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feat: Enable preprocessing pipeline in script execution (Quick Win #4)
Extends the AST preprocessing pipeline to work with script execution (-f flag), enabling all Quick Win features (WHERE/GROUP BY/HAVING alias expansion) in SQL scripts with GO separators. ## Problem Scripts executed with -f flag were bypassing the preprocessing pipeline, so Quick Win features (alias expansion) only worked in query mode (-q) and interactive mode. This made scripts inconsistent with other execution modes. ## Solution Added preprocessing pipeline to script execution in execute_script(): - Parse each statement in the script - Apply full preprocessing pipeline if statement has FROM clause - Fall back to original query if preprocessing fails - Preserve special row-iteration semantics for queries without FROM ## Implementation Modified src/non_interactive.rs execute_script(): - Check if statement has FROM clause - If yes: apply preprocessing pipeline, then format AST back to SQL - If no: preserve original behavior (special semantics) - Handle INTO clause removal after preprocessing Pipeline runs transformers in order: 1. ExpressionLifter 2. WhereAliasExpander 3. GroupByAliasExpander 4. HavingAliasTransformer 5. CTEHoister 6. InOperatorLifter ## New Reference File Added examples/expansion_transformers.sql: - Comprehensive reference showing all supported alias expansion features - Documents Quick Wins #1, #2, #3 - Shows working examples for each transformer - Documents future enhancements (CASE, BETWEEN, IN with aliases) - Includes implementation notes and testing commands - Can be run directly: sql-cli examples/expansion_transformers.sql ## Tests All tests passing: - 487 Rust unit tests - 397 integration tests - 511 Python tests - expansion_transformers.sql runs successfully with all features working ## Benefits - Scripts now have feature parity with query and interactive modes - Users can write cleaner SQL scripts with alias expansion - Example files demonstrate best practices - Consistent behavior across all execution modes 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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-- #! ../data/test_simple_math.csv
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-- Alias Expansion Transformers - Feature Reference
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-- ================================================
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-- This file demonstrates what the preprocessing pipeline's alias expansion
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-- transformers support, and what could be supported with additional work.
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--
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-- USAGE:
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-- sql-cli examples/expansion_transformers.sql
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--
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-- Or test individual queries:
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-- sql-cli data/test_simple_math.csv -q "SELECT ..." -o table
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-- ============================================================================
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-- SUPPORTED FEATURES (Working Now!)
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-- ============================================================================
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Quick Win #1: HAVING Auto-Aliasing
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Automatically adds aliases to aggregates and rewrites HAVING to use them
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-- Before: SELECT region, COUNT(*) FROM sales GROUP BY region HAVING COUNT(*) > 5
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-- After: SELECT region, COUNT(*) as __agg_1 FROM sales GROUP BY region HAVING __agg_1 > 5
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-- Example 1: Basic HAVING with auto-aliasing
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SELECT a, COUNT(*)
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FROM test_simple_math
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GROUP BY a
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HAVING COUNT(*) >= 1;
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-- Example 2: HAVING with GROUP BY alias (two transformers working together!)
