Generate an integer sequence in MySQL

Question

I need to do a join with a table/result-set/whatever that has the integers n to m inclusive. Is there a trivial way to get that without just buildi

Answer 1

Counter from 1 to 1000:

• no need to create a table
• time to execute ~ 0.0014 sec
• can be converted into a view

:

select tt.row from
(
SELECT cast( concat(t.0,t2.0,t3.0,t4.0) + 1 As UNSIGNED) as 'row' FROM 
(select 0 union select 1 union select 2 union select 3 union select 4 union select 5 union select 6 union select 7 union select 8 union select 9) t,
(select 0 union select 1 union select 2 union select 3 union select 4 union select 5 union select 6 union select 7 union select 8 union select 9) t2, 
(select 0 union select 1 union select 2 union select 3 union select 4 union select 5 union select 6 union select 7 union select 8 union select 9) t3
) tt
order by tt.row

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Credits: answer, comment by Seth McCauley below the answer.