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Summary

Adds a comprehensive EXPLAIN statement builder with fluent API for generating query execution plans across all supported databases. This provides dialect-aware SQL generation with a type-safe, mypyc-compatible implementation.

The Problem

Users needed the ability to generate EXPLAIN statements for query analysis and optimization, but each database has unique syntax and options for EXPLAIN. There was no unified API for building EXPLAIN statements across different dialects.

The Solution

Implements an Explain builder class with:

  • Fluent API methods: .analyze(), .verbose(), .buffers(), .format(), etc.
  • Dialect dispatch using frozenset groupings for O(1) lookup
  • Immutable ExplainOptions class with copy() pattern
  • ExplainMixin for QueryBuilder integration

Key Features

  • ExplainFormat enum and ExplainOptions class (mypyc-compatible with __slots__)
  • Explain builder with dialect-specific SQL generation for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, DuckDB, Oracle, BigQuery, Spanner
  • ExplainMixin integrated into Select, Insert, Update, Delete, Merge builders
  • sql.explain() factory method and SQL.explain() method
  • 160 unit tests and integration tests for all 11 adapters

Closes #219

Adds a comprehensive EXPLAIN statement builder with fluent API for
generating query execution plans across all supported databases.

Key features:
- ExplainFormat enum and ExplainOptions class (mypyc-compatible)
- Explain builder with dialect-specific SQL generation
- Support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, DuckDB, Oracle, BigQuery, Spanner
- Integration via ExplainMixin for Select, Insert, Update, Delete, Merge
- sql.explain() factory method and SQL.explain() method
- 160 unit tests and integration tests for all 11 adapters

Closes #219
Fix fixture names to match the ones defined in conftest.py:
- adbc: use adbc_postgres_config
- duckdb: use duckdb_basic_config
- sqlite: inline config creation
- bigquery: use bigquery_config
- oracledb: use oracle_sync_config
- spanner: use spanner_config
- aiosqlite: rename to avoid fixture conflicts

Rename test fixtures to avoid conflicts with conftest fixtures.
ADBC uses COPY protocol which wraps queries, making EXPLAIN
statements incompatible. BigQuery tests now use table_schema_prefix
fixture instead of non-existent bigquery_dataset.
BigQuery emulator returns "Statement not supported: ExplainStatement"
for EXPLAIN queries. Tests can still run against real BigQuery.
- Skip Spanner tests (uses query_mode=PLAN, not SQL EXPLAIN)
- Add dialect parameter to query builder/SQL object explain() calls
- Remove strict len() > 0 assertions (result format varies by driver)
Query builder and SQL object don't support dialect parameter on
explain() method. Use Explain directly with dialect for tests
requiring specific dialect behavior.
Query builder without explicit dialect produces PostgreSQL-style SQL.
Use raw SQL strings for Oracle and MySQL explain tests.
@cofin cofin merged commit 2eb97cd into main Dec 26, 2025
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@cofin cofin deleted the feature/explain-plan-support branch December 26, 2025 19:54
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Feature: Add .explain_plan() method to QueryBuilder and SQL objects

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