MySQL to PostgreSQL Proxy

A high-performance MySQL protocol proxy that transparently translates MySQL client requests to PostgreSQL backend calls, enabling MySQL clients to access PostgreSQL databases without code modification.

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        MySQL Clients                                │
│  (Any MySQL client, ORM, or application - no code changes needed)   │
└────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┘
                             │ MySQL Protocol (3306)
                             │
┌────────────────────────────▼───────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         AProxy Layer                               │
│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│ │  MySQL Protocol Handler (pkg/protocol/mysql)                 │   │
│ │  - Handshake & Authentication                                │   │
│ │  - COM_QUERY / COM_PREPARE / COM_STMT_EXECUTE                │   │
│ │  - ResultSet Encoding (Field Packets)                        │   │
│ └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                      │                                             │
│ ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│ │  SQL Rewrite Engine (pkg/sqlrewrite) - Hybrid AST + String   │   │
│ │  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐    │   │
│ │  │ 1. SQL Parser: MySQL SQL → AST                       │    │   │
│ │  └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┘    │   │
│ │  ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────┐    │   │
│ │  │ 2. AST Visitor: Semantic transformations             │    │   │
│ │  │    - Types: TINYINT→SMALLINT, DATETIME→TIMESTAMP     │    │   │
│ │  │    - Functions: NOW()→CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, IFNULL()    │    │   │
│ │  │    - Constraints: AUTO_INCREMENT→SERIAL, INDEX       │    │   │
│ │  │    - Placeholders: ? → $1, $2, $3...                 │    │   │
│ │  └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┘    │   │
│ │  ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────┐    │   │
│ │  │ 3. PG Generator: AST → PostgreSQL SQL                │    │   │
│ │  └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┘    │   │
│ │  ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────┐    │   │
│ │  │ 4. Post-Process: Syntactic cleanup (String-level)    │    │   │
│ │  │    - Quotes: `id` → "id"                             │    │   │
│ │  │    - LIMIT: LIMIT n,m → LIMIT m OFFSET n             │    │   │
│ │  │    - Keywords: CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() → CURRENT_TIMESTAMP│   │   │
│ │  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘    │   │
│ └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                      │                                             │
│ ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│ │  Type Mapper (pkg/mapper)                                    │   │
│ │  - MySQL ↔ PostgreSQL data type conversion                   │   │
│ │  - Error code mapping (PostgreSQL → MySQL Error Codes)       │   │
│ │  - SHOW/DESCRIBE command emulation                           │   │
│ └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                      │                                             │
│ ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│ │  Session Manager (pkg/session)                               │   │
│ │  - Session state tracking                                    │   │
│ │  - Transaction control (BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK)               │   │
│ │  - Prepared statement caching                                │   │
│ │  - Session variable management                               │   │
│ └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                      │                                             │
│ ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│ │  Schema Cache (pkg/schema) - Global Cache with Generics      │   │
│ │  - AUTO_INCREMENT column detection (database.table key)      │   │
│ │  - Generic sync.Map (zero type assertion overhead)           │   │
│ │  - TTL-based expiration (5min default, configurable)         │   │
│ │  - DDL auto-invalidation (CREATE/ALTER/DROP TABLE)           │   │
│ │  - 99% query reduction in concurrent scenarios               │   │
│ └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                      │                                             │
│ ┌────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│ │  Connection Pool (internal/pool)                             │   │
│ │  - pgx connection pool management                            │   │
│ │  - Session affinity / pooled mode                            │   │
│ │  - Health checks                                             │   │
│ └────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
└────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┘
                         │ PostgreSQL Protocol (pgx)
                         │
┌────────────────────────▼────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   PostgreSQL Database                               │
│  (Actual data storage and query execution)                          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

                         ┌─────────────────┐
                         │  Observability  │
                         ├─────────────────┤
                         │ Prometheus      │
                         │ (metrics :9090) │
                         ├─────────────────┤
                         │ Logging         │
                         │ (pkg/observ...) │
                         └─────────────────┘

Core Processing Flow

MySQL Client Request
      │
      ▼
┌─────────────┐
│ 1. Protocol │  Parse MySQL Wire Protocol packets
│   Parsing   │
└──────┬──────┘
       │
       ▼
┌─────────────┐
│ 2. SQL      │  Hybrid AST + String Rewriting:
│   Rewrite   │  ① Parse to AST (SQL Parser)
│             │  ② Transform AST (Semantic: types, functions, constraints)
│             │  ③ Generate PostgreSQL SQL
│             │  ④ Post-process (Syntactic: quotes, keywords)
└──────┬──────┘
       │
       ▼
┌─────────────┐
│ 3. Execute  │  Execute PostgreSQL query via pgx driver
│   Query     │
└──────┬──────┘
       │
       ▼
┌─────────────┐
│ 4. Type     │  PostgreSQL types → MySQL types
│   Mapping   │  (BIGSERIAL→BIGINT, BOOLEAN→TINYINT, etc.)
└──────┬──────┘
       │
       ▼
┌─────────────┐
│ 5. Protocol │  Encode as MySQL ResultSet format
│   Encoding  │
└──────┬──────┘
       │
       ▼
MySQL Client Receives Response

