Presto SQL Parser for Java

General SQL Parser (GSP) parses Presto with a dedicated, hand-tuned grammar — full AST access, offline syntax validation, formatting, rewriting, and column-level data lineage. One commercial SDK — Presto is available in the Java edition.

100%
of 66 documented Presto constructs parse fully — measured on GSP 4.1.9 (2026-08-03)
519
Presto keywords recognized by the grammar
516
keywords the parser also accepts as identifiers
51
Presto test SQL files in the regression corpus
Weekly
release cadence — dialect fixes ship in days

Presto SQL that GSP parses

SELECT numbers, animals, n, a
FROM (
  VALUES (ARRAY[2, 5], ARRAY['dog', 'cat']),
         (ARRAY[7, 8], ARRAY['cow', 'pig'])
) AS x (numbers, animals)
CROSS JOIN UNNEST(numbers, animals) AS t (n, a);

Parse it in Java

import gudusoft.gsqlparser.*;

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

Java edition only. The .NET library has no Presto grammar, so this dialect cannot be parsed from C# or VB.NET. See the .NET SQL Parser SDK for the dialects it does cover.

What GSP handles in Presto

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

Presto resources

Common questions

Do I need a live Presto database connection to validate SQL?

No. GSP validates Presto 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 Presto grammar?

GSP uses a dedicated hand-tuned grammar for Presto — not a generic SQL grammar with flags. The parser recognizes 519 Presto keywords and knows which 516 of them can also be used as identifiers, which is exactly the kind of edge case that breaks generic parsers.

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

Not currently. Presto is a Java-edition dialect — the .NET library ships 15 dedicated grammars and Presto is not one of them, so there is no C# code path for it. Everything else on this page describes the Java SDK. If you need Presto in .NET, email info@sqlparser.com; customer demand is how dialects get prioritized for the .NET port.

Can GSP extract column-level lineage from Presto SQL?

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