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Supported Statements

Data manipulation statements

Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
CALL
CREATE TABLE AS
INSERT INTO SELECT * is supported.
CREATE TABLE LIKE
DO
DELETE
No support for referring to more than one table in a single DELETE statement.
HANDLER
IMPORT TABLE
Use dolt table import
INSERT
Including support for ON DUPLICATE KEY clauses.
LOAD DATA
LOAD XML
Use dolt table import
REPLACE
SELECT
Most select statements, including UNION and JOIN, are supported.
SELECT FROM AS OF
Selecting from a table as of any known revision or commit timestamp is supported.
SELECT FOR UPDATE
Row-level locks are not supported.
SUBQUERIES
Subqueries work, but must be given aliases. Some limitations apply.
TABLE
Equivalent to SELECT * FROM TABLE without a WHERE clause.
TRUNCATE
UPDATE
No support for referring to more than one table in a single UPDATE statement.
VALUES
WITH
SELECT INTO
Selecting into a file is not supported.

Data definition statements

Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
ADD COLUMN
ADD CHECK
ADD CONSTRAINT
ADD FOREIGN KEY
ADD PARTITION
ALTER COLUMN
🟠
Name and order changes are supported. Some but not all type changes are supported.
ALTER DATABASE
ALTER EVENT
Moving events across databases using RENAME TO clause is not supported yet.
ALTER INDEX
Indexes can be created and dropped, but not altered.
ALTER PRIMARY KEY
ALTER TABLE
Not all ALTER TABLE statements are supported. See the rest of this table for details.
ALTER TYPE
🟠
Some type changes are supported but not all.
ALTER VIEW
Views can be created and dropped, but not altered.
CHANGE COLUMN
CREATE DATABASE
Creates a new dolt database rooted relative to the server directory
CREATE EVENT
🟠
Dolt stores event definitions but event execution is not supported yet.
CREATE FUNCTION
CREATE INDEX
🟠
Fulltext indexes are not supported.
CREATE SCHEMA
Creates a new dolt database rooted relative to the server directory
CREATE TABLE
CREATE TABLE AS
CREATE TRIGGER
CREATE VIEW
DESCRIBE TABLE
DROP COLUMN
DROP CONSTRAINT
DROP DATABASE
Deletes the dolt data directory. This is unrecoverable.
DROP EVENT
DROP FUNCTION
DROP INDEX
DROP SCHEMA
Deletes the dolt data directory. This is unrecoverable.
DROP TABLE
DROP PARTITION
DROP PROCEDURE
DROP TRIGGER
DROP VIEW
MODIFY COLUMN
RENAME COLUMN
RENAME CONSTRAINT
RENAME DATABASE
Database names are read-only, but can be configured in the server config.
RENAME INDEX
RENAME TABLE
SHOW COLUMNS
SHOW CONSTRAINTS
SHOW CREATE FUNCTION
SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE
SHOW CREATE TABLE
SHOW CREATE VIEW
SHOW DATABASES
SHOW FUNCTION CODE
SHOW FUNCTION STATUS
SHOW GRANTS
🟠
Database privileges, table privileges, and role assumption are not yet implemented.
SHOW INDEX
SHOW PRIVILEGES
SHOW PROCEDURE CODE
SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS
SHOW SCHEMAS
SHOW TABLES
SHOW FULL TABLES reveals whether a table is a base table or a view.
TRUNCATE TABLE

Transactional statements

Dolt supports atomic transactions like other SQL databases. It's also possible for clients to connect to different heads, which means they will never see each other's edits until a merge between heads is performed. See Using Branches for more detail.
Dolt has two levels of persistence:
  1. 1.
    The SQL transaction layer, where a COMMIT statement atomically updates the working set for the connected head
  2. 2.
    The Dolt commit layer, where commits are added to the Dolt commit graph with an author, a parent commit, etc.
Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
BEGIN
Synonym for START TRANSACTION
COMMIT
CALL DOLT_COMMIT()
DOLT_COMMIT() creates a new Dolt commit using the content of the STAGED HEAD. See docs on DOLT_COMMIT() for details.
LOCK TABLES
LOCK TABLES parses correctly but does not prevent access to those tables from other sessions.
ROLLBACK
SAVEPOINT
RELEASE SAVEPOINT
ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT
@@autocommit
SET TRANSACTION
Different isolation levels are not yet supported.
START TRANSACTION
UNLOCK TABLES
🟠
UNLOCK TABLES parses correctly, but since LOCK TABLES doesn't prevent concurrent access it's essentially a no-op.

Prepared statements

Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
PREPARE
Prepared statements do not work inside of a STORED PROCEDURE.
EXECUTE
Execute statments do not work inside of a STORED PROCEDURE.

Access management statements

More information on how Dolt handles access management may be found in the access management page.
Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
ALTER USER
CREATE ROLE
CREATE USER
🟠
Only supports basic user creation with an optional password
DROP ROLE
DROP USER
GRANT
🟠
Only handles static privileges down to the table level
RENAME USER
REVOKE
🟠
Only handles static privileges down to the table level
SET DEFAULT ROLE
SET PASSWORD
SET ROLE

Session management statements

Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
SET
SET CHARACTER SET
SET NAMES
KILL QUERY

Utility statements

Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
EXPLAIN
USE

Compound statements

Statement
Supported
Notes and limitations
BEGIN END
STATEMENT LABELS
🟠
Labels are only supported for LOOP.
DECLARE
Fully supports declaring variables.
DECLARE ... CONDITION
DECLARE ... HANDLER
🟠
Partially supports handling the NOT FOUND condition when using cursors.
DECLARE ... CURSOR
SET
CASE
IF
ITERATE
LEAVE
LOOP
REPEAT
RETURN
WHILE
CLOSE
FETCH
OPEN