.
If `force_index_by_date=1`, ClickHouse
checks whether the query has a date key
condition that can be used for
restricting data ranges. If there is no
suitable condition, it throws an
exception. However, it does not check
whether the condition reduces the
amount of data to read. For example,
the condition `Date != ' 2000-01-01 '`
is acceptable even when it matches all
the data in the table (i.e., running
the query requires a full scan). For
more information about ranges of data
in MergeTree tables, see
[MergeTree](../../engines/table-engines
/mergetree-family/mergetree.md).
--force_primary_key [=arg(=1)]
Disables query execution if indexing by
the primary key is not possible.
Works with tables in the MergeTree
family.
If `force_primary_key=1`, ClickHouse
checks to see if the query has a
primary key condition that can be used
for restricting data ranges. If there
is no suitable condition, it throws an
exception. However, it does not check
whether the condition reduces the
amount of data to read. For more
information about data ranges in
MergeTree tables, see
[MergeTree](../../engines/table-engines
/mergetree-family/mergetree.md).
--use_skip_indexes [=arg(=1)]
Use data skipping indexes during query
execution.
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled.
- 1 — Enabled.
--use_skip_indexes_if_final [=arg(=1)]
Controls whether skipping indexes are
used when executing a query with the
FINAL modifier.
By default, this setting is disabled
because skip indexes may exclude rows
(granules) containing the latest data,
which could lead to incorrect results.
When enabled, skipping indexes are
applied even with the FINAL modifier,
potentially improving performance but
with the risk of missing recent
updates.
Possible values:
- 0 — Disabled.
- 1 — Enabled.
--materialize_skip_indexes_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
If INSERTs build and store skip
indexes. If disabled, skip indexes will
be build and stored during merges or by
explicit MATERIALIZE INDEX
--materialize_statistics_on_insert [=arg(=1)]
If INSERTs build and insert statistics.
If disabled, statistics will be build
and stored during merges or by explicit
MATERIALIZE STATISTICS
--ignore_data_skipping_indices arg
Ignores the skipping indexes specified
if used by the query.
Consider the following example:
```sql
CREATE TABLE data
(
key Int,
x Int,
y Int,
INDEX x_idx x TYPE minmax
GRANULARITY 1,
INDEX y_idx y TYPE minmax
GRANULARITY 1,
INDEX xy_idx (x,y) TYPE minmax
GRANULARITY 1
)
Engine=MergeTree()
ORDER BY key;
INSERT INTO data VALUES (1, 2, 3);
SELECT * FROM data;
SELECT * FROM data SETTINGS
ignore_data_skipping_indices=''; --
query will produce CANNOT_PARSE_TEXT
error.
SELECT * FROM data SETTINGS
ignore_data_skipping_indices='x_idx';
-- Ok.
SELECT * FROM data SETTINGS
ignore_data_skipping_indices='na_idx';
-- Ok.
SELECT * FROM data WHERE x = 1 AND y =
1 SETTINGS ignore_data_skipping_indices
='xy_idx',force_data_skipping_indices='
xy_idx' ; -- query will produce
INDEX_NOT_USED error, since xy_idx is
explicitly ignored.
SELECT * FROM data WHERE x = 1 AND y =
2 SETTINGS ignore_data_skipping_indices
='xy_idx';
```
The query without ignoring any indexes:
```sql
EXPLAIN indexes = 1 SELECT * FROM data
WHERE x = 1 AND y = 2;
Expression ((Projection + Before ORDER
BY))
Filter (WHERE)
ReadFromMergeTree (default.data)
Indexes:
PrimaryKey
Condition: true
Parts: 1/1
Granules: 1/1
Skip
Name: x_idx
Description: minmax GRANULARITY
1
Parts: 0/1
Granules: 0/1
Skip
Name: y_idx
Description: minmax GRANULARITY
1
Parts: 0/0
Granules: 0/0
Skip
Name: xy_idx
Description: minmax GRANULARITY
1
Parts: 0/0
Granules: 0/0
```
Ignoring the `xy_idx` index:
```sql
EXPLAIN indexes = 1 SELECT * FROM data
WHERE x = 1 AND y = 2 SETTINGS
ignore_data_skipping_indices='xy_idx';
Expression ((Projection + Before ORDER
BY))
Filter (WHERE)
ReadFromMergeTree (default.data)
Indexes:
PrimaryKey
Condition: true
Parts: 1/1
Granules: 1/1
Skip
Name: x_idx
Description: minmax GRANULARITY
1
Parts: 0/1
Granules: 0/1
Skip
Name: y_idx
Description: minmax GRANULARITY
1
Parts: 0/0
Granules: 0/0
```
Works with tables in the MergeTree
family.
