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21 changes: 11 additions & 10 deletions src/ast/ddl.rs
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ use sqlparser_derive::{Visit, VisitMut};
use crate::ast::value::escape_single_quote_string;
use crate::ast::{
display_comma_separated, display_separated, ArgMode, CommentDef, CreateFunctionBody,
CreateFunctionUsing, CreateTableOptions, DataType, Expr, FileFormat, FunctionBehavior,
FunctionCalledOnNull, FunctionDeterminismSpecifier, FunctionParallel, HiveDistributionStyle,
HiveFormat, HiveIOFormat, HiveRowFormat, Ident, MySQLColumnPosition, ObjectName, OnCommit,
OneOrManyWithParens, OperateFunctionArg, OrderByExpr, ProjectionSelect, Query, RowAccessPolicy,
SequenceOptions, Spanned, SqlOption, StorageSerializationPolicy, Tag, Value, ValueWithSpan,
WrappedCollection,
CreateFunctionUsing, CreateTableLikeKind, CreateTableOptions, DataType, Expr, FileFormat,
FunctionBehavior, FunctionCalledOnNull, FunctionDeterminismSpecifier, FunctionParallel,
HiveDistributionStyle, HiveFormat, HiveIOFormat, HiveRowFormat, Ident, MySQLColumnPosition,
ObjectName, OnCommit, OneOrManyWithParens, OperateFunctionArg, OrderByExpr, ProjectionSelect,
Query, RowAccessPolicy, SequenceOptions, Spanned, SqlOption, StorageSerializationPolicy, Tag,
Value, ValueWithSpan, WrappedCollection,
};
use crate::display_utils::{DisplayCommaSeparated, Indent, NewLine, SpaceOrNewline};
use crate::keywords::Keyword;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2430,7 +2430,7 @@ pub struct CreateTable {
pub location: Option<String>,
pub query: Option<Box<Query>>,
pub without_rowid: bool,
pub like: Option<ObjectName>,
pub like: Option<CreateTableLikeKind>,
pub clone: Option<ObjectName>,
// For Hive dialect, the table comment is after the column definitions without `=`,
// so the `comment` field is optional and different than the comment field in the general options list.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2559,6 +2559,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for CreateTable {
} else if self.query.is_none() && self.like.is_none() && self.clone.is_none() {
// PostgreSQL allows `CREATE TABLE t ();`, but requires empty parens
f.write_str(" ()")?;
} else if let Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Parenthesized(like_in_columns_list)) = &self.like {
write!(f, " ({like_in_columns_list})")?;
}

// Hive table comment should be after column definitions, please refer to:
Expand All @@ -2572,9 +2574,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for CreateTable {
write!(f, " WITHOUT ROWID")?;
}

// Only for Hive
if let Some(l) = &self.like {
write!(f, " LIKE {l}")?;
if let Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Plain(like)) = &self.like {
write!(f, " {like}")?;
}

if let Some(c) = &self.clone {
Expand Down
12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions src/ast/helpers/stmt_create_table.rs
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Expand Up @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use sqlparser_derive::{Visit, VisitMut};

use crate::ast::{
ClusteredBy, ColumnDef, CommentDef, CreateTable, CreateTableOptions, Expr, FileFormat,
HiveDistributionStyle, HiveFormat, Ident, ObjectName, OnCommit, OneOrManyWithParens, Query,
RowAccessPolicy, Statement, StorageSerializationPolicy, TableConstraint, Tag,
WrappedCollection,
ClusteredBy, ColumnDef, CommentDef, CreateTable, CreateTableLikeKind, CreateTableOptions, Expr,
FileFormat, HiveDistributionStyle, HiveFormat, Ident, ObjectName, OnCommit,
OneOrManyWithParens, Query, RowAccessPolicy, Statement, StorageSerializationPolicy,
TableConstraint, Tag, WrappedCollection,
};

use crate::parser::ParserError;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub struct CreateTableBuilder {
pub location: Option<String>,
pub query: Option<Box<Query>>,
pub without_rowid: bool,
pub like: Option<ObjectName>,
pub like: Option<CreateTableLikeKind>,
pub clone: Option<ObjectName>,
pub comment: Option<CommentDef>,
pub on_commit: Option<OnCommit>,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ impl CreateTableBuilder {
self
}

pub fn like(mut self, like: Option<ObjectName>) -> Self {
pub fn like(mut self, like: Option<CreateTableLikeKind>) -> Self {
self.like = like;
self
}
Expand Down
56 changes: 56 additions & 0 deletions src/ast/mod.rs
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -10465,6 +10465,62 @@ impl fmt::Display for CreateUser {
}
}

