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CHANGELOG
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
Breaking changes are annotated with ☢️, and alpha/beta features with 🐥.
v0.43.1 - 2023-11-19
Added
- Related to #270, the output of
sq inspect
now includes the source's catalog (in JSON and YAML output formats).
Fixed
- MySQL driver didn't populate all expected values for
sq inspect --overview
.
Changed
- ☢️ Removed unused
--exec
and--query
flags fromsq sql
command.
v0.43.0 - 2023-11-18
Added
- #270: Flag
--src.schema
permits switching the source's schema (and catalog) for the duration of the command. The flag is supported for thesq
,sql
andinspect
commands. - New SLQ functions
catalog()
andschema()
return the catalog and schema of the DB connection. - The SLQ
unique
function now has a synonymuniq
.
Changed
sq src --text
now outputs only the handle of the active source. Previously it also printed the driver type and short location. Instead usesq src --text --verbose
to see those details.
v0.42.1 - 2023-09-10
Fixed
- #308: Fix to allow build on 32-bit systems. Thanks @icp.
v0.42.0 - 2023-08-22
Added
- 🐥 #279: The SQLite driver now has initial support for several SQLite extensions baked in, including Virtual Table and FTS5. Note that this is an early access release of extensions support. Please open an issue if you discover something bad.
v0.41.1 - 2023-08-20
Fixed
sq version
was missing a newline in its output.
v0.41.0 - 2023-08-20
This release is heavily focused on improvements to Microsoft Excel support.
The underlying Excel library has been changed from tealeg/xlsx
to qax-os/excelize
, largely because
tealeg/xlsx
is no longer actively maintained. Thus, both the XLSX output writer
and the XLSX driver have been rewritten. There should be some performance
improvements, but it's also possible that the rewrite introduced bugs. If you
discover anything strange, please open an issue.
Added
-
#99: The CSV and XLSX drivers can now handle duplicate header column names in the ingest data. For example, given a CSV file:
actor_id,first_name,actor_id 1,PENELOPE,1 2,NICK,2
The columns will be renamed to:
actor_id,first_name,actor_id_1
The renaming behavior is controlled by a new option
ingest.column.rename
This new option is effectively the ingest counterpart of the existing output optionresult.column.rename
. -
#191: The XLSX driver now detects header rows, like the CSV driver already does. Thus, you now typically don't need to specify the
--ingest.header
flag for Excel files. However, the option remains available in casesq
can't figure it out for a particular file. -
The Excel writer has three new config options for controlling date/time output. Note that these format strings are distinct from
format.datetime
and friends, because Excel has its own format string mechanism.format.excel.datetime
: Controls datetime format, e.g.2023-08-03 16:07:01
.format.excel.date
: Controls date-only format, e.g.2023-08-03
.format.excel.time
: Controls time-only format, e.g.4:07 pm
.
-
The ingest kind detectors (e.g. for
CSV
orXLSX
) now detect more date & time formats askind.Datetime
,kind.Date
, andkind.Time
. -
If an error occurs when the output format is
text
, a stack trace is printed tostderr
when the command is executed with--verbose
(-v
). -
There's a new option
error.format
that controls error output format independent of the mainformat
option . Theerror.format
value must be one oftext
orjson
.
Changed
-
☢️ The default Excel date format has changed. Previously the format was
11/9/89
, and now it is1989-11-09
. The same applies to datetimes, e.g.11/9/1989 00:00:00
becomes1989-11-09 00:00
.This change is made to reduce ambiguity and confusion.
sq
uses a library to interact with Excel files, and it seems that the library chooses a particular format by default (11/9/89
). There are several paths we could take here:- Interrogate the OS, and use the OS locale date format.
- Stick with the library default
11/9/89
. - Pick a default other than
11/9/89
.
We pick the third option. The first option (locale-dependent) is excluded because, as a general rule, we want
sq
to produce the same output regardless of locale/system settings. We exclude the second option because month/day confuses most of the world. Thus, we're left with picking a default, and1989-11-09
is the format used in RFC3339 and friends.Whether this is the correct (standard?) approach is still unclear, and feedback is welcome. However, the user can make use of the new config options (
format.excel.datetime
etc.) to customize the format as they see fit. -
The XLSX writer now outputs header rows in bold text.