--force_data_skipping_indices arg
Disables query execution if passed data
skipping indices wasn't used.
Consider the following example:
```sql
CREATE TABLE data
(
key Int,
d1 Int,
d1_null Nullable(Int),
INDEX d1_idx d1 TYPE minmax
GRANULARITY 1,
INDEX d1_null_idx
assumeNotNull(d1_null) TYPE minmax
GRANULARITY 1
)
Engine=MergeTree()
ORDER BY key;
SELECT * FROM data_01515;
SELECT * FROM data_01515 SETTINGS
force_data_skipping_indices=''; --
query will produce CANNOT_PARSE_TEXT
error.
SELECT * FROM data_01515 SETTINGS
force_data_skipping_indices='d1_idx';
-- query will produce INDEX_NOT_USED
error.
SELECT * FROM data_01515 WHERE d1 = 0
SETTINGS force_data_skipping_indices='d
1_idx'; -- Ok.
SELECT * FROM data_01515 WHERE d1 = 0
SETTINGS force_data_skipping_indices='`
d1_idx`'; -- Ok (example of full
featured parser).
SELECT * FROM data_01515 WHERE d1 = 0
SETTINGS force_data_skipping_indices='`
d1_idx`, d1_null_idx'; -- query will
produce INDEX_NOT_USED error, since
d1_null_idx is not used.
SELECT * FROM data_01515 WHERE d1 = 0
AND assumeNotNull(d1_null) = 0 SETTINGS
force_data_skipping_indices='`d1_idx`,
d1_null_idx'; -- Ok.
```
--max_streams_to_max_threads_ratio arg
Allows you to use more sources than the
number of threads - to more evenly
distribute work across threads. It is
assumed that this is a temporary
solution since it will be possible in
the future to make the number of
sources equal to the number of threads,
but for each source to dynamically
select available work for itself.
--max_streams_multiplier_for_merge_tables arg
Ask more streams when reading from
Merge table. Streams will be spread
across tables that Merge table will
use. This allows more even distribution
of work across threads and is
especially helpful when merged tables
differ in size.
--network_compression_method arg
Sets the method of data compression
that is used for communication between
servers and between server and
[clickhouse-client](../../interfaces/cl
i.md).
Possible values:
- `LZ4` — sets LZ4 compression
method.
- `ZSTD` — sets ZSTD compression
method.
**See Also**
- [network_zstd_compression_level](#net
work_zstd_compression_level)
--network_zstd_compression_level arg
Adjusts the level of ZSTD compression.
Used only when [network_compression_met
hod](#network_compression_method) is
set to `ZSTD`.
Possible values:
- Positive integer from 1 to 15.
--zstd_window_log_max arg
Allows you to select the max window log
of ZSTD (it will not be used for
MergeTree family)
--priority arg
Priority of the query. 1 - the highest,
higher value - lower priority; 0 - do
not use priorities.
--os_thread_priority arg
Sets the priority ([nice](https://en.wi
kipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix))) for
threads that execute queries. The OS
scheduler considers this priority when
choosing the next thread to run on each
available CPU core.
:::note
To use this setting, you need to set
the `CAP_SYS_NICE` capability. The
`clickhouse-server` package sets it up
during installation. Some virtual
environments do not allow you to set
the `CAP_SYS_NICE` capability. In this
case, `clickhouse-server` shows a
message about it at the start.
:::
Possible values:
- You can set values in the range
`[-20, 19]`.
Lower values mean higher priority.
Threads with low `nice` priority values
are executed more frequently than
threads with high values. High values
are preferable for long-running
non-interactive queries because it
allows them to quickly give up
resources in favour of short
interactive queries when they arrive.
--log_queries [=arg(=1)]
Setting up query logging.
Queries sent to ClickHouse with this
setup are logged according to the rules
in the [query_log](../../operations/ser
ver-configuration-parameters/settings.m
d/#query-log) server configuration
parameter.
Example:
```text
log_queries=1
```
--log_formatted_queries [=arg(=1)]
Allows to log formatted queries to the
[system.query_log](../../operations/sys
tem-tables/query_log.md) system table
(populates `formatted_query` column in
the [system.query_log](../../operations
/system-tables/query_log.md)).
