Handle empty projection in Postgres SELECT statements (#1613)

Author: tobyhede

src/ast/query.rs

@@ -350,7 +350,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for Select {
             }
         }
 
-        write!(f, " {}", display_comma_separated(&self.projection))?;
+        if !self.projection.is_empty() {
+            write!(f, " {}", display_comma_separated(&self.projection))?;
+        }
 
         if let Some(ref into) = self.into {
             write!(f, " {into}")?;

src/dialect/generic.rs

@@ -127,4 +127,8 @@ impl Dialect for GenericDialect {
     fn supports_struct_literal(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    fn supports_empty_projections(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
 }

src/dialect/mod.rs

@@ -410,6 +410,16 @@ pub trait Dialect: Debug + Any {
         false
     }
 
+    /// Return true if the dialect supports empty projections in SELECT statements
+    ///
+    /// Example
+    /// ```sql
+    /// SELECT from table_name
+    /// ```
+    fn supports_empty_projections(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+
     /// Dialect-specific infix parser override
     ///
     /// This method is called to parse the next infix expression.

src/dialect/postgresql.rs

@@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ impl Dialect for PostgreSqlDialect {
     fn supports_named_fn_args_with_expr_name(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    /// Return true if the dialect supports empty projections in SELECT statements
+    ///
+    /// Example
+    /// ```sql
+    /// SELECT from table_name
+    /// ```
+    fn supports_empty_projections(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn parse_create(parser: &mut Parser) -> Option<Result<Statement, ParserError>> {

src/parser/mod.rs

@@ -9692,7 +9692,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             top = Some(self.parse_top()?);
         }
 
-        let projection = self.parse_projection()?;
+        let projection =
+            if self.dialect.supports_empty_projections() && self.peek_keyword(Keyword::FROM) {
+                vec![]
+            } else {
+                self.parse_projection()?
+            };
 
         let into = if self.parse_keyword(Keyword::INTO) {
             let temporary = self

tests/sqlparser_common.rs

@@ -12576,3 +12576,9 @@ fn overflow() {
     let statement = statements.pop().unwrap();
     assert_eq!(statement.to_string(), sql);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn parse_select_without_projection() {
+    let dialects = all_dialects_where(|d| d.supports_empty_projections());
+    dialects.verified_stmt("SELECT FROM users");
+}