-
☢️ The XLSX writer now outputs blob (
bytes
) cell data as a base64-encoded string, instead of raw bytes.
Fixed
- Fixed bug where source-specific config wasn't being propagated.
v0.40.0 - 2023-07-03
This release features a complete overhaul of the join
mechanism.
Added
-
#277: A table selector can now have an alias. This in and of itself is not particularly useful, but it's a building block for multiple joins.
$ sq '@sakila | .actor:a | .a.first_name'
-
New option
result.column.rename
that exposes a template used to rename result set column names before display. The primary use case is to de-duplicate columns names on aSELECT * FROM tbl1 JOIN tbl2
, wheretbl1
andtbl2
have clashing column names (docs). -
#157: Previously only
join
(INNER JOIN
) was available: now the rest of the join types such asleft_outer_join
,cross_join
, etc. are implemented (docs).
Changed
-
☢️ #12: The table join mechanism has been completely overhauled. Now there's support for multiple joins. See docs.
# Previously, only a single join was possible $ sq '.actor, .film_actor | join(.actor_id)' # Now, an arbitrary number of joins $ sq '.actor | join(.film_actor, .actor_id) | join(.film, .film_id)'
-
☢️ The alias for
--jsonl
(JSON Lines) has been changed to-J
.
Fixed
- Config options weren't being propagated correctly to all parts of the code.
v0.39.1 - 2023-06-22
Fixed
- Bug with
sq version
output on Windows.
v0.39.0 - 2023-06-22
Added
- #263:
sq version
now supports--yaml
output. - #263:
sq version
now outputs host OS details with--verbose
,--json
and--yaml
flags. The motivation behind this is bug submission: we want to know which OS/arch the user is on. E.g. forsq version -j
:
{
"version": "v0.38.1",
"commit": "eedc11ec46d1f0e78628158cc6fd58850601d701",
"timestamp": "2023-06-21T11:41:34Z",
"latest_version": "v0.39.0",
"host": {
"platform": "darwin",
"arch": "arm64",
"kernel": "Darwin",
"kernel_version": "22.5.0",
"variant": "macOS",
"variant_version": "13.4"
}
}
- #263: The output of
sq inspect
andsq inspect -v
has been refactored significantly, and should now be easier to work with (docs).
v0.38.1 - 2023-06-19
Fixed
- #261: The JSON writer (
--json
) could get deadlocked when a record contained a large amount of data, triggering an internalFlush()
(which is mutex-guarded) from within the mutex-guardedWriteRecords()
method.
v0.38.0 - 2023-06-18
This release has significant improvements (and breaking changes)
to SLQ (sq
's query language).
Changed
-
☢️ #254: The formerly-implicit "WHERE" mechanism now requires an explicit
where()
function. This, alas, is a fairly big breaking change. But it's necessary to remove an ambiguity roadblock. See discussion in the issue.# Previously $ sq '.actor | .actor_id <= 2' # Now $ sq '.actor | where(.actor_id <= 2)'
-
#256: Column-only queries are now possible. This has the neat side effect that
sq
can now be used as a calculator.$ sq 1+2 1+2 3
You may want to use
--no-header
(-H
) when usingsq
as a calculator.$ sq -H 1+2 3 $ sq -H '(1+2)*3' 9
Fixed
-
Literals can now be selected (docs).
$ sq '.actor | .first_name, "X":middle_name, .last_name | .[0:2]' first_name middle_name last_name PENELOPE X GUINESS NICK X WAHLBERG
-
Lots of expressions that previously failed badly, now work.
$ sq '.actor | .first_name, (1+2):addition | .[0:2]' first_name addition PENELOPE 3 NICK 3
-
#258: Column aliases can now be arbitrary strings, instead of only a valid identifier.
