Re: Is there anyway to get list of table name, before raw parser is analyze?

Mohammad Heykal Abdillah wrote:
> On Min, 2010-05-30 at 00:44 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> Mohammad Heykal Abdillah wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Right now i am trying to understand how SQL parser is work.
>>>
>>> My question is there anyway to get list of table name and its atribut
>>> before raw parser is analyze?
>>>
>>> Because i like to understand how PostgreSQL "break-down" the asterik at
>>> target list, specialy in "natural join" case where PostgreSQL can give
>>> query result that have unabigous attribut and match the right join key.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> AIUI, expanding '*' is not done in the parser. The parser just makes an
>> A_star node.
>>
>> See src/backend/gram.y for the parser spec.
>>
>> Maybe you need to explain what exactly you're trying to do.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> andrew
>>
>
> Yes that i know, expanding '*' is done in analyzer part. I am try to do
> is, move the expanding process to "before" raw_parser that produce by
> gram.y is processed by analyzer. Like this :
>
> sql query -> gram.y -> raw_parse_tree -> (expand the '*') -> analyze
>
> In this way analyzer part only receiving the expanded '*' parse tree
> they wont expand the '*' again. I am aksing this because i didnt know
> how to (analyzer) scan database so it can return list of attribut from
> table. I have read the source code, and try manualy to replicate the
> process (from what i got is the RTE function) with no result.
>
>

Ok, but why? What are you trying to achieve?

cheers

andrew