ScriptDom parsing of SELECT with alias











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I'm looking to use ScriptDom to parse T-SQL statement and ensure that at least two columns are specified. I found a way to extract the column names and can properly do my validation from that. However I also want to validate if the column was aliased and am not sure how to check that.



I want to ensure that the select statement specifies both MCA and MOC columns.



// this should pass
var sql = "SELECT MCA, MOC
FROM myTable";

// this should also pass
var sql = "SELECT some_col as MCA, some_other_col as MOC
FROM myTable";

_parser = new TSql120Parser(false);
var reader = new StringReader(sql);
var statements = parser.ParseStatementList(reader, out _errors);
var firstStatement = statements[0];
var select = firstStatement as SelectStatement;

var querySpec = statement.QueryExpression as QuerySpecification;
var columns = querySpec.SelectElements;
foreach(var column in columns) {
if (column is SelectScalarExpression) {
var expression = (column as SelectScalarExpression).Expression;
if (expression is ColumnReferenceExpression) {
var columnExpression = expression as ColumnReferenceExpression;
if (identifier.Identifiers.Count == 1)
{
var columnName = identifier.Identifiers.First().Value;
// I can validate from this extracted column name
}
}
}
}









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    I'm looking to use ScriptDom to parse T-SQL statement and ensure that at least two columns are specified. I found a way to extract the column names and can properly do my validation from that. However I also want to validate if the column was aliased and am not sure how to check that.



    I want to ensure that the select statement specifies both MCA and MOC columns.



    // this should pass
    var sql = "SELECT MCA, MOC
    FROM myTable";

    // this should also pass
    var sql = "SELECT some_col as MCA, some_other_col as MOC
    FROM myTable";

    _parser = new TSql120Parser(false);
    var reader = new StringReader(sql);
    var statements = parser.ParseStatementList(reader, out _errors);
    var firstStatement = statements[0];
    var select = firstStatement as SelectStatement;

    var querySpec = statement.QueryExpression as QuerySpecification;
    var columns = querySpec.SelectElements;
    foreach(var column in columns) {
    if (column is SelectScalarExpression) {
    var expression = (column as SelectScalarExpression).Expression;
    if (expression is ColumnReferenceExpression) {
    var columnExpression = expression as ColumnReferenceExpression;
    if (identifier.Identifiers.Count == 1)
    {
    var columnName = identifier.Identifiers.First().Value;
    // I can validate from this extracted column name
    }
    }
    }
    }









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      I'm looking to use ScriptDom to parse T-SQL statement and ensure that at least two columns are specified. I found a way to extract the column names and can properly do my validation from that. However I also want to validate if the column was aliased and am not sure how to check that.



      I want to ensure that the select statement specifies both MCA and MOC columns.



      // this should pass
      var sql = "SELECT MCA, MOC
      FROM myTable";

      // this should also pass
      var sql = "SELECT some_col as MCA, some_other_col as MOC
      FROM myTable";

      _parser = new TSql120Parser(false);
      var reader = new StringReader(sql);
      var statements = parser.ParseStatementList(reader, out _errors);
      var firstStatement = statements[0];
      var select = firstStatement as SelectStatement;

      var querySpec = statement.QueryExpression as QuerySpecification;
      var columns = querySpec.SelectElements;
      foreach(var column in columns) {
      if (column is SelectScalarExpression) {
      var expression = (column as SelectScalarExpression).Expression;
      if (expression is ColumnReferenceExpression) {
      var columnExpression = expression as ColumnReferenceExpression;
      if (identifier.Identifiers.Count == 1)
      {
      var columnName = identifier.Identifiers.First().Value;
      // I can validate from this extracted column name
      }
      }
      }
      }









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      I'm looking to use ScriptDom to parse T-SQL statement and ensure that at least two columns are specified. I found a way to extract the column names and can properly do my validation from that. However I also want to validate if the column was aliased and am not sure how to check that.



      I want to ensure that the select statement specifies both MCA and MOC columns.



      // this should pass
      var sql = "SELECT MCA, MOC
      FROM myTable";

      // this should also pass
      var sql = "SELECT some_col as MCA, some_other_col as MOC
      FROM myTable";

      _parser = new TSql120Parser(false);
      var reader = new StringReader(sql);
      var statements = parser.ParseStatementList(reader, out _errors);
      var firstStatement = statements[0];
      var select = firstStatement as SelectStatement;

      var querySpec = statement.QueryExpression as QuerySpecification;
      var columns = querySpec.SelectElements;
      foreach(var column in columns) {
      if (column is SelectScalarExpression) {
      var expression = (column as SelectScalarExpression).Expression;
      if (expression is ColumnReferenceExpression) {
      var columnExpression = expression as ColumnReferenceExpression;
      if (identifier.Identifiers.Count == 1)
      {
      var columnName = identifier.Identifiers.First().Value;
      // I can validate from this extracted column name
      }
      }
      }
      }






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