Possible values:
- 0 — Formatted queries are not
logged in the system table.
- 1 — Formatted queries are logged in
the system table.
--log_queries_min_type arg
`query_log` minimal type to log.
Possible values:
- `QUERY_START` (`=1`)
- `QUERY_FINISH` (`=2`)
- `EXCEPTION_BEFORE_START` (`=3`)
- `EXCEPTION_WHILE_PROCESSING` (`=4`)
Can be used to limit which entities
will go to `query_log`, say you are
interested only in errors, then you can
use `EXCEPTION_WHILE_PROCESSING`:
``` text
log_queries_min_type='EXCEPTION_WHILE_P
ROCESSING'
```
--log_queries_min_query_duration_ms arg
If enabled (non-zero), queries faster
than the value of this setting will not
be logged (you can think about this as
a `long_query_time` for [MySQL Slow
Query Log](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/re
fman/5.7/slow-query-log.html)), and
this basically means that you will not
find them in the following tables:
- `system.query_log`
- `system.query_thread_log`
Only the queries with the following
type will get to the log:
- `QUERY_FINISH`
- `EXCEPTION_WHILE_PROCESSING`
- Type: milliseconds
- Default value: 0 (any query)
--log_queries_cut_to_length arg
If query length is greater than a
specified threshold (in bytes), then
cut query when writing to query log.
Also limit the length of printed query
in ordinary text log.
--log_queries_probability arg
Allows a user to write to
[query_log](../../operations/system-tab
les/query_log.md), [query_thread_log](.
./../operations/system-tables/query_thr
ead_log.md), and [query_views_log](../.
./operations/system-tables/query_views_
log.md) system tables only a sample of
queries selected randomly with the
specified probability. It helps to
reduce the load with a large volume of
queries in a second.
Possible values:
- 0 — Queries are not logged in the
system tables.
- Positive floating-point number in the
range [0..1]. For example, if the
setting value is `0.5`, about half of
the queries are logged in the system
tables.
- 1 — All queries are logged in the
system tables.
--log_processors_profiles [=arg(=1)]
Write time that processor spent during
execution/waiting for data to
`system.processors_profile_log` table.
See also:
- [`system.processors_profile_log`](../
../operations/system-tables/processors_
profile_log.md)
- [`EXPLAIN PIPELINE`](../../sql-refere
nce/statements/explain.md/#explain-pipe
line)
--distributed_product_mode arg
Changes the behaviour of [distributed
subqueries](../../sql-reference/operato
rs/in.md).
ClickHouse applies this setting when
the query contains the product of
distributed tables, i.e. when the
query for a distributed table contains
a non-GLOBAL subquery for the
distributed table.
Restrictions:
- Only applied for IN and JOIN
subqueries.
- Only if the FROM section uses a
distributed table containing more than
one shard.
- If the subquery concerns a
distributed table containing more than
one shard.
- Not used for a table-valued
[remote](../../sql-reference/table-func
tions/remote.md) function.
Possible values:
- `deny` — Default value. Prohibits
using these types of subqueries
(returns the "Double-distributed
in/JOIN subqueries is denied"
exception).
- `local` — Replaces the database and
table in the subquery with local ones
for the destination server (shard),
leaving the normal `IN`/`JOIN.`
- `global` — Replaces the `IN`/`JOIN`
query with `GLOBAL IN`/`GLOBAL JOIN.`
- `allow` — Allows the use of these
types of subqueries.
--max_concurrent_queries_for_all_users arg
Throw exception if the value of this
setting is less or equal than the
current number of simultaneously
processed queries.
Example: `max_concurrent_queries_for_al
l_users` can be set to 99 for all users
and database administrator can set it
to 100 for itself to run queries for
investigation even when the server is
overloaded.
Modifying the setting for one query or
user does not affect other queries.
Possible values:
- Positive integer.
- 0 — No limit.
