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<h1 id="zipponql">ZipponQL</h1>
<p>ZipponDB uses its own query language, ZipponQL or ZiQL for short.
The language goal is to be minimal, small and simple.
Yet allowing powerful relationship.</p>
<p>Here are the key points to remember:</p>
<ul>
<li>4 actions available: <code>GRAB</code>, <code>ADD</code>, <code>UPDATE</code>, <code>DELETE</code></li>
<li>All queries start with an action followed by a struct name</li>
<li><code>{}</code> are filters</li>
<li><code>[]</code> specify how much and what data</li>
<li><code>()</code> contain new or updated data (not already in files)</li>
<li><code>||</code> for ordering</li>
<li>By default, all members that are not links are returned</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><em>Disclaimer: The language may change a bit over time.</em></strong></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="making-errors">Making errors</h2>
<p>When you make an error writing ZiQL, you should see something like this to help you understand where you made a mistake:
<div class="language-lua highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-0-1"><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a><span class="nv">Error</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="py">Expected</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">string</span>
</span><span id="__span-0-2"><a id="__codelineno-0-2" name="__codelineno-0-2" href="#__codelineno-0-2"></a><span class="nv">GRAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nv">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">Bob</span><span class="p">}</span>
</span><span id="__span-0-3"><a id="__codelineno-0-3" name="__codelineno-0-3" href="#__codelineno-0-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">^^^</span><span class="w"> </span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-1-1"><a id="__codelineno-1-1" name="__codelineno-1-1" href="#__codelineno-1-1"></a>Error: Expected ( or member name.
</span><span id="__span-1-2"><a id="__codelineno-1-2" name="__codelineno-1-2" href="#__codelineno-1-2"></a>GRAB User {name = &#39;Bob&#39; AND {age &gt; 10}}
</span><span id="__span-1-3"><a id="__codelineno-1-3" name="__codelineno-1-3" href="#__codelineno-1-3"></a> ^
</span></code></pre></div>
<hr />
<h2 id="to-return">To return</h2>
<p>What is between <code>[]</code> are what data to return. You can see it as the column name after <code>SELECT</code> in SQL and number after <code>LIMIT</code>.</p>
<p>Here I return just the name of all users:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-2-1"><a id="__codelineno-2-1" name="__codelineno-2-1" href="#__codelineno-2-1"></a>GRAB User [name] {}
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>Here the 100 first users:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-3-1"><a id="__codelineno-3-1" name="__codelineno-3-1" href="#__codelineno-3-1"></a>GRAB User [100] {}
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>Here the name of the 100 first users:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-4-1"><a id="__codelineno-4-1" name="__codelineno-4-1" href="#__codelineno-4-1"></a>GRAB User [100; name]
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>You can also specify what data to return for each relationship returned. By default, query do not return any relationship.</p>
<p>This will return the name and best friend of all users:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-5-1"><a id="__codelineno-5-1" name="__codelineno-5-1" href="#__codelineno-5-1"></a>GRAB User [name, best_friend] {}
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>You can also specify what the best friend return:</p>
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-6-1"><a id="__codelineno-6-1" name="__codelineno-6-1" href="#__codelineno-6-1"></a>GRAB User [name, best_friend [name, age]] {}
</span></code></pre></div>
<hr />
<h2 id="filters">Filters</h2>
<p>What is between <code>{}</code> are filters, basically as a list of condition. This filter is use when parsing files and evaluate entities. You can see it as <code>WHERE</code> in SQL.</p>
<p>For example <code>{ name = 'Bob' }</code> will return <code>true</code> if the member <code>name</code> of the evaluated entity is equal to <code>Bob</code>. This is the most important thing in ZipponDB.</p>
<p>Here an example in a query:</p>
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-7-1"><a id="__codelineno-7-1" name="__codelineno-7-1" href="#__codelineno-7-1"></a>GRAB User {name = &#39;Bob&#39; AND age &gt; 44}
</span></code></pre></div>
<hr />
<h2 id="relationship">Relationship</h2>
<p>Filter can be use inside filter. This allow simple yet powerfull relationship.</p>
