Generate numbers with a recursive CTE.
Build a bounded sequence using SQL recursion.
WITH RECURSIVE numbers(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 FROM numbers WHERE n < 3)
SELECT n FROM numbers ORDER BY n;Expected output EXAMPLE
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Details
Requires SQLite 3.40 or later. Run with sqlite3 demo.db in a scratch directory. Result rows below use | between columns, without headers; client display formatting may differ. The WHERE clause is the stopping condition. The verifier uses a fresh SQLite file for each example.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · SQLite 3.45.1 · sqlite3 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.8
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
Execute the exact SQL in a fresh database/schema; serialize result rows with | separators- Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3- Code SHA-256
7c134c09f2a5f28361c9f9b720ec51c50240d4b492fbb62df36fc6452919d581- Dependencies
- sqlite3 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.8
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
# No input files required.
Observed standard output
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Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.