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src/backend/parser/README
Parser
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This directory does more than tokenize and parse SQL queries. It also
creates Query structures for the various complex queries that are passed
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to the optimizer and then executor.
parser.c things start here
scan.l break query into tokens
scansup.c handle escapes in input strings
gram.y parse the tokens and produce a "raw" parse tree
analyze.c top level of parse analysis for optimizable queries
parse_agg.c handle aggregates, like SUM(col1), AVG(col2), ...
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parse_clause.c handle clauses like WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, ...
parse_coerce.c handle coercing expressions to different data types
parse_collate.c assign collation information in completed expressions
parse_cte.c handle Common Table Expressions (WITH clauses)
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parse_expr.c handle expressions like col, col + 3, x = 3 or x = 4
parse_enr.c handle ephemeral named rels (trigger transition tables, ...)
parse_func.c handle functions, table.column and column identifiers
parse_jsontable.c handle JSON_TABLE
parse_merge.c handle MERGE
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parse_node.c create nodes for various structures
parse_oper.c handle operators in expressions
parse_param.c handle Params (for the cases used in the core backend)
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parse_relation.c support routines for tables and column handling
parse_target.c handle the result list of the query
parse_type.c support routines for data type handling
parse_utilcmd.c parse analysis for utility commands (done at execution time)
See also src/common/keywords.c, which contains the table of standard
keywords and the keyword lookup function. We separated that out because
various frontend code wants to use it too.