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PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet/Recursive CTE

Generate or traverse recursive data with `WITH RECURSIVE`.

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Section: Querying, Joins, and Aggregation

Recursive CTE

sql
sql
WITH RECURSIVE nums(n) AS (
  VALUES (1)
  UNION ALL
  SELECT n + 1 FROM nums WHERE n < 10
)
SELECT * FROM nums;
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