Commit bac80c21 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Add README for parser directory

parent d79b9a1b
This directory does more than tokenize and parse SQL queries. It also
creates Query structures for the various complex queries that is passed
to the optimizer and then executor.
parser.c things start here
scan.l break query into tokens
scansup.c handle escapes in input
keywords.c turn keywords into specific tokens
gram.y parse the tokens and fill query-type-specific structures
analyze.c one function for every complex query type like SELECT, INSERT...
parse_clause.c handle clauses like WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, ...
parse_expr.c handle expressions like col, col + 3, x = 3 or x = 4
parse_oper.c handle operations in expressions
parse_agg.c handle aggregates, like SUM(col1), AVG(col2), ...
parse_func.c handle functions like date_part(col3), trim(col4), ...
parse_node.c create nodes for various structures
parse_target.c handle the result list of the query
parse_relation.c support routines for tables and column handling
parse_type.c support routines for type handling
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