**Example**
[truncated]
Options (252)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--help | produce help message | help |
--port arg | list of ports | help |
--roundrobin | Instead of comparing queries for different --host/--port just pick one random --host/--port for every query and send query to it. | help |
--cumulative | prints cumulative data instead of data per interval | help |
-s | Use TLS connection | help |
--password arg | | help |
--quota_key arg | | help |
--stacktrace | print stack traces of exceptions | help |
--query_id arg | | help |
--query_id_prefix arg | | help |
--ignore-error | continue testing even if a query fails | help |
--reconnect | establish new connection for every query | help |
--client-side-time | display the time including network communication instead of server-side time; | help |
--dialect arg | Which dialect will be used to parse query | help |
--min_compress_block_size arg | | help |
--max_compress_block_size arg | | help |
--max_block_size arg | | help |
--max_insert_block_size arg | | help |
--min_insert_block_size_rows arg | | help |
--min_insert_block_size_bytes arg | | help |
--min_insert_block_size_rows_for_materialized_views arg | | help |
--min_insert_block_size_bytes_for_materialized_views arg | | help |
--min_external_table_block_size_rows arg | | help |
--min_external_table_block_size_bytes arg | | help |
--max_joined_block_size_rows arg | | help |
--min_joined_block_size_bytes arg | | help |
--max_insert_threads arg | | help |
--max_insert_delayed_streams_for_parallel_write arg | | help |
--max_final_threads arg | | help |
--max_threads_for_indexes arg | | help |
--max_threads arg | The maximum number of query processing threads, excluding threads for retrieving data from remote servers (see the 'max_distributed_connections' parameter). | help |
--use_concurrency_control arg(=1) | | help |
--max_download_threads arg | | help |
--max_parsing_threads arg | | help |
--max_download_buffer_size arg | | help |
--max_read_buffer_size arg | | help |
--max_read_buffer_size_local_fs arg | | help |
--max_read_buffer_size_remote_fs arg | | help |
--max_distributed_connections arg | | help |
--max_query_size arg | | help |
--interactive_delay arg | | help |
--connect_timeout arg | | help |
--handshake_timeout_ms arg | | help |
--connect_timeout_with_failover_ms arg | | help |
--connect_timeout_with_failover_secure_ms arg | | help |
--receive_timeout arg | | help |
--send_timeout arg | | help |
--tcp_keep_alive_timeout arg | | help |
--hedged_connection_timeout_ms arg | | help |
--receive_data_timeout_ms arg | | help |
--use_hedged_requests arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_changing_replica_until_first_data_packet arg(=1) | | help |
--queue_max_wait_ms arg | | help |
--connection_pool_max_wait_ms arg | | help |
--replace_running_query_max_wait_ms arg | | help |
--kafka_max_wait_ms arg | | help |
--rabbitmq_max_wait_ms arg | | help |
--poll_interval arg | | help |
--idle_connection_timeout arg | | help |
--distributed_connections_pool_size arg | | help |
--connections_with_failover_max_tries arg | | help |
--s3_strict_upload_part_size arg | | help |
--azure_strict_upload_part_size arg | | help |
--azure_max_blocks_in_multipart_upload arg | | help |
--s3_min_upload_part_size arg | | help |
--s3_max_upload_part_size arg | | help |
--azure_min_upload_part_size arg | | help |
--azure_max_upload_part_size arg | | help |
--s3_upload_part_size_multiply_factor arg | | help |
--s3_upload_part_size_multiply_parts_count_threshold arg | | help |
--s3_max_part_number arg | | help |
--s3_allow_multipart_copy arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_max_single_operation_copy_size arg | | help |
--azure_upload_part_size_multiply_factor arg | | help |
--azure_upload_part_size_multiply_parts_count_threshold arg | | help |
--s3_max_inflight_parts_for_one_file arg | | help |
--azure_max_inflight_parts_for_one_file arg | | help |
--s3_max_single_part_upload_size arg | | help |
--azure_max_single_part_upload_size arg | | help |
--azure_max_single_part_copy_size arg | | help |
--s3_max_single_read_retries arg | | help |
--azure_max_single_read_retries arg | | help |
--azure_max_unexpected_write_error_retries arg | | help |
--s3_max_unexpected_write_error_retries arg | | help |
--s3_max_redirects arg | | help |
--s3_max_connections arg | | help |
--s3_max_get_rps arg | | help |
--s3_max_get_burst arg | | help |
--s3_max_put_rps arg | | help |
--s3_max_put_burst arg | | help |
--s3_list_object_keys_size arg | | help |
--s3_use_adaptive_timeouts arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_list_object_keys_size arg | | help |