/// Specifies how to create a new table based on an existing table's schema.
/// '''sql
/// CREATE TABLE new LIKE old ...
/// '''
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Hash)]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "visitor", derive(Visit, VisitMut))]
pub enum CreateTableLikeKind {
/// '''sql
/// CREATE TABLE new (LIKE old ...)
/// '''
/// [Redshift](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_CREATE_TABLE_NEW.html)
Parenthesized(CreateTableLike),
/// '''sql
/// CREATE TABLE new LIKE old ...
/// '''
/// [Snowflake](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/create-table#label-create-table-like)
/// [BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#create_table_like)
Plain(CreateTableLike),
}

#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Hash)]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "visitor", derive(Visit, VisitMut))]
pub enum CreateTableLikeDefaults {
Including,
Excluding,
}

impl fmt::Display for CreateTableLikeDefaults {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
match self {
CreateTableLikeDefaults::Including => write!(f, "INCLUDING DEFAULTS"),
CreateTableLikeDefaults::Excluding => write!(f, "EXCLUDING DEFAULTS"),
}
}
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Hash)]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "visitor", derive(Visit, VisitMut))]
pub struct CreateTableLike {
pub name: ObjectName,
pub defaults: Option<CreateTableLikeDefaults>,
}

impl fmt::Display for CreateTableLike {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
write!(f, "LIKE {}", self.name)?;
if let Some(defaults) = &self.defaults {
write!(f, " {defaults}")?;
}
Ok(())
}
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use crate::tokenizer::Location;
Expand Down
3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions src/ast/spans.rs
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Expand Up @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ impl Spanned for CreateTable {
location: _, // string, no span
query,
without_rowid: _, // bool
like,
like: _,
clone,
comment: _, // todo, no span
on_commit: _,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -627,7 +627,6 @@ impl Spanned for CreateTable {
.chain(columns.iter().map(|i| i.span()))
.chain(constraints.iter().map(|i| i.span()))
.chain(query.iter().map(|i| i.span()))
.chain(like.iter().map(|i| i.span()))
.chain(clone.iter().map(|i| i.span())),
)
}
Expand Down
19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions src/dialect/mod.rs
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -1163,6 +1163,25 @@ pub trait Dialect: Debug + Any {
fn supports_interval_options(&self) -> bool {
false
}

/// Returns true if the dialect supports specifying which table to copy
/// the schema from inside parenthesis.
///
/// Not parenthesized:
/// '''sql
/// CREATE TABLE new LIKE old ...
/// '''
/// [Snowflake](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/create-table#label-create-table-like)
/// [BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#create_table_like)
///
/// Parenthesized:
/// '''sql
/// CREATE TABLE new (LIKE old ...)
/// '''
/// [Redshift](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_CREATE_TABLE_NEW.html)
fn supports_create_table_like_parenthesized(&self) -> bool {
false
}
}

/// This represents the operators for which precedence must be defined
Expand Down
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/dialect/redshift.rs
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Expand Up @@ -139,4 +139,8 @@ impl Dialect for RedshiftSqlDialect {
fn supports_select_exclude(&self) -> bool {
true
}

fn supports_create_table_like_parenthesized(&self) -> bool {
true
}
}
17 changes: 11 additions & 6 deletions src/dialect/snowflake.rs
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Expand Up @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ use crate::ast::helpers::stmt_data_loading::{
};
use crate::ast::{
CatalogSyncNamespaceMode, ColumnOption, ColumnPolicy, ColumnPolicyProperty, ContactEntry,
CopyIntoSnowflakeKind, DollarQuotedString, Ident, IdentityParameters, IdentityProperty,
IdentityPropertyFormatKind, IdentityPropertyKind, IdentityPropertyOrder, ObjectName,
ObjectNamePart, RowAccessPolicy, ShowObjects, SqlOption, Statement, StorageSerializationPolicy,
TagsColumnOption, WrappedCollection,
CopyIntoSnowflakeKind, CreateTableLikeKind, DollarQuotedString, Ident, IdentityParameters,
IdentityProperty, IdentityPropertyFormatKind, IdentityPropertyKind, IdentityPropertyOrder,
ObjectName, ObjectNamePart, RowAccessPolicy, ShowObjects, SqlOption, Statement,
StorageSerializationPolicy, TagsColumnOption, WrappedCollection,
};
use crate::dialect::{Dialect, Precedence};
use crate::keywords::Keyword;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -668,8 +668,13 @@ pub fn parse_create_table(
builder = builder.clone_clause(clone);
}
Keyword::LIKE => {
let like = parser.parse_object_name(false).ok();
builder = builder.like(like);
let name = parser.parse_object_name(false)?;
builder = builder.like(Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Plain(
crate::ast::CreateTableLike {
name,
defaults: None,
},
)));
}
Keyword::CLUSTER => {
parser.expect_keyword_is(Keyword::BY)?;
Expand Down
3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/keywords.rs
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Expand Up @@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ define_keywords!(
DECLARE,
DEDUPLICATE,
DEFAULT,
DEFAULTS,
DEFAULT_DDL_COLLATION,
DEFERRABLE,
DEFERRED,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ define_keywords!(
EXCEPTION,
EXCHANGE,
EXCLUDE,
EXCLUDING,
EXCLUSIVE,
EXEC,
EXECUTE,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -441,6 +443,7 @@ define_keywords!(
IN,
INCLUDE,
INCLUDE_NULL_VALUES,
INCLUDING,
INCREMENT,
INDEX,
INDICATOR,
Expand Down
44 changes: 39 additions & 5 deletions src/parser/mod.rs
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Expand Up @@ -7347,11 +7347,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
// Clickhouse has `ON CLUSTER 'cluster'` syntax for DDLs
let on_cluster = self.parse_optional_on_cluster()?;

let like = if self.parse_keyword(Keyword::LIKE) || self.parse_keyword(Keyword::ILIKE) {
self.parse_object_name(allow_unquoted_hyphen).ok()
} else {
None
};
let like = self.maybe_parse_create_table_like(allow_unquoted_hyphen)?;

let clone = if self.parse_keyword(Keyword::CLONE) {
self.parse_object_name(allow_unquoted_hyphen).ok()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -7455,6 +7451,44 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
.build())
}

fn maybe_parse_create_table_like(
&mut self,
allow_unquoted_hyphen: bool,
) -> Result<Option<CreateTableLikeKind>, ParserError> {
let like = if self.dialect.supports_create_table_like_parenthesized()
&& self.consume_token(&Token::LParen)
{
if self.parse_keyword(Keyword::LIKE) {
let name = self.parse_object_name(allow_unquoted_hyphen)?;
let defaults = if self.parse_keywords(&[Keyword::INCLUDING, Keyword::DEFAULTS]) {
Some(CreateTableLikeDefaults::Including)
} else if self.parse_keywords(&[Keyword::EXCLUDING, Keyword::DEFAULTS]) {
Some(CreateTableLikeDefaults::Excluding)
} else {
None
};
self.expect_token(&Token::RParen)?;
Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Parenthesized(CreateTableLike {
name,
defaults,
}))
} else {
// Rollback the '(' it's probably the columns list
self.prev_token();
None
}
} else if self.parse_keyword(Keyword::LIKE) || self.parse_keyword(Keyword::ILIKE) {
let name = self.parse_object_name(allow_unquoted_hyphen)?;
Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Plain(CreateTableLike {
name,
defaults: None,
}))
} else {
None
};
Ok(like)
}

pub(crate) fn parse_create_table_on_commit(&mut self) -> Result<OnCommit, ParserError> {
if self.parse_keywords(&[Keyword::DELETE, Keyword::ROWS]) {
Ok(OnCommit::DeleteRows)
Expand Down
74 changes: 74 additions & 0 deletions tests/sqlparser_common.rs
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Expand Up @@ -16655,3 +16655,77 @@ fn test_parse_default_with_collate_column_option() {
panic!("Expected create table statement");
}
}

#[test]
fn parse_create_table_like() {
let dialects = all_dialects_except(|d| d.supports_create_table_like_parenthesized());
let sql = "CREATE TABLE new LIKE old";
match dialects.verified_stmt(sql) {
Statement::CreateTable(stmt) => {
assert_eq!(
stmt.name,
ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("new".to_string())])
);
assert_eq!(
stmt.like,
Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Plain(CreateTableLike {
name: ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("old".to_string())]),
defaults: None,
}))
)
}
_ => unreachable!(),
}
let dialects = all_dialects_where(|d| d.supports_create_table_like_parenthesized());
let sql = "CREATE TABLE new (LIKE old)";
match dialects.verified_stmt(sql) {
Statement::CreateTable(stmt) => {
assert_eq!(
stmt.name,
ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("new".to_string())])
);
assert_eq!(
stmt.like,
Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Parenthesized(CreateTableLike {
name: ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("old".to_string())]),
defaults: None,
}))
)
}
_ => unreachable!(),
}
let sql = "CREATE TABLE new (LIKE old INCLUDING DEFAULTS)";
match dialects.verified_stmt(sql) {
Statement::CreateTable(stmt) => {
assert_eq!(
stmt.name,
ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("new".to_string())])
);
assert_eq!(
stmt.like,
Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Parenthesized(CreateTableLike {
name: ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("old".to_string())]),
defaults: Some(CreateTableLikeDefaults::Including),
}))
)
}
_ => unreachable!(),
}
let sql = "CREATE TABLE new (LIKE old EXCLUDING DEFAULTS)";
match dialects.verified_stmt(sql) {
Statement::CreateTable(stmt) => {
assert_eq!(
stmt.name,
ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("new".to_string())])
);
assert_eq!(
stmt.like,
Some(CreateTableLikeKind::Parenthesized(CreateTableLike {
name: ObjectName::from(vec![Ident::new("old".to_string())]),
defaults: Some(CreateTableLikeDefaults::Excluding),
}))
)
}
_ => unreachable!(),
}
}
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