Analyze and inspect CREATE TABLE SQL statements and translate across databases.
See the introductory post on Brighter Planet's blog.
Tests and documentation are being added constantly.
TODO: stop making excuses and write a proper README.
>> require 'create_table'
=> true
>> c = CreateTable.new(%{
CREATE TABLE employees
(employeeid INTEGER NOT NULL,
lastname VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
firstname VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
reportsto INTEGER NULL);
})
=> #<CreateTable>
>> c.columns.map(&:name)
=> ["employeeid", "lastname", "firstname", "reportsto"]
>> c.columns.map(&:data_type)
=> ["INTEGER", "CHARACTER VARYING(25)", "CHARACTER VARYING(25)", "INTEGER"]
>> c.columns.map(&:allow_null)
=> [false, false, false, true]
>> require 'create_table'
=> true
>> c = CreateTable.new(%{
CREATE TABLE cats (
id INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT, /* AUTO_INCREMENT with an underscore is MySQL-style... */
nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255),
birthday DATE,
license_id INTEGER,
price NUMERIC(5,2),
PRIMARY KEY ("id")
)
})
=> #<CreateTable>
>> c.to_mysql
=> ["CREATE TABLE cats ( `id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2) )"]
>> c.to_postgresql
=> ["CREATE TABLE cats ( \"id\" SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2) )"]
>> c.to_sqlite3
=> ["CREATE TABLE cats ( \"id\" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2) )"]
Check out the CreateTable demo web service!
$ curl -i -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" --data "CREATE TABLE cats ( id INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2), PRIMARY KEY (\"id\") )" http://create-table.herokuapp.com/statements
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:24:52 GMT
Etag: "f13513b9126eb1fb909229e828c6a7cd"
Location: http://create-table.herokuapp.com/statements/9
Server: thin 1.4.1 codename Chromeo
X-Rack-Cache: invalidate, pass
X-Runtime: 0.051092
X-Ua-Compatible: IE=Edge,chrome=1
Content-Length: 1490
Connection: keep-alive
{"statement":{"original":"CREATE TABLE cats ( id INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2), PRIMARY KEY (\"id\") )","mysql":"CREATE TABLE cats ( `id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2) )","postgresql":"CREATE TABLE cats ( \"id\" SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2) )","sqlite3":"CREATE TABLE cats ( \"id\" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, nickname CHARACTER VARYING(255), birthday DATE, license_id INTEGER, price NUMERIC(5,2) )","columns":[{"name":"id","data_type":"INTEGER","allow_null":false,"default":null,"primary_key":true,"unique":true,"autoincrement":true,"charset":null,"collate":null},{"name":"nickname","data_type":"CHARACTER VARYING(255)","allow_null":true,"default":null,"primary_key":false,"unique":false,"autoincrement":false,"charset":null,"collate":null},{"name":"birthday","data_type":"DATE","allow_null":true,"default":null,"primary_key":false,"unique":false,"autoincrement":false,"charset":null,"collate":null},{"name":"license_id","data_type":"INTEGER","allow_null":true,"default":null,"primary_key":false,"unique":false,"autoincrement":false,"charset":null,"collate":null},{"name":"price","data_type":"NUMERIC(5,2)","allow_null":true,"default":null,"primary_key":false,"unique":false,"autoincrement":false,"charset":null,"collate":null}]}}
We will soon use create_table
for the Brighter Planet reference data web service.
Copyright 2012 Brighter Planet, Inc.