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Query a Distinct Value Cache

Use the distinct_cache() SQL function in the FROM clause of an SQL SELECT statement to query data from the Distinct Value Cache (DVC).

You must use SQL to query the DVC. InfluxQL does not support the distinct_cache() function.

distinct_cache() supports the following arguments:

  • table_name: (Required) The name of the table the DVC is associated with formatted as a string literal.
  • cache_name: The name of the DVC to query formatted as a string literal. This argument is only required if there is more than one DVC associated with the specified table.
SELECT * FROM distinct_cache('table_name', 'cache_name')

You can use other SQL clauses to modify query results. For example, you can use the WHERE clause to return the distinct tag values associated with another distinct tag value:

SELECT
  city
FROM
  distinct_cache('wind_data', 'windDistinctCache')
WHERE
  country = 'Spain'

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