--s3_truncate_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_truncate_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_create_new_file_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_skip_empty_files arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_create_new_file_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_check_objects_after_upload arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_check_objects_after_upload arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_allow_parallel_part_upload arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_allow_parallel_part_upload arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_throw_on_zero_files_match arg(=1) | | help |
--hdfs_throw_on_zero_files_match arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_throw_on_zero_files_match arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_ignore_file_doesnt_exist arg(=1) | | help |
--hdfs_ignore_file_doesnt_exist arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_ignore_file_doesnt_exist arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_sdk_max_retries arg | | help |
--azure_sdk_retry_initial_backoff_ms arg | | help |
--azure_sdk_retry_max_backoff_ms arg | | help |
--s3_validate_request_settings arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_disable_checksum arg(=1) | | help |
--s3_retry_attempts arg | | help |
--s3_request_timeout_ms arg | | help |
--s3_connect_timeout_ms arg | | help |
--enable_s3_requests_logging arg(=1) | | help |
--s3queue_default_zookeeper_path arg | | help |
--s3queue_migrate_old_metadata_to_buckets arg(=1) | | help |
--s3queue_enable_logging_to_s3queue_log arg(=1) | | help |
--hdfs_replication arg | | help |
--hdfs_truncate_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--hdfs_create_new_file_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--hdfs_skip_empty_files arg(=1) | | help |
--azure_skip_empty_files arg(=1) | | help |
--hsts_max_age arg | | help |
--extremes arg(=1) | | help |
--use_uncompressed_cache arg(=1) | | help |
--replace_running_query arg(=1) | | help |
--max_remote_read_network_bandwidth arg | | help |
--max_remote_write_network_bandwidth arg | | help |
--max_local_read_bandwidth arg | | help |
--max_local_write_bandwidth arg | | help |
--stream_like_engine_allow_direct_select arg(=1) | | help |
--stream_like_engine_insert_queue arg | | help |
--dictionary_validate_primary_key_type arg(=1) | | help |
--distributed_insert_skip_read_only_replicas arg(=1) | | help |
--distributed_foreground_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--insert_distributed_sync arg(=1) | | help |
--distributed_background_insert_timeout arg | | help |
--insert_distributed_timeout arg | | help |
--distributed_background_insert_sleep_time_ms arg | | help |
--distributed_directory_monitor_sleep_time_ms arg | | help |
--distributed_background_insert_max_sleep_time_ms arg | | help |
--distributed_directory_monitor_max_sleep_time_ms arg | | help |
--distributed_background_insert_batch arg(=1) | | help |
--distributed_directory_monitor_batch_inserts arg(=1) | | help |
--distributed_background_insert_split_batch_on_failure arg(=1) | | help |
--distributed_directory_monitor_split_batch_on_failure arg(=1) | | help |
--optimize_move_to_prewhere arg(=1) | | help |
--optimize_move_to_prewhere_if_final arg(=1) | | help |
--move_all_conditions_to_prewhere arg(=1) | | help |
--enable_multiple_prewhere_read_steps arg(=1) | | help |
--move_primary_key_columns_to_end_of_prewhere arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_reorder_prewhere_conditions arg(=1) | | help |
--alter_sync arg | Allows to set up waiting for actions to be executed on replicas by [ALTER](../../sql-reference/statements/ alter/index.md), [OPTIMIZE](../../sql-r eference/statements/optimize.md) or… | help |
--replication_alter_partitions_sync arg | | help |
--replication_wait_for_inactive_replica_timeout arg | | help |
--alter_move_to_space_execute_async arg(=1) | | help |
--load_balancing arg | | help |
--load_balancing_first_offset arg | | help |
--totals_mode arg | How to calculate TOTALS when HAVING is present, as well as when max_rows_to_group_by and group_by_overflow_mode = 'any' are present. | help |
--totals_auto_threshold arg | | help |
--allow_suspicious_low_cardinality_types arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_suspicious_fixed_string_types arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_suspicious_indices arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_suspicious_ttl_expressions arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_suspicious_variant_types arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_suspicious_primary_key arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_suspicious_types_in_group_by arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_suspicious_types_in_order_by arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_not_comparable_types_in_order_by arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_not_comparable_types_in_comparison_functions arg(=1) | | help |