# Previously only valid identifier allowed $ sq '.actor | .first_name:given_name | .[0:2]' given_name PENELOPE NICK # Now, any arbitrary string can be used $ sq '.actor | .first_name:"Given Name" | .[0:2]' Given Name PENELOPE NICK
v0.37.1 - 2023-06-15
Fixed
- #252: Handle
*uint64
returned from DB.
v0.37.0 - 2023-06-13
Added
v0.36.2 - 2023-05-27
Changed
- ☢️ Proprietary database functions are now
invoked by prefixing the function name with an underscore. For example:
# mysql "date_format" func $ sq '@sakila/mysql | .payment | _date_format(.payment_date, "%m")' # Postgres "date_trunc" func $ sq '@sakila/postgres | .payment | _date_trunc("month", .payment_date)'
v0.36.1 - 2023-05-26
Fixed
sq diff
: Renamed--count
flag to--counts
as intended.
v0.36.0 - 2023-05-25
The major feature is the long-gestating sq diff
.
Added
- #229:
sq diff
compares two sources, or tables. sq inspect --dbprops
is a new mode that returns only the DB properties. Relatedly, the properties mechanism is now implemented for all four supported DB types (previously, it was only implemented for Postgres and MySQL).- CSV format now colorizes output.
Changed
sq inspect -v
previously returned DB properties in a field nameddb_variables
. This field has been renamed todb_properties
. The renaming reflects the fact that some of those properties aren't really variables in the sense that they can be modified (e.g. DB server version or such).- The structure of the former
db_variables
(nowdb_properties
) field has changed. Previously it was an array of{"name": "XX", "value": "YY"}
values, but now is a map, where the keys are strings, and the values can be either a scalar (bool
,int
,string
, etc.), or a nested value such as an array or map. This change is made because some databases (e.g. SQLite) feature complex data in some property values. - CSV format now renders byte sequences as
[777 bytes]
instead of dumping the raw bytes. - ☢️ TSV format (
--tsv
) no longer has a shorthand form-T
. Apparently that shorthand wasn't used much, and-T
is needed elsewhere. - ☢️ Likewise,
--xml
no longer has shorthand-X
. And--markdown
has lost alias--md
. - In addition to the format flags
--text
,--json
, etc., there is now a--format=FORMAT
flag, e.g.--format=json
. This will allowsq
to continue to expand the number of output formats, without needing to have a dedicated flag for each format.
Fixed
sq config edit @source
was failing to save any edits.
v0.35.0 - 2023-05-10
Added
Fixed
sq config get OPT --text
now prints only the value, notKEY VALUE
. If you want to see key and value, consider using--yaml
, or--text --verbose
.
v0.34.2 - 2023-05-08
Fixed
- Both
--markdown
and the alias--md
are now supported.
v0.34.1 - 2023-05-07
Fixed
- Fixed a minor issue where
sq ls -jv
andsq ls -yv
produced no output if config contained no explicitly set options.
v0.34.0 - 2023-05-07
This release significantly overhauls sq
's config mechanism (#199).
For an overview, see the new config docs.
Alas, this release has several minor breaking changes ☢️.
Added
sq config ls
shows config.sq config get
gets individual config option.sq config set
sets config values.sq config edit
edits config.- Editor can be specified via
$EDITOR
or$SQ_EDITOR
.
- Editor can be specified via
sq config location
prints the location of the config dir.--config
flag is now honored globally.- Many more knobs are exposed in config.
- Logging is much more configurable. There are new knobs:
There are also equivalent flags ($ sq config set log true $ sq config set log.level INFO $ sq config set log.file /var/log/sq.log
--log
,--log.file
and--log.level
) and envars (SQ_LOG
,SQ_LOG_FILE
andSQ_LOG_LEVEL
). - Several more commands support YAML output:
Changed
- The structure of
sq
's config file (sq.yml
) has changed. The config file is automatically upgraded when using the new version. - The default location of the
sq
log file has changed. The new location is platform-dependent. Usesq config get log.file -v
to view the location, orsq config set log.file /path/to/sq.log
to set it. - ☢️ Envar
SQ_CONFIG
replacesSQ_CONFIGDIR
. - ☢️ Envar
SQ_LOG_FILE
replacesSQ_LOGFILE
. - ☢️ Format flag
--table
is renamed to--text
. This is changed because while the output is mostly in table format, sometimes it's just plain text. Thustable
was not quite accurate. - ☢️ The flag to explicitly specify a driver when piping input to
sq
has been renamed from--driver
to--ingest.driver
. This change aligns the naming of the ingest options and reduces ambiguity.# previously $ cat mystery.data | sq --driver=csv '.data' # now $ cat mystery.data | sq --ingest.driver=csv '.data'
- ☢️
sq add
no longer has the generic--opts x=y
mechanism. This flag was ambiguous and confusing. Instead, use explicit option flags.# previously $ sq add ./actor.csv --opts=header=false # now $ sq add ./actor.csv --ingest.header=false
- ☢️ The short form of the
sq add --handle
flag has been changed from-h
to-n
. While this is not ideal, the-h
shorthand is already in use everywhere else as the short form of--header
.# previously $ sq add ./actor.csv -h @actor # now $ sq add ./actor.csv -n @actor
- ☢️ The
--pretty
flag has been removed. Its only previous use was with thejson
format, where if--pretty=false
would output the JSON in compact form. To better align with jq, there is now a--compact
/-c
flag that behaves identically to jq. - ☢️ Because of the above
--compact
/-c
flag, the short form of the--csv
flag is changing from-c
to-C
. It's an unfortunate situation, but alignment with jq's behavior is an overarching principle that justifies the change.
