Notice: This repository is no longer actively maintained, and no further updates will be done, nor issues/PRs will be answered or attended. An alternative actively maintained can be found at https://github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server repository.
go-mysql-server is a SQL engine which parses standard SQL (based on MySQL syntax), resolves and optimizes queries. It provides simple interfaces to allow custom tabular data source implementations.
go-mysql-server also provides a server implementation compatible with the MySQL wire protocol. That means it is compatible with MySQL ODBC, JDBC, or the default MySQL client shell interface.
These are the goals of go-mysql-server:
- Be a generic extensible SQL engine that performs queries on your data sources.
- Provide interfaces so you can implement your own custom data sources without providing any (except for the memdata source that is used for testing purposes).
- Have a runnable server you can use on your specific implementation.
- Parse and optimize queries while still allow specific implementations to add their own analysis steps and optimizations.
- Provide some common index driver implementations so the user does not have to bring their own index implementation, and still be able to do so if they need to.
What are not the goals of go-mysql-server:
- Be a drop-in MySQL database replacement.
- Be an application/server you can use directly.
- Provide any kind of backend implementation (other than the memone used for testing) such as json, csv, yaml, ... That's for clients to implement and use.
What's the use case of go-mysql-server?
Having data in another format that you want as tabular data to query using SQL, such as git. As an example of this, we have gitbase.
The import path for the package is github.com/src-d/go-mysql-server.
To install it, run:
go get github.com/src-d/go-mysql-server
We are continuously adding more functionality to go-mysql-server. We support a subset of what is supported in MySQL, to see what is currently included check the SUPPORTED file.
We support and actively test against certain third-party clients to ensure compatibility between them and go-mysql-server. You can check out the list of supported third party clients in the SUPPORTED_CLIENTS file along with some examples on how to connect to go-mysql-server using them.
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| ARRAY_LENGTH(json) | if the json representation is an array, this function returns its size. | 
| AVG(expr) | returns the average value of expr in all rows. | 
| CEIL(number) | returns the smallest integer value that is greater than or equal to number. | 
| CEILING(number) | returns the smallest integer value that is greater than or equal to number. | 
| CHAR_LENGTH(str) | returns the length of the string in characters. | 
| COALESCE(...) | returns the first non-null value in a list. | 
| CONCAT(...) | concatenates any group of fields into a single string. | 
| CONCAT_WS(sep, ...) | concatenates any group of fields into a single string. The first argument is the separator for the rest of the arguments. The separator is added between the strings to be concatenated. The separator can be a string, as can the rest of the arguments. If the separator is NULL, the result is NULL. | 
| CONNECTION_ID() | returns the current connection ID. | 
| COUNT(expr) | returns a count of the number of non-NULL values of expr in the rows retrieved by a SELECT statement. | 
| DATE_ADD(date, interval) | adds the interval to the given date. | 
| DATE_SUB(date, interval) | subtracts the interval from the given date. | 
| DAY(date) | is a synonym for DAYOFMONTH(). | 
| DATE(date) | returns the date part of the given date. | 
| DAYOFMONTH(date) | returns the day of the month (0-31). | 
| DAYOFWEEK(date) | returns the day of the week of the given date. | 
| DAYOFYEAR(date) | returns the day of the year of the given date. | 
| FIRST(expr) | returns the first value in a sequence of elements of an aggregation. | 
| FLOOR(number) | returns the largest integer value that is less than or equal to number. | 
| FROM_BASE64(str) | decodes the base64-encoded string str. | 
| GREATEST(...) | returns the greatest numeric or string value. | 
| HOUR(date) | returns the hours of the given date. | 
| IFNULL(expr1, expr2) | if expr1is not NULL, it returnsexpr1; otherwise it returnsexpr2. | 
| IS_BINARY(blob) | returns whether a blobis a binary file or not. | 
| JSON_EXTRACT(json_doc, path, ...) | extracts data from a json document using json paths. Extracting a string will result in that string being quoted. To avoid this, use JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(json_doc, path, ...)). | 
| JSON_UNQUOTE(json) | unquotes JSON value and returns the result as a utf8mb4 string. | 
| LAST(expr) | returns the last value in a sequence of elements of an aggregation. | 
| LEAST(...) | returns the smaller numeric or string value. | 
