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Enable bulk selection of columns from multiple tables

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enhancement upstream
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Description

After a join one can have multiple tables in the query, and might want to select all columns from all tables. The proposed syntax for this is:

@from i in table1 begin
@join j in table2 on i.a equals j.a
@select {i..., j...}
end

In order to implement this, we need a type stable merge function (blackrock/NamedTuples.jl#14), which is currently blocked by JuliaLang/julia#16806 on julia 0.5.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the proposed @select {i..., j...} syntax and the linked NamedTuples.jl#14 and JuliaLang/julia#16806 issues. Determine whether the required type-stable merge support is available before implementing bulk selection. Done means selecting columns from multiple joined tables works with the shown query form.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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