SQL dialect

Vertica SQL Parser for Java and .NET

General SQL Parser (GSP) parses Vertica 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.

576
Vertica keywords recognized by the grammar
512
keywords the parser also accepts as identifiers
117
Vertica test SQL files in the regression corpus
Weekly
release cadence — dialect fixes ship in days

Example

Vertica SQL that GSP parses

CREATE PROJECTION sales_proj AS
SELECT id, region, amt FROM sales
ORDER BY region
SEGMENTED BY HASH(id) ALL NODES;

Parse it in Java

import gudusoft.gsqlparser.*;

TGSqlParser parser = new TGSqlParser(EDbVendor.dbvvertica);
parser.sqltext = sql; // the Vertica 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 Vertica

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

Actively maintained

Recent Vertica parser updates

Full history in the release notes.

Go deeper

Vertica resources

Common questions

Do I need a Vertica database connection to validate SQL?

No. GSP validates Vertica 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 Vertica grammar?

GSP uses a dedicated hand-tuned grammar for Vertica — not a generic SQL grammar with flags. The parser recognizes 576 Vertica keywords and knows which 512 of them can also be used as identifiers, which is exactly the kind of edge case that breaks generic parsers.

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

Can GSP extract column-level lineage from Vertica SQL?

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