SQL dialect

Oracle SQL Parser for Java and .NET

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

690
Oracle keywords recognized by the grammar
678
keywords the parser also accepts as identifiers
1,642
Oracle test SQL files in the regression corpus
Weekly
release cadence — dialect fixes ship in days

Example

Oracle SQL that GSP parses

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY hr.emp_mgmt AS
  PROCEDURE raise_salary(p_id NUMBER, p_pct NUMBER) IS
  BEGIN
    UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * (1 + p_pct / 100)
    WHERE employee_id = p_id;
  END;
END emp_mgmt;

Parse it in Java

import gudusoft.gsqlparser.*;

TGSqlParser parser = new TGSqlParser(EDbVendor.dbvoracle);
parser.sqltext = sql; // the Oracle 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 Oracle

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

Actively maintained

Recent Oracle parser updates

Full history in the release notes.

Go deeper

Oracle resources

Common questions

Does GSP parse Oracle stored procedures and procedural SQL?

Yes. GSP parses PL/SQL procedures, functions, packages, triggers, and object types, including compound triggers and pipelined functions into a full AST — procedure bodies become real statement trees you can traverse, not opaque text blocks. This is what makes lineage and impact analysis work inside procedural code.

Do I need a Oracle database connection to validate SQL?

No. GSP validates Oracle 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 Oracle grammar?

GSP uses a dedicated hand-tuned grammar for Oracle — not a generic SQL grammar with flags. The parser recognizes 690 Oracle keywords and knows which 678 of them can also be used as identifiers, which is exactly the kind of edge case that breaks generic parsers.

Can I use the Oracle 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 Oracle parsing feature on this page works in C# and VB.NET.

Can GSP extract column-level lineage from Oracle SQL?

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