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## Overview
Stoolap is an embedded SQL database with MVCC transactions, written entirely in Rust. It supports both in-memory and persistent storage modes with full ACID compliance.
## Installation
```bash
# Add to Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
stoolap = "0.1"
```
Or build from source:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/stoolap/stoolap.git
cd stoolap
cargo build --release
```
## Quick Start
### As a Library
```rust
use stoolap::api::Database;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let db = Database::open_in_memory()?;
db.execute("CREATE TABLE users (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT)", ())?;
db.execute("INSERT INTO users VALUES (1, 'Alice')", ())?;
for row in db.query("SELECT * FROM users", ())? {
let row = row?;
println!("{}: {}", row.get::<i64>(0)?, row.get::<String>(1)?);
}
Ok(())
}
```
### Command Line
```bash
./stoolap # In-memory REPL
./stoolap --db "file:///path/to/data" # Persistent database
./stoolap -q "SELECT 1 + 1" # Execute query directly
```
## Features
### MVCC Transactions
Full multi-version concurrency control with two isolation levels:
```sql
-- Read Committed (default)
BEGIN;
UPDATE accounts SET balance = balance - 100 WHERE id = 1;
UPDATE accounts SET balance = balance + 100 WHERE id = 2;
COMMIT;
-- Snapshot Isolation
BEGIN TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SNAPSHOT;
SELECT * FROM accounts; -- Consistent view throughout transaction
COMMIT;
```
### Time-Travel Queries
Query historical data at any point in time:
```sql
-- Query data as it existed at a specific timestamp
SELECT * FROM orders AS OF TIMESTAMP '2024-01-15 10:30:00';
-- Query data as of a specific transaction
SELECT * FROM inventory AS OF TRANSACTION 1234;
-- Compare current vs historical data
SELECT
current.price,
historical.price AS old_price
FROM products current
JOIN products AS OF TIMESTAMP '2024-01-01' historical
ON current.id = historical.id
WHERE current.price != historical.price;
```
### Index Types
Stoolap automatically selects optimal index types, or you can specify explicitly:
```sql
-- B-tree: Range queries, sorting, prefix matching
CREATE INDEX idx_date ON orders(created_at) USING BTREE;
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE created_at BETWEEN '2024-01-01' AND '2024-12-31';
-- Hash: O(1) equality lookups
CREATE INDEX idx_email ON users(email) USING HASH;
SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = 'alice@example.com';
-- Bitmap: Low-cardinality columns, efficient AND/OR
CREATE INDEX idx_status ON orders(status) USING BITMAP;
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE status = 'pending' AND priority = 'high';
-- Multi-column composite indexes
CREATE INDEX idx_lookup ON events(user_id, event_type, created_at);
SELECT * FROM events WHERE user_id = 100 AND event_type = 'click';
```
### Window Functions
Full support for analytical queries:
```sql
SELECT
employee_name,
department,
salary,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY department ORDER BY salary DESC) as rank,
salary - LAG(salary) OVER (ORDER BY hire_date) as salary_change,
AVG(salary) OVER (PARTITION BY department) as dept_avg,
SUM(salary) OVER (ORDER BY hire_date ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) as running_total
FROM employees;
```
### Common Table Expressions
Including recursive queries:
```sql
-- Non-recursive CTE
WITH high_value_orders AS (
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE amount > 1000
)
SELECT customer_id, COUNT(*) FROM high_value_orders GROUP BY customer_id;
-- Recursive CTE (e.g., organizational hierarchy)
WITH RECURSIVE org_chart AS (
SELECT id, name, manager_id, 1 as level
FROM employees WHERE manager_id IS NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT e.id, e.name, e.manager_id, oc.level + 1
FROM employees e
JOIN org_chart oc ON e.manager_id = oc.id
)
SELECT * FROM org_chart ORDER BY level, name;
```
### Advanced Aggregations
```sql
-- ROLLUP: Hierarchical subtotals
SELECT region, product, SUM(sales)
FROM sales_data
GROUP BY ROLLUP(region, product);
-- CUBE: All possible subtotal combinations
SELECT region, product, SUM(sales)
FROM sales_data
GROUP BY CUBE(region, product);
-- GROUPING SETS: Explicit grouping combinations
