NAME SQL::SplitStatement - Split any SQL code into atomic statements VERSION Version 0.01001 SYNOPSIS my $sql_code = <<'SQL'; CREATE TABLE parent(a, b, c , d ); CREATE TABLE child (x, y, "w;", "z;z"); /* C-style comment; */ CREATE TRIGGER "check;delete;parent;" BEFORE DELETE ON parent WHEN EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM child WHERE old.a = x AND old.b = y) BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'constraint failed;'); -- Inlined SQL comment END; -- Standalone SQL; comment; w/ semicolons; INSERT INTO parent (a, b, c, d) VALUES ('pippo;', 'pluto;', NULL, NULL); SQL use SQL::SplitStatement; my $sql_splitter = SQL::SplitStatement->new; my @statements = $sql_splitter->split($sql_code); # @statements now is: # # ( # 'CREATE TABLE parent(a, b, c , d )', # 'CREATE TABLE child (x, y, "w;", "z;z")', # 'CREATE TRIGGER "check;delete;parent;" BEFORE DELETE ON parent WHEN # EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM child WHERE old.a = x AND old.b = y) # BEGIN # SELECT RAISE(ABORT, \'constraint failed;\'); # END', # 'INSERT INTO parent (a, b, c, d) VALUES (\'pippo;\', \'pluto;\', NULL, NULL)' # ) DESCRIPTION This is a very simple module which permits to split any (not only DDL) SQL code into the atomic statements it is composed of. The logic used to split the SQL code is more sophisticated than a raw "split" on the ";" (semicolon) character, so that SQL::SplitStatement is able to correctly handle the presence of the semicolon inside identifiers, values, comments or "BEGIN..END" blocks (even nested blocks), as exemplified in the synopsis above. Consider however that this is by no mean a validating parser: it requests its input to be syntactically valid SQL, otherwise it can return unusable statements (that shouldn't be a problem though, as the original SQL code would have been unusable anyway). As long as the given SQL code is valid, it is guaranteed however that it will be split correctly (otherwise it is a bug, that will be corrected once reported). If your atomic statements are to be fed to a DBMS, you are encouraged to use DBIx::MultiStatementDo instead, which uses this module and also (optionally) offer automatic transactions support, so that you'll have the *all-or-nothing* behavior you would probably want. METHODS "new" * "SQL::SplitStatement->new( \%options )" It creates and returns a new SQL::SplitStatement object. It accepts its options as an hashref. The following options are recognized: * "keep_semicolon" A Boolean option which causes, when set to a false value (which is the default), the trailing semicolon to be discarded in the returned atomic statements. When set to a true value, the trailing semicolons are kept instead. If your statements are to be fed to a DBMS, you are strongly encouraged to keep this option to its default (false) value, since some drivers/DBMSs don't accept the semicolon at the end of a statement. (Note that the last, possibly empty, statement of a given SQL code, never has a trailing semicolon. See below for an example.) * "keep_extra_spaces" A Boolean option which causes, when set to a false value (which is the default), the spaces ("\s") around the statements to be trimmed. When set to a true value, these spaces are kept instead. When "keep_semicolon" is set to false as well, the semicolon is discarded first (regardless of the spaces around it) and the trailing spaces are trimmed then. This ensures that if "keep_extra_spaces" is set to false, the returned statements will never have trailing (nor leading) spaces, regardless of the "keep_semicolon" value. * "keep_comments" A Boolean option which causes, when set to a false value (which is the default), the comments to be discarded. When set to a true value, the comments are returned instead. Both SQL and C-style comments are recognized. When kept, each comment is returned in the same string with the atomic statement it belongs to. A comment belongs to a statement if it appears, in the original sql code, before the end of that statement and after the trailing semicolon of the previous statement (if it exists), as shown in this meta-SQL snippet: /* This comment will be returned with statement1 */ ; -- This will go with statement2 * "keep_empty_statements" A Boolean option which causes, when set to a false value (which is the default), the empty statements to be discarded. When set to a true value, the empty statements are returned instead. A statement is considered empty when it contains no character other than the semicolon and space characters ("\s"). A statement composed solely of comments is not recognized as empty and may therefore be returned even when "keep_empty_statements" is false. If you want to avoid this, please leave "keep_comments" to false as well. Note instead that an empty statement is recognized as such regardless of the value of the options "keep_semicolon" and "keep_extra_spaces". These options are basically to be kept to their default (false) values, especially if the atomic statements are to be given to a DBMS. They are intended mainly for *cosmetic* reasons, or if you want to count by how many atomic statements, including the empty ones, your original SQL code was composed of. Another situation where they are useful (in the general case necessary, really), is when you want to retain the ability to verbatim rebuild the original SQL string from the returned statements: my $verbatim_splitter = SQL::SplitStatement->new({ keep_semicolon => 1, keep_extra_spaces => 1, keep_comments => 1, keep_empty_statements => 1 }); my @verbatim_statements = $verbatim_splitter->split($sql); $sql eq join '', @verbatim_statements; # Always true, given the constructor above. Other than this, again, you are highly recommended to stick with the defaults. "split" * "$sql_splitter->split( $sql_string )" This is the method which actually splits the SQL code into its atomic components. It returns a list containing the atomic statements, in the same order they appear in the original SQL code. Note that, as mentioned above, an SQL string which terminates with a semicolon contains a trailing empty statement: this is correct and it is treated accordingly (if "keep_empty_statements" is set to a true value): my $sql_splitter = SQL::SplitStatement->new({ keep_empty_statements => 1 }); my @statements = $sql_splitter->split( 'SELECT 1;' ); print 'The SQL code contains ' . scalar(@statements) . ' statements.'; # The SQL code contains 2 statements. "keep_semicolon" * "$sql_splitter->keep_semicolon" * "$sql_splitter->keep_semicolon( $boolean )" Getter/setter method for the "keep_semicolon" option explained above. "keep_extra_spaces" * "$sql_splitter->keep_extra_spaces" * "$sql_splitter->keep_extra_spaces( $boolean )" Getter/setter method for the "keep_extra_spaces" option explained above. "keep_comments" * "$sql_splitter->keep_comments" * "$sql_splitter->keep_comments( $boolean )" Getter/setter method for the "keep_comments" option explained above. "keep_empty_statements" * "$sql_splitter->keep_empty_statements" * "$sql_splitter->keep_empty_statements( $boolean )" Getter/setter method for the "keep_empty_statements" option explained above. DEPENDENCIES SQL::SplitStatement depends on the following modules: * Class::Accessor::Fast * SQL::Tokenizer AUTHOR Emanuele Zeppieri, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-sql-SplitStatement at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc SQL::SplitStatement You can also look for information at: * RT: CPAN's request tracker * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * Search CPAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Igor Sutton for his excellent SQL::Tokenizer, which made writing this module a joke. SEE ALSO * DBIx::MultiStatementDo LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Emanuele Zeppieri. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.