v0.33.0 - 2023-04-15
The headline feature is source groups.
This is the biggest change to the sq
CLI in some time, and should
make working with lots of sources much easier.
Added
- #192:
sq
now has a mechanism to group sources. A source handle can now be scoped. For example, instead of@sakila_prod
,@sakila_staging
, etc, you can use@prod/sakila
,@staging/sakila
. Usesq group prod
to set the active group (whichsq ls
respects). See docs. sq group GROUP
sets the active group toGROUP
.sq group
returns the active group (default is/
, the root group).sq ls GROUP
lists the sources inGROUP
.sq ls --group
(orsq ls -g
) lists all groups.sq mv
moves/renames sources and groups.
Changed
sq ls
now shows the active item in a distinct color. It no longer adds an asterisk to the active item.sq ls
now sorts alphabetically when using--table
format.sq ls
now shows the sources in the active group only. But note that the default active group is/
(the root group), so the default behavior ofsq ls
is the same as before.sq add hello.csv
will now generate the handle@hello
instead of@hello_csv
. On a second invocation, it will return@hello1
instead of@hello_csv_1
. Why this change? Well, with the availability of the source group mechanism, the_
character in the handle somehow looked ugly. And more importantly,_
is a relative pain to type.sq ping
has changed to support groups. Instead ofsq ping --all
, you can dosq ping GROUP
, e.g.sq ping /
.
v0.32.0 - 2023-04-09
Added
-
#187: For
csv
sources,sq
will now try to auto-detect if the CSV file has a header row or not. Previously, this needed to be explicitly specified via an awkward syntax:$ sq add ./actor.csv --opts=header=true
This change makes working with CSV files significantly lower friction. A command like the below now almost always works as expected:
$ cat ./actor.csv | sq .data
Support for Excel/XLSX header detection is in #191.
Fixed
-
sq
is now better at detecting the (data) kind of CSV fields. It now more accurately distinguishes betweenDecimal
andInt
, and knows how to handleDatetime
. -
#189:
sq
now treats CSV empty fields asNULL
.
v0.31.0 - 2023-03-08
Added
- #173: Predefined variables via
--arg
flag (docs):$ sq --arg first TOM '.actor | .first_name == $first'
Changes
- Use
--md
instead of--markdown
for outputting Markdown.
Fixed
- #185:
sq inspect
now better handles "too many connections" situations. go.mod
: Moved tojackc/pgx
v5
.- Refactor: switched to
slog
logging library.
v0.30.0 - 2023-03-27
Added
- #164: Implemented
unique
function (docs):
This is equivalent to:$ sq '.actor | .first_name | unique'
SELECT DISTINCT first_name FROM actor
- Implemented
count_unique
function (docs).$ sq '.actor | count_unique(.first_name)'
Changed
- The
count
function has been changed (docs)- Added no-args version:
.actor | count
equivalent toSELECT COUNT(*) AS "count" FROM "actor"
. - ☢️ The "star" version (
.actor | count(*)
) is no longer supported; use the naked version instead.
- Added no-args version:
- Function columns are now named according to the
sq
token, not the SQL token.# previous behavior $ sq '.actor | max(.actor_id)' max("actor_id") 200 # now $ sq '.actor | max(.actor_id)' max(.actor_id) 200
v0.29.0 - 2023-03-26
Added
- #162:
group_by
now accepts function arguments.
