@pgsql/transform

AST-based SQL transformation, qualification, classification, and dependency-closure analysis for PostgreSQL. Works on plain SQL and inside PL/pgSQL function bodies (via plpgsql-parser hydration) — no regexes.

Looking for the PG13→17/18 version-upgrade AST transformer previously published under this name? It now lives at @pgsql/transform-ast.

Installation

npm install @pgsql/transform

The parser runs on a WASM build of the real PostgreSQL parser; call loadModule() from plpgsql-parser once before using any synchronous API.

Features

transformSql — schema-name rewriting

Rewrite schema names everywhere they can appear (DDL, DML, function bodies, trigger definitions, grants, policies, comments, type casts, string-embedded types inside PL/pgSQL, ...):

import { loadModule } from 'plpgsql-parser';
import { transformSql } from '@pgsql/transform';

await loadModule();
const mapping = new Map([['my-schema', 'my_schema']]);
const { sql } = transformSql(inputSql, mapping);

classifyStatements — per-statement AST facts

import { classifyStatements } from '@pgsql/transform';

const facts = classifyStatements(sql);
// per statement: kind (schema|table|view|index|type|function|trigger|policy|grant|...),
// creates, references (incl. inside PL/pgSQL bodies), referencedSchemas, roles,
// fkTargets, securityRelevant, securityDefiner, dynamicSql

qualifyUnqualified — add schema qualification

Qualify unqualified object references against an inventory of known objects, with multi-schema routing support.

Round-trip validation

normalizeTree / cleanTree / validateRoundTrip — dependency-free AST normalization and mutation-aware parse→deparse→re-parse validation.

Relationship to @pgsql/traverse

This package owns policy, not traversal. Every entry point above parses once, then drives walk from @pgsql/traverse over the parsed script — statements and hydrated PL/pgSQL bodies alike — with a visitor built here:

| Concern | Lives here | |---|---| | Which schema/role/extension a name maps to | SchemaRouter, RoleRouter, extension routes | | What counts as a reference, a creation, a security-relevant statement | classifyStatements | | When an unqualified name should be qualified | qualifyUnqualified | | Whether the rewritten SQL still parses to the same tree | validateRoundTrip | | How to reach every node of a SQL or PL/pgSQL AST | @pgsql/traverse |

So mapping logic never moves into the walker, and traversal logic never moves in here. Some passes keep per-statement state (CTE names in qualifyUnqualified, per-statement facts in classifyStatements) and drive the walkSqlAst / walkPlpgsqlAst primitives directly with a visitor per statement.

Consequence for contributors: __fixtures__/output/ is the regression gate for traversal changes made anywhere in the ecosystem. A walker change that alters these golden files is a behavior change, not a refactor.

Scripts

• npm run fixtures — regenerate __fixtures__/output/ golden files from __fixtures__/input/
• npm run scan-corpus <dir> [dir...] — audit node-type coverage over a SQL corpus

🛠 Built by the Constructive team — creators of modular Postgres tooling for secure, composable backends. If you like our work, contribute on GitHub.

Related

• pgpm: A Postgres Package Manager that brings modular development to PostgreSQL with reusable packages, deterministic migrations, recursive dependency resolution, and tag-aware versioning.
• pgsql-test: Instant, isolated PostgreSQL databases for each test with automatic transaction rollbacks, context switching, and clean seeding for fast, reliable database testing.
• pgsql-seed: PostgreSQL seeding utilities for CSV, JSON, SQL data loading, and pgpm deployment.
• pgsql-parser: The real PostgreSQL parser for Node.js, providing symmetric parsing and deparsing of SQL statements with actual PostgreSQL parser integration.
• pgsql-deparser: A streamlined tool designed for converting PostgreSQL ASTs back into SQL queries, focusing solely on deparser functionality to complement pgsql-parser.
• @pgsql/parser: Multi-version PostgreSQL parser with dynamic version selection at runtime, supporting PostgreSQL 15, 16, and 17 in a single package.
• @pgsql/types: Offers TypeScript type definitions for PostgreSQL AST nodes, facilitating type-safe construction, analysis, and manipulation of ASTs.
• @pgsql/enums: Provides TypeScript enum definitions for PostgreSQL constants, enabling type-safe usage of PostgreSQL enums and constants in your applications.
• @pgsql/utils: A comprehensive utility library for PostgreSQL, offering type-safe AST node creation and enum value conversions, simplifying the construction and manipulation of PostgreSQL ASTs.
• @pgsql/traverse: PostgreSQL AST traversal utilities for pgsql-parser, providing a visitor pattern for traversing PostgreSQL Abstract Syntax Tree nodes, similar to Babel's traverse functionality but specifically designed for PostgreSQL AST structures.
• pg-proto-parser: A TypeScript tool that parses PostgreSQL Protocol Buffers definitions to generate TypeScript interfaces, utility functions, and JSON mappings for enums.
• libpg-query: The real PostgreSQL parser exposed for Node.js, used primarily in pgsql-parser for parsing and deparsing SQL queries.

Disclaimer

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