# # MDEV-23406: query with mutually recursive CTEs when big_tables=1 # set @save_big_tables=@@big_tables; set big_tables=1; Warnings: Warning 1287 '@@big_tables' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release create table folks(id int, name char(32), dob date, father int, mother int); insert into folks values (100, 'Me', '2000-01-01', 20, 30), (20, 'Dad', '1970-02-02', 10, 9), (30, 'Mom', '1975-03-03', 8, 7), (10, 'Grandpa Bill', '1940-04-05', null, null), (9, 'Grandma Ann', '1941-10-15', null, null), (25, 'Uncle Jim', '1968-11-18', 8, 7), (98, 'Sister Amy', '2001-06-20', 20, 30), (7, 'Grandma Sally', '1943-08-23', null, 6), (8, 'Grandpa Ben', '1940-10-21', null, null), (6, 'Grandgrandma Martha', '1923-05-17', null, null), (67, 'Cousin Eddie', '1992-02-28', 25, 27), (27, 'Auntie Melinda', '1971-03-29', null, null); with recursive ancestor_couples(h_id, h_name, h_dob, h_father, h_mother, w_id, w_name, w_dob, w_father, w_mother) as ( select h.*, w.* from folks h, folks w, coupled_ancestors a where a.father = h.id AND a.mother = w.id union select h.*, w.* from folks v, folks h, folks w where v.name = 'Me' and (v.father = h.id AND v.mother= w.id) ), coupled_ancestors (id, name, dob, father, mother) as ( select h_id, h_name, h_dob, h_father, h_mother from ancestor_couples union select w_id, w_name, w_dob, w_father, w_mother from ancestor_couples ) select h_name, h_dob, w_name, w_dob from ancestor_couples; h_name h_dob w_name w_dob Dad 1970-02-02 Mom 1975-03-03 Grandpa Bill 1940-04-05 Grandma Ann 1941-10-15 Grandpa Ben 1940-10-21 Grandma Sally 1943-08-23 drop table folks; set big_tables=@save_big_tables; Warnings: Warning 1287 '@@big_tables' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release