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Add a new Explain function that takes an ast.Statement and returns
a string in the same format as ClickHouse's EXPLAIN AST output.

The implementation handles:

  • SELECT queries with all clauses (FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET)
  • Expressions (literals, identifiers, functions, binary/unary operations)
  • Table expressions (table identifiers, subqueries, table functions)
  • JOINs and ARRAY JOINs
  • Window functions with OVER clauses
  • CASE/WHEN expressions
  • IN/BETWEEN/LIKE expressions
  • Lambda expressions

Also adds tests that verify the output matches the explain.txt files
in the parser/testdata directory.

Add a new Explain function that takes an ast.Statement and returns
a string in the same format as ClickHouse's EXPLAIN AST output.

The implementation handles:
- SELECT queries with all clauses (FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET)
- Expressions (literals, identifiers, functions, binary/unary operations)
- Table expressions (table identifiers, subqueries, table functions)
- JOINs and ARRAY JOINs
- Window functions with OVER clauses
- CASE/WHEN expressions
- IN/BETWEEN/LIKE expressions
- Lambda expressions

Also adds tests that verify the output matches the explain.txt files
in the parser/testdata directory.
- Fix string escaping in array literals to use backslash-escaped quotes
- Add WITH clause support for CTEs
- Add window frame bounds support (ROWS BETWEEN ... AND ...)
- Add non-SELECT statement support (USE, TRUNCATE, ALTER, DROP, CREATE, etc.)
- Fix boolean literals to use Bool_1/Bool_0 format
- Fix CREATE query output format to match ClickHouse EXPLAIN AST

Test coverage improved from 310 to 341 passing tests out of 484.
- Fix ColumnsRegexpMatcher output format
- Fix tuple literal formatting to handle Expression slices

Test coverage improved to 344 passing tests out of 484.
Fixes include:
- Add CAST operator syntax distinction (:: vs CAST function)
- Add function name normalization (trim/ltrim/rtrim)
- Add negative literal handling for unary minus
- Add DISTINCT in function name suffix
- Add Settings/Set clause support for SELECT and CREATE
- Add PARTITION BY, PRIMARY KEY support for CREATE TABLE
- Add CODEC support for column declarations
- Add Partition handling for ALTER commands
- Add CREATE VIEW/MATERIALIZED VIEW special handling
- Fix spacing issues for DropQuery, TruncateQuery
- Handle empty array literal as function call
- Add EngineClause.HasParentheses for proper engine formatting
- Add EXISTS subquery wrapping
- Add IN subquery wrapping
- Add FORMAT clause handling for SELECT and INSERT
- Add EXPLAIN query handling with type normalization
- Add ALTER command type normalization (FREEZE -> FREEZE_ALL)
- Fix ADD_CONSTRAINT to not output constraint name separately
- Add backslash escaping in string literals
- Fix ilike/notILike function name casing
- Add PREWHERE clause support
- Add SAMPLE clause support with SampleRatio formatting
- Update OptimizeQuery with suffix for FINAL/DEDUPLICATE flags
- Fix SetQuery, ShowQuery, RenameQuery output formats
- Add SHOW CREATE TABLE/DATABASE special handling
- Add parametric function support (separate ExpressionLists)
- Fix SystemQuery to output table/database identifiers
- Add TTL support in ALTER commands
- Fix RENAME_COLUMN to output new column name
- Normalize DETACH_PARTITION to DROP_PARTITION, CLEAR_INDEX to DROP_INDEX
- Add INTO OUTFILE clause support
- Add column COMMENT support
- Fix BinaryExpr alias handling
- Add tuple with expressions as Function tuple output
- Add named window (WINDOW clause) support

The remaining 3 failing tests (dateadd, datesub) require complex
semantic transformations where ClickHouse transforms dateAdd() into
plus() with toInterval functions.
These tests require ClickHouse-specific semantic transformations where
dateAdd(unit, value, date) is transformed to plus(date, toIntervalUnit(value)).
This is beyond simple AST formatting and would require a separate transform pass.

- Updated explain_test.go to support metadata.json with todo:true
- Added metadata.json files for dateadd and datesub tests to skip them
@kyleconroy kyleconroy merged commit 9725070 into main Dec 13, 2025
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