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# DBML Dialect Directives
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DBML has no dialect-neutral way to express database-specific features such as
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PostgreSQL table partitioning or SQLite `WITHOUT ROWID`. RelSpec adds **dialect
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directives** — explicit, parseable lines embedded in a `.dbml` file that are:
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- stored losslessly in the intermediate model (under each object's `Metadata`),
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- preserved unchanged through a `DBML → model → DBML` round-trip,
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- translated to SQL **only** by the writer for the matching dialect
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(`@postgres:` clauses appear in PostgreSQL output, never in SQLite output, and
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vice-versa).
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## Grammar
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A directive is a single line, matched on its trimmed content:
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```
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@<namespace>[(<target>)]: <args>
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```
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| Part | Rules |
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|------|-------|
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| `namespace` | `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$` — e.g. `postgres`, `sqlite`. Future dialects allowed. |
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| `(target)` | Optional. A **column name** only, valid only on a directive line inside a table body. Bare or single/double quoted. |
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| `args` | Everything after the first `:`, trimmed. Otherwise preserved **verbatim**. Must be non-empty. |
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The **key** of a directive is derived: the lowercased first whitespace-delimited
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token of `args` (`partition by RANGE (created_at)` → `partition`). It drives
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duplicate detection and writer dispatch.
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## Location
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Where the line appears determines which object it attaches to:
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| Position in the file | Attaches to |
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|----------------------|-------------|
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| Before the first `Table {` | database (`db.Metadata`) |
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| Table body, no `(target)` | that table |
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| Table body, `(col)` target | column `col` of that table (error if `col` is unknown) |
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| Inside an `indexes { }` block | the **most recently listed** index entry in that block; `(target)` is not allowed |
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```dbml
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@postgres: search_path myapp -- database
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Table myapp.events {
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id bigint [pk]
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created_at timestamp [not null]
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@postgres(id): identity always -- column "id"
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@postgres: partition by RANGE (created_at) -- table
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@postgres: tablespace fast_data -- table
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@sqlite: without rowid -- table
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indexes {
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(created_at) [name: 'idx_events_created']
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@postgres: with (fillfactor=90) -- index "idx_events_created"
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@postgres: tablespace idx_space -- index "idx_events_created"
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}
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}
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```
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## Duplicate policy
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- **Repeatable by default** — every directive with the same `(namespace, key)` at
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one location is kept, in source order.
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- **Singletons** raise a line-numbered error on a second occurrence at the same
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location. Current singletons: `postgres` `partition`, `tablespace`, `inherits`,
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`storage`, `compression`, `identity`; `sqlite` `without`, `strict`, `collate`.
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## Strict mode
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CLI flag `--strict-directives` (also `ReaderOptions.StrictDirectives` /
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`WriterOptions.StrictDirectives`):
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- **Reader**: an unknown namespace or key is a hard error. Without strict mode it
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is stored and preserved silently, and round-trips unchanged.
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- **PostgreSQL / SQLite writer**: a directive for **that** writer's own dialect
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whose key it cannot translate is a hard error. Without strict mode, translatable
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keys are emitted and the rest are skipped. Directives for other dialects are
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always ignored, never emitted.
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## Errors
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All are line-numbered (`dbml: line N: …`):
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- no colon, or empty `args`
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- namespace empty or not matching `[a-z][a-z0-9_]*`
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- `(target)` naming an unknown column, or used at the top level / in an `indexes` block
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- a directive in the catalog used at a location it is not valid for
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- duplicate singleton at the same location
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- (strict mode) unknown `(namespace, key)`
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## Supported directive matrix
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### `@postgres`
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| Key | Locations | SQL emitted | Notes |
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|-----|-----------|-------------|-------|
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| `partition` | table | `PARTITION BY <args>` appended to `CREATE TABLE` | e.g. `@postgres: partition by RANGE (created_at)` |
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| `inherits` | table | `INHERITS (<args>)` — args verbatim | |
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| `with` | table, index | `WITH (<params>)` | On an index, wins over `WITH` derived from the index comment. `@postgres: with (fillfactor=90)` |
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| `tablespace` | table, index | `TABLESPACE <name>` | Emitted after `WITH`, before `WHERE` on indexes |
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| `storage` | column | `STORAGE <mode>` in the column definition | e.g. `@postgres(blob): storage external` |
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| `compression` | column | `COMPRESSION <method>` | |
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| `identity` | column | `identity always` → `GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY`; `identity default` / `identity by default` → `GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY` | |
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### `@sqlite`
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| Key | Locations | SQL emitted | Notes |
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|-----|-----------|-------------|-------|
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| `without` | table | `WITHOUT ROWID` table option | `@sqlite: without rowid` |
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| `strict` | table | `STRICT` table option | `WITHOUT ROWID` is emitted before `STRICT` |
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| `collate` | column | ` COLLATE <name>` in the column definition | e.g. `@sqlite(name): collate NOCASE` |
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Unknown namespaces and keys not in these tables are still preserved losslessly
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(and round-trip through the DBML writer) whenever strict mode is off.
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