| LENGTH(str) | returns the length of the string in bytes. | 
| LN(X) | returns the natural logarithm of X. | 
| LOG(X), LOG(B, X) | if called with one parameter, this function returns the natural logarithm of X. If called with two parameters, this function returns the logarithm ofXto the baseB. IfXis less than or equal to 0, or ifBis less than or equal to 1, then NULL is returned. | 
| LOG10(X) | returns the base-10 logarithm of X. | 
| LOG2(X) | returns the base-2 logarithm of X. | 
| LOWER(str) | returns the string strwith all characters in lower case. | 
| LPAD(str, len, padstr) | returns the string str, left-padded with the stringpadstrto a length oflencharacters. | 
| LTRIM(str) | returns the string strwith leading space characters removed. | 
| MAX(expr) | returns the maximum value of exprin all rows. | 
| MID(str, pos, [len]) | returns a substring from the provided string starting at poswith a length oflencharacters. If nolenis provided, all characters fromposuntil the end will be taken. | 
| MIN(expr) | returns the minimum value of exprin all rows. | 
| MINUTE(date) | returns the minutes of the given date. | 
| MONTH(date) | returns the month of the given date. | 
| NOW() | returns the current timestamp. | 
| NULLIF(expr1, expr2) | returns NULL if expr1 = expr2is true, otherwise returnsexpr1. | 
| POW(X, Y) | returns the value of Xraised to the power ofY. | 
| REGEXP_MATCHES(text, pattern, [flags]) | returns an array with the matches of the patternin the giventext. Flags can be given to control certain behaviours of the regular expression. Currently, only theiflag is supported, to make the comparison case insensitive. | 
| REPEAT(str, count) | returns a string consisting of the string strrepeatedcounttimes. | 
| REPLACE(str,from_str,to_str) | returns the string strwith all occurrences of the stringfrom_strreplaced by the stringto_str. | 
| REVERSE(str) | returns the string strwith the order of the characters reversed. | 
| ROUND(number, decimals) | rounds the numbertodecimalsdecimal places. | 
| RPAD(str, len, padstr) | returns the string str, right-padded with the stringpadstrto a length oflencharacters. | 
| RTRIM(str) | returns the string strwith trailing space characters removed. | 
| SECOND(date) | returns the seconds of the given date. | 
| SLEEP(seconds) | waits for the specified number of seconds (can be fractional). | 
| SOUNDEX(str) | returns the soundex of a string. | 
| SPLIT(str,sep) | returns the parts of the string strsplit by the separatorsepas a JSON array of strings. | 
| SQRT(X) | returns the square root of a nonnegative number X. | 
| SUBSTR(str, pos, [len]) | returns a substring from the string strstarting atposwith a length oflencharacters. If nolenis provided, all characters fromposuntil the end will be taken. | 
| SUBSTRING(str, pos, [len]) | returns a substring from the string strstarting atposwith a length oflencharacters. If nolenis provided, all characters fromposuntil the end will be taken. | 
| SUM(expr) | returns the sum of exprin all rows. | 
| TO_BASE64(str) | encodes the string strin base64 format. | 
| TRIM(str) | returns the string strwith all spaces removed. | 
| UPPER(str) | returns the string strwith all characters in upper case. | 
| WEEKDAY(date) | returns the weekday of the given date. | 
| YEAR(date) | returns the year of the given date. | 
| YEARWEEK(date, mode) | returns year and week for a date. The year in the result may be different from the year in the date argument for the first and the last week of the year. | 
The behaviour of certain parts of go-mysql-server can be configured using either environment variables or session variables.
Session variables are set using the following SQL queries:
SET <variable name> = <value>| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| INMEMORY_JOINS | environment | If set it will perform all joins in memory. Default is off. | 
| inmemory_joins | session | If set it will perform all joins in memory. Default is off. This has precedence over INMEMORY_JOINS. | 
| MAX_MEMORY | environment | The maximum number of memory, in megabytes, that can be consumed by go-mysql-server. Any in-memory caches or computations will no longer try to use memory when the limit is reached. Note that this may cause certain queries to fail if there is not enough memory available, such as queries using DISTINCT, ORDER BY or GROUP BY with groupings. | 
| DEBUG_ANALYZER | environment | If set, the analyzer will print debug messages. Default is off. | 
| PILOSA_INDEX_THREADS | environment | Number of threads used in index creation. Default is the number of cores available in the machine. | 
| pilosa_index_threads | environment | Number of threads used in index creation. Default is the number of cores available in the machine. This has precedence over PILOSA_INDEX_THREADS. | 
go-mysql-server contains a SQL engine and server implementation. So, if you want to start a server, first instantiate the engine and pass your sql.Database implementation.
