This is a library to parse SQL commands. The only commands that are currently supported are ddl statements, specifically CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE, DROP VIEW, and DROP TABLE.

In command line:

> gem install mysql-parser.x.x.x.gem

In ruby:

> require 'mysql-parser'
> MySQLParser.new.parse "ALTER TABLE `table` DROP INDEX abc, DROP INDEX def"
=> {:tree=><root: [<S: [" "]>, <r_commands: [<r_ALTER_TABLE: ["ALTER", <S: [" "]>, <r_ONLINE_OFFLINE: []>, <r_opt_IGNORE: []>, "TABLE", <S: [" "]>, <r_tbl_name: [<r_tbl_name_int: [<ident: ["`", <opt_ident_in_backtick: [<opt_ident_in_backtick: []>, "table"]>, "`", <S: [" "]>]>]>]>, <r_opt_alter_commands: [<r_comma_separated_alter_specification: [<r_comma_separated_alter_specification: [<r_alter_specification: ["DROP", <S: [" "]>, <r_INDEX_or_KEY: ["INDEX", <S: [" "]>]>, <r_index_name: [<ident: [<raw_ident: ["abc", <S: [" "]>]>]>]>]>]>, <comma: [",", <S: [" "]>]>, <r_alter_specification: ["DROP", <S: [" "]>, <r_INDEX_or_KEY: ["INDEX", <S: [" "]>]>, <r_index_name: [<ident: [<raw_ident: ["def", <S: [" "]>]>]>]>]>]>]>, <r_opt_after_alter: []>, <r_opt_PARTITION_options: []>]>]>]>, :state=>{}}

This file is a lexer. It determines that DROP is a command, and that 'abcdef' is a string. Most of this file is auto-generated by bin/generate-literal which reads mysql.y.rb and generates the required literals automatically. Therefore this file will not normally need to be edited. The following reasons might be reason to edit it:

1. Creating a synonym
2. Creating a long literal[1]
3. Creating a literal which doesn't exist in the parser already

[1] a long literal is a literal which is needed for a special purpose, for example, because it consists of spaces and needs a synonym to be assigned to it. Normally, however, we do not need them.

1. S_... means some symbol
2. A_... means some state
3. L_... means long literal
4. Everything else is literal

This is the main file of this library. It contains all grammar and associated actions.

The original MySQL grammar can be found at https://github.com/twitter/mysql/blob/master/sql/sql_yacc.yy. The documentation can be found under https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/

sql_yacc.yy is not perfect. It contains a lot of conflicts. When translating to mysql.y.rb, please resolve those conflicts so that the rules can be predictable.

Debugging mysql.y.rb can be done by passing true as debug argument.

MySQLParser.new(debug: true)

Introduction of a new literals can be done by just using it. bin/generate-literal.rb will read mysql.y.rb and make sure that new literals are created. Similarly, removing any literal can be done by just not using it.

Following is general convention.

1. Space is S
2. opt_... means that the rule is optional. The first branch should be empty.
3. {comma, space}_separated_... means a collection of items separated by a separator (comma or space)

This script scans mysql.y.rb (or actually, parser.output which is generated from mysql.y.rb) and adds new literals that don't exist, and removes literals that are unused.

This is a REPL. Just input whatever and send an end-of-file character (ctrl-d) to let the script process the input. To exit, just terminate using ctrl-c.

> DROP TABLE


table
^D
parse error on value "table" (TABLE)
>

This script makes sure that there is no skipped action and that all action names are correct.

After changing mysql.rex.rb or mysql.y.rb, run rake generate to generate the real lexer and parser. Run rake spec to run all test cases

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