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# min_external_* session settings

> ClickHouse session settings in the min_external_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

These settings are available in [system.settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/settings) and are autogenerated from [source](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/src/Core/Settings.cpp).

<h2 id="min_external_table_block_size_bytes">
  min\_external\_table\_block\_size\_bytes
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="UInt64" default_value="268402944" />

<VersionHistory rows={[{"id": "row-1","items": [{"label": "24.2"},{"label": "268402944"},{"label": "Squash blocks passed to external table to specified size in bytes, if blocks are not big enough."}]}]} />

Squash blocks passed to the external table to a specified size in bytes, if blocks are not big enough.

<h2 id="min_external_table_block_size_rows">
  min\_external\_table\_block\_size\_rows
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="UInt64" default_value="1048449" />

<VersionHistory rows={[{"id": "row-1","items": [{"label": "24.2"},{"label": "1048449"},{"label": "Squash blocks passed to external table to specified size in rows, if blocks are not big enough"}]}]} />

Squash blocks passed to external table to specified size in rows, if blocks are not big enough.