phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin/sql-parser

Support for system versioned tables

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PHP
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Description

CREATE TABLE t(
   x INT,
   start_timestamp TIMESTAMP(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START,
   end_timestamp TIMESTAMP(6) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END,
   PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME(start_timestamp, end_timestamp)
) WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING;

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/system-versioned-tables/

This query is valid and works fine, some cases are missing to successfully parse this query

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the supplied CREATE TABLE statement against the parser and compare the result with MariaDB's system-versioned tables documentation. Identify which parts of this valid syntax are rejected and verify that the complete query parses successfully when the missing cases are supported.

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Assessment

Tech stack
mariadb, php
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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