system.settings --------------- Contains information about settings that are currently in use (i.e. used for executing the query you are using to read from the system.settings table). Columns: :: name String - Setting name. value String - Setting value. changed UInt8 - Whether the setting was explicitly defined in the config or explicitly changed. Example: .. code-block:: sql SELECT * FROM system.settings WHERE changed ┌─name───────────────────┬─value───────┬─changed─┐ │ max_threads │ 8 │ 1 │ │ use_uncompressed_cache │ 0 │ 1 │ │ load_balancing │ random │ 1 │ │ max_memory_usage │ 10000000000 │ 1 │ └────────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┘