📊 Compatibility Overview

Category	Support	Test Coverage	Status
SQL Syntax	70+ patterns	50 test cases (100% pass)	✅ Production Ready
MySQL Protocol Commands	8 core commands	Integration tested	✅ Fully Compatible
Data Types	6 categories, 20+ types	All types tested	✅ Auto Conversion (78% full support)
Functions	5 categories, 30+ functions	All functions tested	✅ Auto Mapping (71% support)
Unsupported Features	28 MySQL-specific features	Documented with alternatives	⚠️ See COMPATIBILITY.md

Overall Compatibility: Covers 90%+ common MySQL OLTP scenarios, suitable for most OLTP application migrations.

📈 Detailed Statistics

✅ Supported SQL Scenarios (70+ patterns)

Basic DML: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE (4 types)
DDL Operations: CREATE/DROP TABLE, CREATE/DROP INDEX, ALTER TABLE, TRUNCATE (6 types)
Transaction Control: BEGIN, COMMIT, ROLLBACK, AUTOCOMMIT (4 types)
Query Features: JOIN (4 types), subqueries, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, LIMIT, DISTINCT, UNION (8+ types)
Data Types: Integer (10 types), Float (3 types), String (6 types), Binary (4 types), DateTime (4 types), Special (3 types) = 30+ types
Functions: Date/Time (4), String (8), Math (8), Aggregate (6), Conditional (4) = 30+ functions
Others: Prepared statements, batch operations, NULL handling, index constraints, auto-detection of unsupported features (5+ types)

Subtotal: ~40 SQL syntax patterns and operations (with automatic detection of 26 unsupported features)

🧪 Test Coverage (50 passing + 26 documented unsupported)

Integration Tests (Passing): 50 cases
- basic (23 tests): Table operations, queries, transactions, data types, functions
- mysql_compat (8 tests): MySQL protocol compatibility verification
- mysql_specific (13 tests): FULLTEXT search, LastInsertID, MATCH AGAINST, etc.
- student (6 tests): Business scenarios, concurrent transactions, complex queries
Unsupported Features (Documented): 26 cases
- mysql_specific_syntax (10 tests): DELETE LIMIT, FORCE INDEX, PARTITION, etc.
- mysql_specific_functions (12 tests): DATE_FORMAT, FOUND_ROWS, GET_LOCK, etc.
- mysql_specific_types (4 tests): ENUM, SET, SPATIAL types, combined types

Test Pass Rate: 100% (50/50 supported features passed) Coverage: 90%+ of common OLTP scenarios

⚠️ Unsupported MySQL Features (28 patterns)

Syntax (9 patterns): DELETE/UPDATE LIMIT, STRAIGHT_JOIN, FORCE/USE/IGNORE INDEX, INSERT DELAYED, PARTITION syntax, VALUES() in UPDATE
Functions (13 patterns): FOUND_ROWS(), GET_LOCK(), RELEASE_LOCK(), IS_FREE_LOCK(), DATE_FORMAT(), STR_TO_DATE(), TIMESTAMPDIFF(), FORMAT(), ENCRYPT(), PASSWORD(), INET_ATON(), INET_NTOA(), LOAD_FILE()
Data Types (2 patterns): SET, GEOMETRY/SPATIAL types
Other (4 patterns): LOAD DATA INFILE, LOCK/UNLOCK TABLES, User variables (@var)

Key Benefits:

✅ Automatic Detection: All 28 unsupported features are automatically detected and logged with actionable suggestions
✅ Detailed Documentation: See COMPATIBILITY.md for complete compatibility matrix
✅ Migration Guide: Each unsupported feature includes PostgreSQL alternative recommendations

🎯 Use Cases

✅ Suitable for AProxy:

OLTP applications (Online Transaction Processing)
Applications primarily using CRUD operations
Applications using common SQL syntax
Fast migration from MySQL to PostgreSQL

❌ Not Suitable for AProxy:

Heavy use of stored procedures and triggers
Dependency on MySQL-specific features (FULLTEXT, SPATIAL)
Heavy use of MySQL-specific data types (ENUM, SET)

