SQL Query parser for Java

Question

I am looking for SQL query parser for MySQL queries. Using which I can parse the query, modify the query object and print back modified query

JSQL Parser was exactly what I needed but It has 2 main issues while escaping single quote inside column values https://github.com/JSQLParser/JSqlParser/issues/167 https://github.com/JSQLParser/JSqlParser/issues/166

So I am looking for open source alternative which can help me with the task

Presto-parser I tried was not able to parse Update queries

If anyone else is aware of any other reliable SQL Parsing library please let me know

Answer 1

Regarding JSqlParser :

Issue 166 already fixed.

The escaping of single quotes is not supported, but using double single quotes is. Therefore someone could replace all \\' using '' before parsing.

EDIT: Issue 167 fixed within actual Snapshot 0.9.5 of JSqlParser.

Answer 2

One year ago i search for the same thing but finally i use another approach. Those were the projects that i found to parse sql.

• ANTLR . Is commonly used generic parser. It's a kind of parser generator. From a set of rules it writes the java code. There are rules for a lot of thins like spanish, java or sql.

• JParsec . Seems similar to the previous one. Seems that already exists SQL rules, but does not seem easy to use.

• ZQL . Uses JavaCC to auto-generate Java code that parses the SQL. I test this one but i can not get it working as i want. And i think that the project is discontinued.

• sql-parser . It looks nice, but when i tested it i can not get it working. The link seems to not work, but i think that this is a fork of the original project.