<p>This query will return all users that have a best friend named 'Bob'.</p>
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-8-1"><a id="__codelineno-8-1" name="__codelineno-8-1" href="#__codelineno-8-1"></a>GRAB User {best_friend IN {name = &#39;Bob&#39;}}
</span></code></pre></div>
<p>You are obviously not limited to one depth. This will return all users that ordered at least one book in 2024:</p>
<div class="language-go highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-9-1"><a id="__codelineno-9-1" name="__codelineno-9-1" href="#__codelineno-9-1"></a><span class="nx">GRAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-2"><a id="__codelineno-9-2" name="__codelineno-9-2" href="#__codelineno-9-2"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">orders</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">IN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-3"><a id="__codelineno-9-3" name="__codelineno-9-3" href="#__codelineno-9-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">products</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">IN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-4"><a id="__codelineno-9-4" name="__codelineno-9-4" href="#__codelineno-9-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">category</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">IN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-5"><a id="__codelineno-9-5" name="__codelineno-9-5" href="#__codelineno-9-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">&#39;</span><span class="nx">Book</span><span class="err">&#39;</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-6"><a id="__codelineno-9-6" name="__codelineno-9-6" href="#__codelineno-9-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-7"><a id="__codelineno-9-7" name="__codelineno-9-7" href="#__codelineno-9-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-8"><a id="__codelineno-9-8" name="__codelineno-9-8" href="#__codelineno-9-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">date</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2024</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mo">01</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mo">01</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-9"><a id="__codelineno-9-9" name="__codelineno-9-9" href="#__codelineno-9-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
</span><span id="__span-9-10"><a id="__codelineno-9-10" name="__codelineno-9-10" href="#__codelineno-9-10"></a><span class="p">}</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
<p>Same as:
<div class="language-go highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-10-1"><a id="__codelineno-10-1" name="__codelineno-10-1" href="#__codelineno-10-1"></a><span class="nx">GRAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">orders</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">IN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">products</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">category</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">&#39;</span><span class="nx">Book</span><span class="err">&#39;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">AND</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">date</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2024</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mo">01</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mo">01</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// (1)!</span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<ol>
<li>Dot not yet implemented</li>
</ol>
<hr />
<h2 id="link-query-not-yet-implemented">Link query - Not yet implemented</h2>
<p>You can also link query. Each query returns a list of UUID of a specific struct. You can use it in the next query.
Here an example where I create a new <code>Comment</code> that I then append to the list of comment of one specific <code>User</code>.
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-11-1"><a id="__codelineno-11-1" name="__codelineno-11-1" href="#__codelineno-11-1"></a>ADD Comment (content=&#39;Hello world&#39;, at=NOW, like_by=[], by={id=&#39;000&#39;})
</span><span id="__span-11-2"><a id="__codelineno-11-2" name="__codelineno-11-2" href="#__codelineno-11-2"></a>=&gt; added_comment =&gt;
</span><span id="__span-11-3"><a id="__codelineno-11-3" name="__codelineno-11-3" href="#__codelineno-11-3"></a>UPDATE User {id = &#39;000&#39;} TO (comments APPEND added_comment)
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>The name between <code>=&gt;</code> is the variable name of the list of UUID used for the next queries, you can have multiple one if the link has more than 2 queries.
