*Sriram G*
*Tech*

On Wed, 24 Sept 2025, 09:55 Ryan van Huuksloot,
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I think it would be useful to add a LIMIT syntax with SHOW queries. Or have
> some sort of ability to show a subset of tables.
>
> It would be incredibly useful when working with catalogs that have hundreds
> of databases and thousands of tables. In most cases folks want a responsive
> UI and would prefer to click "load more" than wait a really long time.
>
> I would propose that the default behaviour remains but the additional
> syntax is passed as a new set of overloaded methods in the Catalog. I'd
> like to push this limit to the Catalog so the Catalog can decide if it
> should filter before or after "loading" all of the objects.
>
> What do folks think?
>
> I think this will likely require a FLIP since it is quite a large change to
> the SQL Gateway and Catalog.
>
> (Similarly, I think it would be useful to offer the ability to push the
> LIKE predicate down to the Catalog. Therefore the developer can optimize
> the code if there is a predicate. Currently we do this after the rows are
> returned.)
>
> Ryan van Huuksloot
> Staff Engineer, Infrastructure | Streaming Platform
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