It will be in charge of handling all the logic to retrieve the data from your source. Here you can see an example using the in-memory database implementation:
...
func main() {
    driver := sqle.NewDefault()
    driver.AddDatabase(createTestDatabase())
    config := server.Config{
        Protocol: "tcp",
        Address:  "localhost:3306",
        Auth:     auth.NewNativeSingle("user", "pass", auth.AllPermissions),
    }
    s, err := server.NewDefaultServer(config, driver)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    s.Start()
}
func createTestDatabase() *memory.Database {
    const (
        dbName    = "test"
        tableName = "mytable"
    )
    db := memory.NewDatabase(dbName)
    table := memory.NewTable(tableName, sql.Schema{
        {Name: "name", Type: sql.Text, Nullable: false, Source: tableName},
        {Name: "email", Type: sql.Text, Nullable: false, Source: tableName},
        {Name: "phone_numbers", Type: sql.JSON, Nullable: false, Source: tableName},
        {Name: "created_at", Type: sql.Timestamp, Nullable: false, Source: tableName},
    })
    db.AddTable(tableName, table)
    ctx := sql.NewEmptyContext()
    rows := []sql.Row{
        sql.NewRow("John Doe", "john@doe.com", []string{"555-555-555"}, time.Now()),
        sql.NewRow("John Doe", "johnalt@doe.com", []string{}, time.Now()),
        sql.NewRow("Jane Doe", "jane@doe.com", []string{}, time.Now()),
        sql.NewRow("Evil Bob", "evilbob@gmail.com", []string{"555-666-555", "666-666-666"}, time.Now()),
	}
    for _, row := range rows {
        table.Insert(ctx, row)
    }
    return db
}
...Then, you can connect to the server with any MySQL client:
> mysql --host=127.0.0.1 --port=3306 -u user -ppass test -e "SELECT * FROM mytable"
+----------+-------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| name     | email             | phone_numbers                 | created_at          |
+----------+-------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| John Doe | john@doe.com      | ["555-555-555"]               | 2018-04-18 10:42:58 |
| John Doe | johnalt@doe.com   | []                            | 2018-04-18 10:42:58 |
| Jane Doe | jane@doe.com      | []                            | 2018-04-18 10:42:58 |
| Evil Bob | evilbob@gmail.com | ["555-666-555","666-666-666"] | 2018-04-18 10:42:58 |
+----------+-------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+See the complete example here.
SELECT count(name) FROM mytable
+---------------------+
| COUNT(mytable.name) |
+---------------------+
|                   4 |
+---------------------+
SELECT name,year(created_at) FROM mytable
+----------+--------------------------+
| name     | YEAR(mytable.created_at) |
+----------+--------------------------+
| John Doe |                     2018 |
| John Doe |                     2018 |
| Jane Doe |                     2018 |
| Evil Bob |                     2018 |
+----------+--------------------------+
SELECT email FROM mytable WHERE name = 'Evil Bob'
+-------------------+
| email             |
+-------------------+
| evilbob@gmail.com |
+-------------------+
To be able to create your own data source implementation you need to implement the following interfaces:
- 
sql.Databaseinterface. This interface will provide tables from your data source.- If your database implementation supports adding more tables, you might want to add support for sql.Alterableinterface
 
- If your database implementation supports adding more tables, you might want to add support for 
- 
sql.Tableinterface. It will be in charge of transforming any kind of data into an iterator of Rows. Depending on how much you want to optimize the queries, you also can implement other interfaces on your tables:- sql.PushdownProjectionTableinterface will provide a way to get only the columns needed for the executed query.
- sql.PushdownProjectionAndFiltersTableinterface will provide the same functionality described before, but also will push down the filters used in the executed query. It allows to filter data in advance, and speed up queries.
- sql.Indexableadd index capabilities to your table. By implementing this interface you can create and use indexes on this table.
- sql.Insertercan be implemented if your data source tables allow insertions.
 
- 
If you need some custom tree modifications, you can also implement your own analyzer.Rules.
You can see a really simple data source implementation on our mem package.
go-mysql-server exposes a series of interfaces to allow you to implement your own indexes so you can speedup your queries.
Taking a look at the main index interface, you must note a couple of constraints:
- This abstraction lets you create an index for multiple columns (one or more) or for only one expression (e.g. function applied on multiple columns).
- If you want to index an expression that is not a column you will only be able to index one and only one expression at a time.
Index drivers provide different backends for storing and querying indexes. To implement a custom index driver you need to implement a few things:
- sql.IndexDriverinterface, which will be the driver itself. Not that your driver must return an unique ID in the- IDmethod. This ID is unique for your driver and should not clash with any other registered driver. It's the driver's responsibility to be fault tolerant and be able to automatically detect and recover from corruption in indexes.
