SET

Description

Sets the specified system variables or user-defined variables for StarRocks. You can view the system variables of StarRocks using SHOW VARIABLES. For details about system variables, see System Variables. For details about user-defined variables, see User-defined variables.

Syntax

SET [ GLOBAL | SESSION ] <variable_name> = <value> [, <variable_name> = <value>] ...

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Modifier: GLOBAL SESSION	With a GLOBAL modifier, the statement sets the variables globally. With a SESSION modifier, the statement sets the variables within the session. LOCAL is a synonym for SESSION. If no modifier is present, the default is SESSION. For details about global and session variables, see System Variables. NOTE Only users with the ADMIN privilege can set the variables globally.
variable_name	The name of the variable.
value	The value of the variable.

Examples

Example 1: Set the time_zone to Asia/Shanghai within the session.

mysql> SET time_zone = "Asia/Shanghai";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Example 2: Set the exec_mem_limit to 2147483648 globally.

mysql> SET GLOBAL exec_mem_limit = 2147483648;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Example 3: Set multiple global variables. The GLOBAL keyword needs to be preposed for each variable.

mysql> SET 
       GLOBAL exec_mem_limit = 2147483648,
       GLOBAL time_zone = "Asia/Shanghai";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)