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GROUP_CONCAT Configuration

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

The MySQL GROUP_CONCAT function suffers from a controversial design decision where results are truncated after a certain length, the @@group_concat_max_len.

Whenever jOOQ generates a GROUP_CONCAT function, by default, that MySQL system variable is increased to the maximum value for the scope of a single statement, e.g.

SET @T = @@GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN;
SET @@GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN = 4294967295;
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(TITLE SEPARATOR ', ')
FROM BOOK;
SET @@GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN = @T;

More details here. While this is a reasonable default behaviour (as opposed to the random truncation), it may occasionally be undesired, e.g. if statement batches (; separated statements) aren't possible in a single JDBC statement. The feature can be turned off with

Example configuration

Settings settings = new Settings()
    .withRenderGroupConcatMaxLenSessionVariable(false); // Defaults to true

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