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## identity {#identity}
Used for debugging and testing, allows to "break" access by index, and get the result and query performance for a full scan.
Returns the same value that was used as its argument. Used for debugging and testing, allows to cancel using index, and get the query performance of a full scan. When query is analyzed for possible use of index, the analyzer doesn't look inside `identity` functions.
**Syntax**
```sql
identity()
identity(x)
```
**Returned value**
Returns the same value that was used as its argument.