mergeTreeProjection | ClickHouse Docs

Represents the contents of some projection in MergeTree tables. It can be used for introspection.

Syntax

mergeTreeProjection(database, table, projection)

Arguments

Argument	Description
`database`	The database name to read projection from.
`table`	The table name to read projection from.
`projection`	The projection to read from.

Returned value

A table object with columns provided by given projection.

Usage Example

CREATE TABLE test
(
    `user_id` UInt64,
    `item_id` UInt64,
    PROJECTION order_by_item_id
    (
        SELECT _part_offset
        ORDER BY item_id
    )
)
ENGINE = MergeTree
ORDER BY user_id;

INSERT INTO test SELECT number, 100 - number FROM numbers(5);

SELECT *, _part_offset FROM mergeTreeProjection(currentDatabase(), test, order_by_item_id);

   ┌─item_id─┬─_parent_part_offset─┬─_part_offset─┐
1. │      96 │                   4 │            0 │
2. │      97 │                   3 │            1 │
3. │      98 │                   2 │            2 │
4. │      99 │                   1 │            3 │
5. │     100 │                   0 │            4 │
   └─────────┴─────────────────────┴──────────────┘

DESCRIBE mergeTreeProjection(currentDatabase(), test, order_by_item_id) SETTINGS describe_compact_output = 1;

   ┌─name────────────────┬─type───┐
1. │ item_id             │ UInt64 │
2. │ _parent_part_offset │ UInt64 │
   └─────────────────────┴────────┘