3290
MariaDBERRORCommonCTEsHIGH confidence
Maximum recursion depth exceeded in recursive CTE
Production Risk
High — unbounded recursive CTEs can exhaust server resources.
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
WITH RECURSIVE cte AS (SELECT 1 AS n UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM cte) SELECT * FROM cte LIMIT 2000;
expected output
ERROR 3290 (HY000): Recursive query aborted after 1001 iterations. Try increasing @@cte_max_recursion_depth to a larger value.
Fix 1
Add termination condition
Add termination condition
WITH RECURSIVE cte AS (SELECT 1 AS n UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM cte WHERE n < 100) SELECT * FROM cte;
Why this works
A WHERE clause on the recursive member stops the recursion at the desired depth.
Fix 2
Increase recursion limit
Increase recursion limit
SET SESSION cte_max_recursion_depth = 5000;
Why this works
Raises the per-session recursion limit for intentionally deep recursions.
What not to do
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Sources
Official documentation ↗
MySQL 8.0 — 3290 ER_CTE_MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH
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