GoSQL – A query engine in 319 LoC
I've always been curious about how SQL engines actually work. So I built a minimum viable SQL engine in Go. - Supports CSV files as tables - Supports SELECT, FROM, WHERE, LIMIT It's very simple: 1. Parses query string 2. Converts it into an AST representation 3. Executes the query against the CSV 4. Returns the results
GoSQL – A query engine in 319 LoC launched on October 7, 2024 with 81 votes, #595 of 5,185 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
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GoSQL is a minimal SQL query engine written in Go with just 319 lines of code. It lets users run basic SQL queries against CSV files, supporting SELECT, FROM, WHERE, and LIMIT operations. The engine works by parsing the query string into an abstract syntax tree, then executing it against the data and returning results. Built as an educational project to demonstrate how SQL engines function, it serves developers interested in understanding query processing fundamentals.
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A SQL query engine in Go. Contribute to archiewood/gosql development by creating an account on GitHub.
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