Changed
- Renamed
groupby
togroup_by
to match jq. - Renamed
orderby
toorder_by
to match jq.
v0.28.0 - 2023-03-26
Added
- #160: Use
groupby()
to group results. See query guide.
v0.27.0 - 2023-03-25
Added
- #158: Use
orderby()
to order results. See query guide.
v0.26.0 - 2023-03-22
Added
- #98: Whitespace is now allowed in SLQ selector names. You can
do
@sakila | ."film actor" | ."actor id"
.
Fixed
- #155:
sq inspect
now populatesschema
field in JSON for MySQL, SQLite, and SQL Server (Postgres already worked).
v0.25.1 - 2023-03-19
Fixed
- #153: Improved formatting of text table with long lines.
v0.25.0 - 2023-03-19
Added
- #15: Column Aliases. You can now change specify an alias for a column (or column expression
such as a function). For example:
sq '.actor | .first_name:given_name
, orsq .actor | count(*):quantity
. - #151:
sq add
now has a--active
flag, which immediately sets the new source as the active source.
v0.24.4 - 2023-03-15
Fixed
- Fixed typos in
sq sql
command help.
v0.24.3 - 2023-03-14
Added
- When a CSV source has explicit column names (via
--opts cols=A,B,C
),sq
now verifies that the CSV data record field count matches the number of explicit columns.
v0.24.2 - 2023-03-13
Fixed
- #142: Improved error handling when Postgres
current_schema()
is unavailable.
v0.24.1 - 2023-03-11
Fixed
- #144: Handle corrupted config active source.
v0.24.0 - 2022-12-31
Added
sq ping
now respects--json
flag.
Fixed
- Improved handling of file paths on Windows.
v0.23.0 - 2022-12-31
Added
sq ls
now respects--json
flag.sq rm
now respects--json
flag.sq add
now respects--json
flag.`- CI pipeline now verifies install packages after publish.
Changed
sq rm
can delete multiple sources.sq rm
doesn't print output unless--verbose
.- Redacted snipped is now
xxxxx
instead of****
, to match stdliburl.URL.Redacted()
.
Fixed
- Fixed crash on Fedora systems (needed
--tags=netgo
).
v0.21.3 - 2022-12-30
Added
sq version
respects--json
flag.sq version
respects--verbose
flag.sq version
showslatest_version
info when--verbose
and there's a newer version available.
Changed
sq version
shows less info when--verbose
is not set.
v0.20.0 - 2022-12-29
Added
sq
now generates manpages (and installs them).
v0.19.0 - 2022-12-29
Added
- Installer for Arch Linux, via Arch User Repository.
v0.18.2 - 2022-12-25
Added
- The build pipeline now produces
.apk
packages for Alpine Linux, andinstall.sh
has been updated accordingly. However, the.apk
files are not yet published to a repository, so it's necessary to runapk
against the downloaded.apk
file (install.sh
does this for you).
v0.18.0 - 2022-12-24
Added
- #95:
sq add
now has a--password
(-p
) flag that prompts the user for the data source password, instead of putting it in the location string. It will also read from stdin if there's input there.
v0.17.0 - 2022-12-23
Changed
- More or less every
go.mod
dependency has been updated to latest. This includes drivers forsqlite
andsqlserver
. The driver updates led to some broken things, which have been fixed.
v0.16.1 - 2022-12-23
Fixed
- #123: Shell completion is better behaved when a source is offline.
v0.16.0 - 2022-12-16
Added
--verbose
flag is now globalinstall.sh
install script.
Changed
- Improved GH workflow
sq inspect
shows less output by default (use-v
to restore previous behavior)
Fixed
sq inspect
can now deal with Postgres sources that have null values for constraint fields
v0.15.11 - 2022-11-06
Changed
- Yet more changes to GitHub workflow.
v0.15.4 - 2021-09-18
Changed
- Bug fixes
v0.15.3 - 2021-03-13
Changed
- #91: MySQL driver options no longer stripped
v0.15.2 - 2021-03-08
Changed
- #89: Bug with SQL generated for joins.