# Pipelined SQL in ClickHouse 26.8

DevFeed: [Pipelined SQL in ClickHouse 26.8](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pipelined-sql-in-clickhouse-26-8-5499.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/pipelined-sql-26.8>)

Author: Mark Needham

Published: 2026-09-04T12:16:04Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>)

Tags: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>)

## AI overview

ClickHouse 26.8 introduces pipelined SQL, which expresses a query as sequential transformations. The article compares conventional, FROM-first, and pipelined queries and explains that pipelines are translated to optimized standard SQL before execution.

## Source excerpt

Learn how ClickHouse 26.8's pipelined SQL syntax lets you build multi-stage queries as a readable sequence of transformations.