polyglot-sql 0.3.3

Rust-powered SQL transpiler for 32+ dialects. Parse, generate, transpile, format, and validate SQL.

polyglot-sql (Python)

Rust-powered SQL transpiler for 30+ dialects.

The polyglot-sql Python package exposes an API backed by the Rust polyglot-sql engine for fast parse/transpile/generate/format/validate workflows.

Installation

pip install polyglot-sql

Quick Start

import polyglot_sql

polyglot_sql.transpile(
    "SELECT IFNULL(a, b) FROM t",
    read="mysql",
    write="postgres",
)
# ["SELECT COALESCE(a, b) FROM t"]

ast = polyglot_sql.parse_one("SELECT 1 + 2", dialect="postgres")
polyglot_sql.generate(ast, dialect="mysql")

polyglot_sql.format_sql("SELECT a,b FROM t WHERE x=1", dialect="postgres")

Format Guard Behavior

format_sql uses Rust core formatting guards with default limits:

• input bytes: 16 * 1024 * 1024
• tokens: 1_000_000
• AST nodes: 1_000_000
• set-op chain: 256

import polyglot_sql

try:
    pretty = polyglot_sql.format_sql("SELECT 1", dialect="generic")
except polyglot_sql.GenerateError as exc:
    # Guard failures contain E_GUARD_* codes in the message.
    print(str(exc))

Per-call guard overrides:

pretty = polyglot_sql.format_sql(
    "SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2",
    dialect="generic",
    max_set_op_chain=1024,
    max_input_bytes=32 * 1024 * 1024,
)

result = polyglot_sql.validate("SELECT 1", dialect="postgres")
if result:
    print("valid")

API Reference

All functions are exported from polyglot_sql.

• transpile(sql: str, read: str = "generic", write: str = "generic", *, pretty: bool = False) -> list[str]
• parse(sql: str, dialect: str = "generic") -> list[dict]
• parse_one(sql: str, dialect: str = "generic") -> dict
• generate(ast: dict | list[dict], dialect: str = "generic", *, pretty: bool = False) -> list[str]
• format_sql(sql: str, dialect: str = "generic", *, max_input_bytes: int | None = None, max_tokens: int | None = None, max_ast_nodes: int | None = None, max_set_op_chain: int | None = None) -> str
• format(sql: str, dialect: str = "generic", *, max_input_bytes: int | None = None, max_tokens: int | None = None, max_ast_nodes: int | None = None, max_set_op_chain: int | None = None) -> str (alias of format_sql)
• validate(sql: str, dialect: str = "generic") -> ValidationResult
• optimize(sql: str, dialect: str = "generic") -> str
• lineage(column: str, sql: str, dialect: str = "generic") -> dict
• source_tables(column: str, sql: str, dialect: str = "generic") -> list[str]
• diff(sql1: str, sql2: str, dialect: str = "generic") -> list[dict]
• dialects() -> list[str]
• __version__: str

Supported Dialects

Current dialect names returned by polyglot_sql.dialects():

athena, bigquery, clickhouse, cockroachdb, datafusion, databricks, doris, dremio, drill, druid, duckdb, dune, exasol, fabric, generic, hive, materialize, mysql, oracle, postgres, presto, redshift, risingwave, singlestore, snowflake, solr, spark, sqlite, starrocks, tableau, teradata, tidb, trino, tsql.

Error Handling

Exception hierarchy:

• PolyglotError
• ParseError
• GenerateError
• TranspileError
• ValidationError

Unknown dialect names raise built-in ValueError.

validate(...) returns ValidationResult:

• result.valid: bool
• result.errors: list[ValidationErrorInfo]
• bool(result) works (True when valid)

Each ValidationErrorInfo has:

• message: str
• line: int
• col: int
• code: str
• severity: str

Performance Note

The package uses Rust internals directly via PyO3 and has zero runtime Python dependencies for SQL processing.

Development

cd crates/polyglot-sql-python
uv sync --group dev
uv run maturin develop
uv run pytest
uv run pyright python/polyglot_sql/
uv run maturin build --release
uv run --with mkdocs mkdocs build --strict --clean --config-file mkdocs.yml --site-dir ../../packages/python-docs/dist

Links

• Repository: https://github.com/tobilg/polyglot
• Issues: https://github.com/tobilg/polyglot/issues
• Python API Docs: https://polyglot-sql-python-api.pages.dev
• TypeScript API Docs: https://polyglot.gh.tobilg.com
• Playground: https://polyglot-playground.gh.tobilg.com/