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Re: [PATCH] Add --syntax to postgres for SQL syntax checking

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

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From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Josef Šimánek <josef.simanek@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-12-15T13:09:10Z
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On Fri, 2023-12-15 at 13:21 +0100, Josef Šimánek wrote:
> Inspired by Simon Riggs' keynote talk at PGCounf.eu 2023 sharing list
> of ideas for PostgreSQL
> (https://riggs.business/blog/f/postgresql-todo-2023), I have crafted a
> quick patch to do SQL syntax validation.
> 
> What do you think?

I like the idea.  But what will happen if the SQL statement references
tables or other objects, since we have no database?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe