squabble¶
Catch unsafe SQL migrations.
$ squabble sql/migration.sql
sql/migration.sql:4:46 ERROR: column "uh_oh" has a disallowed constraint [1004]
ALTER TABLE big_table ADD COLUMN uh_oh integer DEFAULT 0;
^
# Use --explain to get more information on a lint violation
$ squabble --explain 1004
ConstraintNotAllowed
When adding a column to an existing table, certain constraints can have
unintentional side effects, like locking the table or introducing
performance issues.
...
Squabble can also be integrated with your editor to catch errors in SQL files.
$ echo 'SELECT * FROM WHERE x = y;' | squabble --reporter=plain
stdin:1:15 CRITICAL: syntax error at or near "WHERE"
Currently, most of the rules have been focused on Postgres and its quirks. However, squabble can parse any ANSI SQL and new rules that are specific to other databases are appreciated!
Installation¶
$ pip3 install squabble
$ squabble --help
Note
Squabble is only supported on Python 3.5+
If you’d like to install from source:
$ git clone https://github.com/erik/squabble.git && cd squabble
$ python3 -m venv ve && source ve/bin/activate
$ python setup.py install
$ squabble --help
Configuration¶
To see a list of rules, try
$ squabble --list-rules
Then, to show more verbose information about a rule (such as rationale and configuration options)
$ squabble --show-rule AddColumnsDisallowConstraints
Once a configuration file is in place, it can be passed explicitly on the command line, or automatically looked up.
$ squabble -c path/to/config ...
If not explicitly given on the command line, squabble will look for a
file named .squabblerc
in the following places (in order):
./.squabblerc
(git_repo_root)/.squabblerc
~/.squabblerc
Per-File Configuration¶
Configuration can also be applied at the file level by using SQL line comments
in the form -- squabble-enable:RuleName
or -- squabble-disable:RuleName
.
For example, to disable RuleA
and enable RuleB
just for one file,
this could be done:
-- squabble-disable:RuleA
-- squabble-enable:RuleB config=value array=1,2,3
SELECT email FROM users WHERE ...;
To prevent squabble from running on a file, use -- squabble-disable
. Note
that this will also disable syntax checking. Note that this flag will take
precedence over any other configuration set either on the command line or in
the rest of the file.
Example Configuration¶
{
"reporter": "color",
"plugins": [
"/some/directory/with/custom/rules"
],
"rules": {
"AddColumnsDisallowConstraints": {
"disallowed": ["DEFAULT", "FOREIGN", "NOT NULL"]
}
}
}
Prior Art¶
squabble
is of course not the first tool in this space. If it
doesn’t fit your needs, consider one of these tools:
Acknowledgments¶
This project would not be possible without:
- libpg_query - Postgres query parser
- pglast - Python bindings to libpg_query
- Postgres - …obviously
The logo image used in the documentation is created by Gianni - Dolce Merda from the Noun Project.