- sql.Indexinterface, returned by your driver when an index is loaded or created.- Your sql.Indexmay optionally implement thesql.AscendIndexand/orsql.DescendIndexinterfaces, if you want to support more comparison operators like>,<,>=,<=orBETWEEN.
 
- Your 
- sql.IndexLookupinterface, returned by your index in any of the implemented operations to get a subset of the indexed values.- Your sql.IndexLookupmay optionally implement thesql.Mergeableandsql.SetOperationsinterfaces if you want to support set operations to merge your index lookups.
 
- Your 
- sql.IndexValueIterinterface, which will be returned by your- sql.IndexLookupand should return the values of the index.
- Don't forget to register the index driver in your sql.Catalogusingcatalog.RegisterIndexDriver(mydriver)to be able to use it.
To create indexes using your custom index driver you need to use USING driverid on the index creation query. For example:
CREATE INDEX foo ON table USING driverid (col1, col2)You can see an example of a driver implementation inside the sql/index/pilosa package, where the pilosa driver is implemented.
Index creation is synchronous by default, to make it asynchronous, use WITH (async = true), for example:
CREATE INDEX foo ON table USING driverid (col1, col2) WITH (async = true)pilosalib driver was renamed to pilosa and now pilosa does not require an external pilosa server. pilosa is not supported on Windows.
go-mysql-server utilizes github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics module to expose metrics (counters, gauges, histograms) for certain packages (so far for engine, analyzer, regex, pilosa). If you already have metrics server (prometheus, statsd/statsite, influxdb, etc.) and you want to gather metrics also from go-mysql-server components, you will need to initialize some global variables by particular implementations to satisfy following interfaces:
// Counter describes a metric that accumulates values monotonically.
type Counter interface {
	With(labelValues ...string) Counter
	Add(delta float64)
}
// Gauge describes a metric that takes specific values over time.
type Gauge interface {
	With(labelValues ...string) Gauge
	Set(value float64)
	Add(delta float64)
}
// Histogram describes a metric that takes repeated observations of the same
// kind of thing, and produces a statistical summary of those observations,
// typically expressed as quantiles or buckets.
type Histogram interface {
	With(labelValues ...string) Histogram
	Observe(value float64)
}You can use one of go-kit implementations or try your own.
For instance, we want to expose metrics for prometheus server. So, before we start mysql engine, we have to set up the following variables:
import(
    "github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics/prometheus"
    promopts "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
    "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
)
//....
// engine metrics
sqle.QueryCounter = prometheus.NewCounterFrom(promopts.CounterOpts{
		Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
		Subsystem: "engine",
		Name:      "query_counter",
	}, []string{
		"query",
	})
sqle.QueryErrorCounter = prometheus.NewCounterFrom(promopts.CounterOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "engine",
    Name:      "query_error_counter",
}, []string{
    "query",
    "error",
})
sqle.QueryHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(promopts.HistogramOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "engine",
    Name:      "query_histogram",
}, []string{
    "query",
    "duration",
})
// analyzer metrics
analyzer.ParallelQueryCounter = prometheus.NewCounterFrom(promopts.CounterOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "analyzer",
    Name:      "parallel_query_counter",
}, []string{
    "parallelism",
})
// regex metrics
regex.CompileHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(promopts.HistogramOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "regex",
    Name:      "compile_histogram",
}, []string{
    "regex",
    "duration",
})
regex.MatchHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(promopts.HistogramOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "regex",
    Name:      "match_histogram",
}, []string{
    "string",
    "duration",
})
// pilosa index driver metrics
pilosa.RowsGauge = prometheus.NewGaugeFrom(promopts.GaugeOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "index",
    Name:      "indexed_rows_gauge",
}, []string{
    "driver",
})
pilosa.TotalHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(promopts.HistogramOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "index",
    Name:      "index_created_total_histogram",
}, []string{
    "driver",
    "duration",
})
pilosa.MappingHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(promopts.HistogramOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "index",
    Name:      "index_created_mapping_histogram",
}, []string{
    "driver",
    "duration",
})
pilosa.BitmapHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogramFrom(promopts.HistogramOpts{
    Namespace: "go_mysql_server",
    Subsystem: "index",
    Name:      "index_created_bitmap_histogram",
}, []string{
    "driver",
    "duration",
})One important note - internally we set some labels for metrics, that's why have to pass those keys like "duration", "query", "driver", ... when we register metrics in prometheus. Other systems may have different requirements.
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