SQL dialect

Couchbase N1QL SQL Parser for Java and .NET

General SQL Parser (GSP) parses Couchbase N1QL with a dedicated, hand-tuned grammar — full AST access, offline syntax validation, formatting, rewriting, and column-level data lineage . One commercial SDK, 38 dialects, Java and .NET.

172
Couchbase N1QL keywords recognized by the grammar
156
keywords the parser also accepts as identifiers
Weekly
release cadence — dialect fixes ship in days

Example

Couchbase N1QL SQL that GSP parses

UPSERT INTO product (KEY, VALUE)
VALUES ("odwalla-juice1",
  {"productId": "odwalla-juice1", "unitPrice": 5.40})
RETURNING *;

Parse it in Java

import gudusoft.gsqlparser.*;

TGSqlParser parser = new TGSqlParser(EDbVendor.dbvcouchbase);
parser.sqltext = sql; // the Couchbase N1QL SQL above
if (parser.parse() == 0) {
    System.out.println(parser.sqlstatements.size() + " statement(s) parsed");
} else {
    System.out.println(parser.getErrormessage());
}

The .NET edition exposes the same API in C# — see the C# quick start.

Coverage

What GSP handles in Couchbase N1QL

Beyond parsing, the same AST powers table/column extraction, validation, formatting, and column-level lineage for Couchbase N1QL.

Actively maintained

Recent Couchbase N1QL parser updates

Full history in the release notes.

Go deeper

Couchbase N1QL resources

Common questions

Do I need a Couchbase N1QL database connection to validate SQL?

No. GSP validates Couchbase N1QL syntax completely offline. You get error line and column positions, the offending token, and a hint — with no server, driver, or credentials involved.

How complete is the Couchbase N1QL grammar?

GSP uses a dedicated hand-tuned grammar for Couchbase N1QL — not a generic SQL grammar with flags. The parser recognizes 172 Couchbase N1QL keywords and knows which 156 of them can also be used as identifiers, which is exactly the kind of edge case that breaks generic parsers.

Can I use the Couchbase N1QL parser from C# / .NET?

Yes. The .NET edition (NuGet package gudusoft.gsqlparser, .NET Standard 2.0) exposes the same API surface as the Java edition, so every Couchbase N1QL parsing feature on this page works in C# and VB.NET.

Can GSP extract column-level lineage from Couchbase N1QL SQL?

Yes. The built-in DataFlowAnalyzer produces column-level lineage, impact analysis, and call graphs from Couchbase N1QL scripts — it is the engine behind Gudu SQLFlow and the lineage integrations for DataHub and OpenMetadata.