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SELECT id % 3 as grp, COUNT(*), SUM(b)
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FROM test_simple_math
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GROUP BY grp
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HAVING COUNT(*) > 2 AND SUM(b) > 100;
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Quick Win #2: WHERE Alias Expansion
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Expands SELECT aliases to their full expressions in WHERE clauses
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-- Works with: =, <, >, <=, >=, !=, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL, AND, OR, NOT
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SELECT a, b, a * 2 as double_a
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE double_a > 10;
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GO
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SELECT a, b, b / 10 as tens
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE tens > 5;
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GO
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SELECT a, b, a * 2 as double_a, a * 3 as triple_a
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE double_a > 10 AND triple_a < 25;
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GO
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-- Arithmetic operators work
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SELECT a, a + 5 as plus5
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE plus5 > 15;
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GO
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SELECT a, a - 3 as minus3
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE minus3 < 5;
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GO
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SELECT a, a * 2 as times2
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE times2 = 20;
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GO
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SELECT a, b / 10 as divided
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE divided >= 10;
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GO
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SELECT a, a % 3 as modulo
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE modulo = 0;
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GO
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-- IS NULL / IS NOT NULL work with aliases
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SELECT a, b, a * 2 as doubled
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE doubled IS NOT NULL;
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GO
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-- Multiple uses of same alias
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SELECT a, a * 2 as double_a
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE double_a > 10 AND double_a < 30;
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GO
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Quick Win #3: GROUP BY Alias Expansion
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Expands SELECT aliases to their full expressions in GROUP BY clauses
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SELECT id % 3 as grp, COUNT(*)
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FROM test_simple_math
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GROUP BY grp;
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GO
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SELECT b / 10 as tens, COUNT(*), AVG(a) as avg_a
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FROM test_simple_math
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GROUP BY tens;
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GO
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-- Multiple aliases in GROUP BY
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SELECT a % 2 as even_odd, a % 3 as mod3, COUNT(*)
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FROM test_simple_math
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GROUP BY even_odd, mod3;
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GO
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- All Three Transformers Working Together
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SELECT id % 3 as grp, COUNT(*) as cnt, SUM(b) as total
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FROM test_simple_math
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WHERE b > 50 -- WHERE: can use simple comparisons
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GROUP BY grp -- GROUP BY: alias expansion
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HAVING cnt > 2 AND total > 100 -- HAVING: aggregate auto-aliasing
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ORDER BY total DESC; -- ORDER BY: works naturally (evaluated after SELECT)
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GO
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- DISTINCT with Expressions (Already Works)
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SELECT DISTINCT a % 3 FROM test_simple_math;
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GO
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SELECT DISTINCT a % 2, a % 3 FROM test_simple_math;
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GO
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-- ============================================================================
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-- END OF WORKING FEATURES
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-- ============================================================================
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-- Everything above works perfectly when run with -q flag or in interactive mode.
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--
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-- Test examples:
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-- sql-cli data/test_simple_math.csv -q "SELECT a, a*2 as double_a FROM test_simple_math WHERE double_a > 10"
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-- sql-cli data/test_simple_math.csv -q "SELECT id % 3 as grp, COUNT(*) FROM test_simple_math GROUP BY grp"
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-- sql-cli -q "SELECT value % 3 as grp, COUNT(*) as cnt FROM range(20) WHERE value > 5 GROUP BY grp HAVING cnt > 3"
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-- ============================================================================
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-- FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS (Not Yet Supported)
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-- ============================================================================
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-- The features below would require additional work on the WHERE evaluator
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-- or other parts of the query engine. They are documented here as potential
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-- future improvements.
