from collections import defaultdict from sqlglot import alias, exp from sqlglot.optimizer.scope import Scope, traverse_scope # Sentinel value that means an outer query selecting ALL columns SELECT_ALL = object() def pushdown_projections(expression): """ Rewrite sqlglot AST to remove unused columns projections. Example: >>> import sqlglot >>> sql = "SELECT y.a AS a FROM (SELECT x.a AS a, x.b AS b FROM x) AS y" >>> expression = sqlglot.parse_one(sql) >>> pushdown_projections(expression).sql() 'SELECT y.a AS a FROM (SELECT x.a AS a FROM x) AS y' Args: expression (sqlglot.Expression): expression to optimize Returns: sqlglot.Expression: optimized expression """ # Map of Scope to all columns being selected by outer queries. referenced_columns = defaultdict(set) # We build the scope tree (which is traversed in DFS postorder), then iterate # over the result in reverse order. This should ensure that the set of selected # columns for a particular scope are completely build by the time we get to it. for scope in reversed(traverse_scope(expression)): parent_selections = referenced_columns.get(scope, {SELECT_ALL}) if scope.expression.args.get("distinct"): # We can't remove columns SELECT DISTINCT nor UNION DISTINCT parent_selections = {SELECT_ALL} if isinstance(scope.expression, exp.Union): left, right = scope.union referenced_columns[left] = parent_selections referenced_columns[right] = parent_selections if isinstance(scope.expression, exp.Select): _remove_unused_selections(scope, parent_selections) # Group columns by source name selects = defaultdict(set) for col in scope.columns: table_name = col.table col_name = col.name selects[table_name].add(col_name) # Push the selected columns down to the next scope for name, (_, source) in scope.selected_sources.items(): if isinstance(source, Scope): columns = selects.get(name) or set() referenced_columns[source].update(columns) return expression def _remove_unused_selections(scope, parent_selections): order = scope.expression.args.get("order") if order: # Assume columns without a qualified table are references to output columns order_refs = {c.name for c in order.find_all(exp.Column) if not c.table} else: order_refs = set() new_selections = [] for selection in scope.selects: if ( SELECT_ALL in parent_selections or selection.alias_or_name in parent_selections or selection.alias_or_name in order_refs ): new_selections.append(selection) # If there are no remaining selections, just select a single constant if not new_selections: new_selections.append(alias("1", "_")) scope.expression.set("expressions", new_selections)