--compile_expressions arg(=1) | | help |
--min_count_to_compile_expression arg | | help |
--compile_aggregate_expressions arg(=1) | | help |
--min_count_to_compile_aggregate_expression arg | | help |
--compile_sort_description arg(=1) | | help |
--min_count_to_compile_sort_description arg | | help |
--group_by_two_level_threshold arg | | help |
--group_by_two_level_threshold_bytes arg | | help |
--distributed_aggregation_memory_efficient arg(=1) | | help |
--aggregation_memory_efficient_merge_threads arg | | help |
--enable_memory_bound_merging_of_aggregation_results arg(=1) | | help |
--enable_positional_arguments arg(=1) | | help |
--enable_extended_results_for_datetime_functions arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_nonconst_timezone_arguments arg(=1) | | help |
--function_locate_has_mysql_compatible_argument_order arg(=1) | | help |
--group_by_use_nulls arg(=1) | | help |
--skip_unavailable_shards arg(=1) | | help |
--parallel_distributed_insert_select arg | | help |
--distributed_group_by_no_merge arg | | help |
--distributed_push_down_limit arg | | help |
--optimize_distributed_group_by_sharding_key arg(=1) | | help |
--optimize_skip_unused_shards_limit arg | | help |
--optimize_skip_unused_shards arg(=1) | | help |
--optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in arg(=1) | | help |
--allow_nondeterministic_optimize_skip_unused_shards arg(=1) | | help |
--force_optimize_skip_unused_shards arg | | help |
--optimize_skip_unused_shards_nesting arg | | help |
--force_optimize_skip_unused_shards_nesting arg | | help |
--input_format_parallel_parsing arg(=1) | | help |
--min_chunk_bytes_for_parallel_parsing arg | | help |
--output_format_parallel_formatting arg(=1) | | help |
--output_format_compression_level arg | | help |
--output_format_compression_zstd_window_log arg | | help |
--enable_parsing_to_custom_serialization arg(=1) | | help |
--merge_tree_use_v1_object_and_dynamic_serialization arg(=1) | | help |
--merge_tree_min_rows_for_concurrent_read arg | | help |
--merge_tree_min_bytes_for_concurrent_read arg | | help |
--merge_tree_min_rows_for_seek arg | | help |
--merge_tree_min_bytes_for_seek arg | | help |
--merge_tree_coarse_index_granularity arg | | help |
--merge_tree_max_rows_to_use_cache arg | | help |
--merge_tree_max_bytes_to_use_cache arg | | help |
--merge_tree_use_deserialization_prefixes_cache arg(=1) | | help |
--merge_tree_use_prefixes_deserialization_thread_pool arg(=1) | | help |
--do_not_merge_across_partitions_select_final arg(=1) | | help |
--split_parts_ranges_into_intersecting_and_non_intersecting_final arg(=1) | | help |
--split_intersecting_parts_ranges_into_layers_final arg(=1) | | help |
--mysql_max_rows_to_insert arg | | help |
--mysql_map_string_to_text_in_show_columns arg(=1) | | help |
--mysql_map_fixed_string_to_text_in_show_columns arg(=1) | | help |
--optimize_min_equality_disjunction_chain_length arg | | help |
--optimize_min_inequality_conjunction_chain_length arg | | help |
--min_bytes_to_use_direct_io arg | | help |
--min_bytes_to_use_mmap_io arg | | help |
--checksum_on_read arg(=1) | | help |
--force_index_by_date arg(=1) | | help |
--force_primary_key arg(=1) | | help |
--use_skip_indexes arg(=1) | | help |
--use_skip_indexes_if_final arg(=1) | | help |
--materialize_skip_indexes_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--materialize_statistics_on_insert arg(=1) | | help |
--ignore_data_skipping_indices arg | | help |
--force_data_skipping_indices arg | | help |
--max_streams_to_max_threads_ratio arg | | help |
--max_streams_multiplier_for_merge_tables arg | | help |
--network_compression_method arg | | help |
--network_zstd_compression_level arg | | help |
--zstd_window_log_max arg | | help |
--priority arg | Priority of the query. | help |
--os_thread_priority arg | | help |
--log_queries arg(=1) | | help |
--log_formatted_queries arg(=1) | | help |
--log_queries_min_type arg | | help |
--log_queries_min_query_duration_ms arg | | help |
--log_queries_cut_to_length arg | | help |
--log_queries_probability arg | | help |
--log_processors_profiles arg(=1) | | help |
--distributed_product_mode arg | | help |
--max_concurrent_queries_for_all_users arg | | help |
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