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- CASE Expressions in WHERE with Aliases
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Status: NOT SUPPORTED
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-- Issue: WHERE evaluator doesn't handle CASE expressions
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-- Workaround: Use the full CASE expression in WHERE, or use a CTE
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-- Example that currently fails:
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-- SELECT value,
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-- CASE WHEN value > 5 THEN 'high' ELSE 'low' END as category
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-- FROM range(10)
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-- WHERE category = 'high';
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-- Workaround using CTE:
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-- WITH categorized AS (
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-- SELECT value,
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-- CASE WHEN value > 5 THEN 'high' ELSE 'low' END as category
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-- FROM range(10)
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-- )
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-- SELECT * FROM categorized WHERE category = 'high';
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- BETWEEN with Expression Aliases
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Status: NOT SUPPORTED
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-- Issue: WHERE evaluator expects simple column references in BETWEEN
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-- Example that currently fails:
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-- SELECT value, value * 2 as doubled
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-- FROM range(10)
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-- WHERE doubled BETWEEN 10 AND 20;
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-- Workaround: Use comparison operators
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-- SELECT value, value * 2 as doubled
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-- FROM range(10)
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-- WHERE doubled >= 10 AND doubled <= 20;
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- IN with Expression Aliases
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Status: NOT SUPPORTED
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-- Issue: WHERE evaluator expects simple column references in IN lists
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-- Example that currently fails:
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-- SELECT value, value * 2 as doubled
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-- FROM range(10)
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-- WHERE doubled IN (4, 6, 8);
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-- Workaround: Use multiple OR conditions
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-- SELECT value, value * 2 as doubled
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-- FROM range(10)
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-- WHERE doubled = 4 OR doubled = 6 OR doubled = 8;
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Subquery Column References
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Status: COMPLEX - Not a simple enhancement
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-- Would require significant changes to subquery evaluation
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- JOIN ON with Aliases
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-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Status: UNCLEAR SEMANTICS
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-- Issue: Which table's alias? Confusing for users
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-- Probably not worth supporting
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-- ============================================================================
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-- IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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-- ============================================================================
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-- The preprocessing pipeline runs transformers in this order:
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-- 1. ExpressionLifter - Lifts window functions and column alias dependencies
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-- 2. WhereAliasExpander - Expands SELECT aliases in WHERE (Quick Win #2)
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-- 3. GroupByAliasExpander - Expands SELECT aliases in GROUP BY (Quick Win #3)
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-- 4. HavingAliasTransformer - Adds aliases to aggregates, rewrites HAVING (Quick Win #1)
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-- 5. CTEHoister - Hoists nested CTEs to top level
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-- 6. InOperatorLifter - Optimizes large IN expressions
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-- Performance Impact:
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-- - Transformation overhead: ~0.06ms total for all transformers
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-- - Zero runtime overhead - aliases expanded at query planning time
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-- - Same execution performance as writing full expressions
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-- SQL Evaluation Order (Standard):
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-- FROM → WHERE → GROUP BY → HAVING → SELECT → ORDER BY → LIMIT
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--
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-- This is why:
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-- - WHERE needs alias expansion (evaluated before SELECT)
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-- - GROUP BY needs alias expansion (evaluated before SELECT)
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-- - HAVING needs alias expansion (evaluated before SELECT, but after GROUP BY)
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-- - ORDER BY works naturally (evaluated after SELECT, aliases already exist)
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-- ============================================================================
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-- TESTING
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-- ============================================================================
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-- Run the supported features:
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-- $ sql-cli examples/expansion_transformers.sql
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-- Run with preprocessing details:
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-- $ sql-cli data/test_simple_math.csv -q "SELECT a, a*2 as d FROM test_simple_math WHERE d > 10" --show-preprocessing
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-- Test individual features:
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-- $ ./tests/integration/test_where_alias_expansion.sh
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-- $ ./tests/integration/test_group_by_alias_expansion.sh
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-- $ ./tests/integration/test_having_auto_alias.sh
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-- Demo scripts:
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-- $ ./scripts/demo_where_alias_expansion.sh
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-- $ ./scripts/demo_group_by_alias_expansion.sh
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-- $ ./scripts/demo_having_auto_alias.sh

src/non_interactive.rs

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let dataview = DataView::new(source_table);
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// If this statement has an INTO clause, we need to remove it before execution
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// because the query executor doesn't understand INTO syntax
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let executable_sql = if parsed_stmt.into_table.is_some() {
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use crate::query_plan::IntoClauseRemover;
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// Apply preprocessing pipeline (alias expansion, etc.) if statement has FROM clause
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// This enables Quick Win features (WHERE/GROUP BY/HAVING alias expansion) in scripts
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let executable_sql = {
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use crate::query_plan::{create_standard_pipeline, IntoClauseRemover};
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let has_from_clause = parsed_stmt.from_table.is_some()
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match pipeline.process(parsed_stmt.clone()) {
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Ok(transformed_stmt) => {
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IntoClauseRemover::remove_into_clause(transformed_stmt)
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}
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