Si sabe que N
es limitado (y generalmente lo es), se puede utilizar una construcción, tales como:
select (a.digit + (10 * b.digit) + (100 * c.digit) + (1000 * d.digit) + (10000 * e.digit) + (100000 * f.digit)) as n
from (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as a
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as b
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as c
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as d
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as e
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as f;
que generará el primer millón de números. Si solo necesita los números positivos, simplemente agregue + 1
a la expresión.
Tenga en cuenta que en MySQL en particular, los resultados pueden no estar ordenados.Debe agregar order by n
al final si necesita números solicitados. Esto aumentará el tiempo de ejecución dramáticamente, sin embargo (en mi máquina, saltó de 5 ms a 500 ms).
Para consultas simples, aquí es una consulta para sólo los primeros 10000 números:
select (a.digit + (10 * b.digit) + (100 * c.digit) + (1000 * d.digit)) as n
from (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as a
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as b
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as c
cross join (select 0 as digit union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as d;
Esta respuesta es una adaptación de la siguiente consulta que devuelve un rango de fechas: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2157776/2948
Primero en qué definición? –