You can also just use one <code>=&gt;</code> but the list of UUID is discarded in that case.</p>
<p>This can be use with GRAB too. So you can create variable before making the query. Here an example:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-12-1"><a id="__codelineno-12-1" name="__codelineno-12-1" href="#__codelineno-12-1"></a>GRAB User {name = &#39;Bob&#39;} =&gt; bobs =&gt;
</span><span id="__span-12-2"><a id="__codelineno-12-2" name="__codelineno-12-2" href="#__codelineno-12-2"></a>GRAB User {age &gt; 18} =&gt; adults =&gt;
</span><span id="__span-12-3"><a id="__codelineno-12-3" name="__codelineno-12-3" href="#__codelineno-12-3"></a>GRAB User {IN adults AND !IN bobs}
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>Which is the same as:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-13-1"><a id="__codelineno-13-1" name="__codelineno-13-1" href="#__codelineno-13-1"></a>GRAB User {name != &#39;Bob&#39; AND age &gt; 18}
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p><small>Note that the query are completly isolated, so files will be parse 3 times.</small></p>
<p>Another example:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-14-1"><a id="__codelineno-14-1" name="__codelineno-14-1" href="#__codelineno-14-1"></a>GRAB Product [1] {category.name = &#39;Book&#39;} =&gt; book =&gt;
</span><span id="__span-14-2"><a id="__codelineno-14-2" name="__codelineno-14-2" href="#__codelineno-14-2"></a>GRAB Order {date &gt; 2024/01/01 AND products IN book} =&gt; book_orders =&gt;
</span><span id="__span-14-3"><a id="__codelineno-14-3" name="__codelineno-14-3" href="#__codelineno-14-3"></a>GRAB User [100] {orders IN book_orders}
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="actions">Actions</h2>
<h3 id="grab"><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/grab">GRAB</a></h3>
<p>The main action is <code>GRAB</code>, it parse files and return data.<br />
<div class="language-js highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-15-1"><a id="__codelineno-15-1" name="__codelineno-15-1" href="#__codelineno-15-1"></a><span class="nx">GRAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Bob&#39;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">AND</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">age</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">30</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">OR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">age</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">10</span><span class="p">)}</span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>Using <code>[]</code> before the filter tell what to return.<br />
<div class="language-js highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-16-1"><a id="__codelineno-16-1" name="__codelineno-16-1" href="#__codelineno-16-1"></a><span class="nx">GRAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">id</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">email</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Bob&#39;</span><span class="p">}</span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>Relationship use filter within filter.
<div class="language-js highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-17-1"><a id="__codelineno-17-1" name="__codelineno-17-1" href="#__codelineno-17-1"></a><span class="nx">GRAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">best_friend</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">IN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Bob&#39;</span><span class="p">}}</span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p>GRAB queries return a list of JSON objects, e.g:
<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-18-1"><a id="__codelineno-18-1" name="__codelineno-18-1" href="#__codelineno-18-1"></a>[{id:&quot;1e170a80-84c9-429a-be25-ab4657894653&quot;, name: &quot;Gwendolyn Ray&quot;, age: 70, email: &quot;austin92@example.org&quot;, scores: [ 77 ], friends: [], }, ]
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/grab">More info.</a></p>
<h3 id="add"><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/add">ADD</a></h3>
<p>The <code>ADD</code> action adds one entity to the database. The syntax is similar to <code>GRAB</code>, but uses <code>()</code>. This signifies that the data is not yet in the database.
<div class="language-js highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-19-1"><a id="__codelineno-19-1" name="__codelineno-19-1" href="#__codelineno-19-1"></a><span class="nx">ADD</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Bob&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">age</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">30</span><span class="p">)</span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/add">More info.</a></p>
<h3 id="delete"><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/delete">DELETE</a></h3>
<p>Similar to <code>GRAB</code> but deletes all entities found using the filter and returns a list of deleted UUIDs.
<div class="language-js highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-20-1"><a id="__codelineno-20-1" name="__codelineno-20-1" href="#__codelineno-20-1"></a><span class="nx">DELETE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Bob&#39;</span><span class="p">}</span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/delete">More info.</a></p>
<h3 id="update"><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/update">UPDATE</a></h3>
<p>A mix of <code>GRAB</code> and <code>ADD</code>. It takes a filter first, then the new data.
Here, we update the first 5 <code>User</code> entities named 'bob' to capitalize the name and become 'Bob':
<div class="language-js highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-21-1"><a id="__codelineno-21-1" name="__codelineno-21-1" href="#__codelineno-21-1"></a><span class="nx">UPDATE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">User</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mf">5</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;bob&#39;</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">TO</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Bob&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</span></code></pre></div></p>
<p><a href="/ZipponDB/ziql/update">More info.</a></p>
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