SELECT region, product, SUM(sales), GROUPING(region), GROUPING(product)
FROM sales_data
GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((region, product), (region), ());
```
### Subqueries
Scalar, correlated, EXISTS, and IN subqueries:
```sql
-- Correlated subquery
SELECT * FROM employees e
WHERE salary > (SELECT AVG(salary) FROM employees WHERE department = e.department);
-- EXISTS
SELECT * FROM customers c
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM orders o WHERE o.customer_id = c.id AND o.amount > 1000);
-- IN with subquery
SELECT * FROM products
WHERE category_id IN (SELECT id FROM categories WHERE active = true);
```
### Query Optimizer
Cost-based optimizer with statistics:
```sql
-- Collect table statistics
ANALYZE orders;
-- View query execution plan
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM orders WHERE customer_id = 100;
-- View plan with actual execution statistics
EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM orders o
JOIN customers c ON o.customer_id = c.id
WHERE c.country = 'US';
```
## Data Types
| `INTEGER` | 64-bit signed integer | `42`, `-100` |
| `FLOAT` | 64-bit floating point | `3.14`, `-0.001` |
| `TEXT` | UTF-8 string | `'hello'`, `'日本語'` |
| `BOOLEAN` | true/false | `TRUE`, `FALSE` |
| `TIMESTAMP` | Date and time | `'2024-01-15 10:30:00'` |
| `JSON` | JSON data | `'{"key": "value"}'` |
## Built-in Functions
### String Functions
`UPPER`, `LOWER`, `LENGTH`, `TRIM`, `LTRIM`, `RTRIM`, `CONCAT`, `SUBSTRING`, `REPLACE`, `REVERSE`, `LEFT`, `RIGHT`, `LPAD`, `RPAD`, `REPEAT`, `POSITION`, `LOCATE`, `INSTR`, `SPLIT_PART`, `INITCAP`, `ASCII`, `CHR`, `TRANSLATE`
### Math Functions
`ABS`, `CEIL`, `FLOOR`, `ROUND`, `TRUNC`, `SQRT`, `POWER`, `MOD`, `SIGN`, `GREATEST`, `LEAST`, `EXP`, `LN`, `LOG`, `LOG10`, `LOG2`, `SIN`, `COS`, `TAN`, `ASIN`, `ACOS`, `ATAN`, `ATAN2`, `DEGREES`, `RADIANS`, `PI`, `RAND`, `RANDOM`
### Date/Time Functions
`NOW`, `CURRENT_DATE`, `CURRENT_TIME`, `CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`, `EXTRACT`, `DATE_TRUNC`, `DATE_ADD`, `DATE_SUB`, `DATEDIFF`, `YEAR`, `MONTH`, `DAY`, `HOUR`, `MINUTE`, `SECOND`, `DAYOFWEEK`, `DAYOFYEAR`, `WEEK`, `QUARTER`, `TO_CHAR`, `TO_DATE`, `TO_TIMESTAMP`
### JSON Functions
`JSON_EXTRACT`, `JSON_EXTRACT_PATH`, `JSON_TYPE`, `JSON_TYPEOF`, `JSON_VALID`, `JSON_KEYS`, `JSON_ARRAY_LENGTH`
### Aggregate Functions
`COUNT`, `SUM`, `AVG`, `MIN`, `MAX`, `STDDEV`, `STDDEV_POP`, `STDDEV_SAMP`, `VARIANCE`, `VAR_POP`, `VAR_SAMP`, `STRING_AGG`, `ARRAY_AGG`, `FIRST`, `LAST`, `BIT_AND`, `BIT_OR`, `BIT_XOR`, `BOOL_AND`, `BOOL_OR`
### Window Functions
`ROW_NUMBER`, `RANK`, `DENSE_RANK`, `NTILE`, `LAG`, `LEAD`, `FIRST_VALUE`, `LAST_VALUE`, `NTH_VALUE`, `PERCENT_RANK`, `CUME_DIST`
### Other Functions
`COALESCE`, `NULLIF`, `CAST`, `CASE`, `IF`, `IIF`, `NVL`, `NVL2`, `DECODE`, `GREATEST`, `LEAST`, `GENERATE_SERIES`
## Persistence
Stoolap uses write-ahead logging (WAL) with periodic snapshots:
```bash
# In-memory (default) - data lost on exit
./stoolap --db "memory://"
# File-based - durable storage
./stoolap --db "file:///var/lib/stoolap/data"
```
Features:
- **WAL**: All changes logged before applied, survives crashes
- **Snapshots**: Periodic full database snapshots for faster recovery
- **Index persistence**: All indexes saved and restored
## Architecture
```
src/
├── api/ # Public API (Database, Connection, Rows)
├── core/ # Types (Value, Row, Schema, Error)
├── parser/ # SQL lexer and parser
├── planner/ # Query planning
├── optimizer/ # Cost-based query optimizer
├── executor/ # Query execution engine
├── functions/ # 100+ built-in functions
│ ├── scalar/ # String, math, date, JSON
│ ├── aggregate/ # COUNT, SUM, AVG, etc.
│ └── window/ # ROW_NUMBER, RANK, LAG, etc.
└── storage/ # Storage engine
├── mvcc/ # Multi-version concurrency control
└── index/ # B-tree, Hash, Bitmap indexes
```
## Building
```bash
cargo build # Debug build
cargo build --release # Release build (optimized)
cargo test # Run tests
cargo clippy # Lint
cargo doc --open # Generate documentation
```
## Performance
See [BENCHMARKS.md](BENCHMARKS.md) for detailed performance comparisons with SQLite.
## Contributing
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
## License
Apache License 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).