How to control or change the execution priority of SQL commits?

FAQ
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TiDB supports changing the priority on a global or individual statement basis. Priority has the following meaning:

  • HIGH_PRIORITY: this statement has a high priority, that is, TiDB gives priority to this statement and executes it first.

  • LOW_PRIORITY: this statement has a low priority, that is, TiDB reduces the priority of this statement during the execution period.

You can combine the above two parameters with the DML of TiDB to use them. For example:

  1. Adjust the priority by writing SQL statements in the database:

    {{< copyable “sql” >}}

    select HIGH_PRIORITY | LOW_PRIORITY count(*) from table_name;
insert HIGH_PRIORITY | LOW_PRIORITY into table_name insert_values;
delete HIGH_PRIORITY | LOW_PRIORITY from table_name;
update HIGH_PRIORITY | LOW_PRIORITY table_reference set assignment_list where where_condition;
replace HIGH_PRIORITY | LOW_PRIORITY into table_name;

  2. The full table scan statement automatically adjusts itself to a low priority. analyze has a low priority by default.