Features

✅ Full MySQL Protocol Support: Handshake, authentication, queries, prepared statements, etc.
✅ Automatic SQL Rewriting: Converts MySQL SQL to PostgreSQL-compatible syntax
✅ Session Management: Complete session state tracking including variables, transactions, prepared statements
✅ Global Schema Cache: Generic sync.Map-based cache with DDL auto-invalidation (99% query reduction)
✅ Type Mapping: Automatic conversion between MySQL and PostgreSQL data types
✅ Error Mapping: Maps PostgreSQL error codes to MySQL error codes
✅ SHOW/DESCRIBE Emulation: Simulates MySQL metadata commands
✅ Connection Pooling: Supports session affinity and pooled modes
✅ MySQL CDC (Binlog): Stream PostgreSQL changes as MySQL binlog events to MySQL replication clients
✅ Observability: Prometheus metrics, structured logging, health checks
✅ High Performance: Target 10,000+ QPS, P99 latency < 50ms
✅ Production Ready: Docker and Kubernetes deployment support

Quick Start

Prerequisites

Go 1.21+
PostgreSQL 12+
Make (optional)

Build

# Using Make
make build

# Or directly with Go
GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o bin/aproxy ./cmd/aproxy

Configuration

Copy the example configuration file and modify as needed:

cp configs/config.yaml configs/config.yaml

Edit configs/config.yaml:

server:
  host: "0.0.0.0"
  port: 3306

postgres:
  host: "localhost"
  port: 5432
  database: "mydb"
  user: "postgres"
  password: "your-password"

Run

# Using Make
make run

# Or run directly
./bin/aproxy -config configs/config.yaml

Connect

Connect using any MySQL client:

# MySQL CLI
mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u postgres -p

# Application
# Simply point your MySQL connection string to the proxy address

Docker Deployment

Build Image

make docker-build

Run Container

docker run -d \
  --name aproxy \
  -p 3306:3306 \
  -p 9090:9090 \
  -v $(pwd)/configs/config.yaml:/app/config.yaml \
  aproxy:latest

Kubernetes Deployment

kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/deployment.yaml

Architecture

MySQL Clients → MySQL Protocol → Proxy → PostgreSQL Protocol → PostgreSQL

The proxy contains the following components:

MySQL Protocol Handler: Handles MySQL protocol handshake, authentication, and commands
Session Manager: Maintains client session state
SQL Rewrite Engine: Hybrid AST + String architecture using SQL parser for semantic transformations and post-processing for syntactic cleanup
Type Mapper: Converts between MySQL and PostgreSQL types
Error Mapper: Maps PostgreSQL errors to MySQL error codes
Schema Cache: Global cache for table schema information (AUTO_INCREMENT columns) with generic sync.Map and DDL auto-invalidation
Connection Pool: Manages connections to PostgreSQL

For detailed architecture documentation, see DESIGN.md

SQL Rewriting

Rewriting Architecture

AProxy uses a hybrid AST + String post-processing architecture for maximum accuracy and compatibility:

AST Level (Semantic): Type conversions, function mappings, constraint handling via SQL parser
String Level (Syntactic): Quote conversion, keyword cleanup, formatting adjustments

This architecture ensures column names like tinyint_col or now_timestamp are handled correctly without unintended replacements.

For detailed analysis, see AST_VS_STRING_CONVERSION.md

Conversion Rules

The proxy automatically handles the following MySQL to PostgreSQL conversions:

MySQL	PostgreSQL	Level
`identifier`	`"identifier"`	String
`?` placeholders	`$1, $2, ...`	AST
`AUTO_INCREMENT`	`SERIAL` / `BIGSERIAL`	AST
`INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE`	`INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ... DO UPDATE`	AST
`REPLACE INTO`	`INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ...`	AST
`NOW()`	`CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`	AST
`IFNULL(a, b)`	`COALESCE(a, b)`	AST
`IF(cond, a, b)`	`CASE WHEN cond THEN a ELSE b END`	AST
`GROUP_CONCAT()`	`STRING_AGG()`	AST
`LAST_INSERT_ID()`	`lastval()`	String
`LOCK IN SHARE MODE`	`FOR SHARE`	String
`LIMIT n, m`	`LIMIT m OFFSET n`	String

Supported Commands

MySQL Protocol Commands

✅ COM_QUERY (text protocol queries)
✅ COM_PREPARE (prepare statements)
✅ COM_STMT_EXECUTE (execute prepared statements)
✅ COM_STMT_CLOSE (close prepared statements)
✅ COM_FIELD_LIST (field list)
✅ COM_PING (ping)
✅ COM_QUIT (quit)
✅ COM_INIT_DB (change database)

Metadata Commands

✅ SHOW DATABASES
✅ SHOW TABLES
✅ SHOW COLUMNS
✅ DESCRIBE/DESC
✅ SET variables
✅ USE database

SQL Syntax Support

DDL (Data Definition Language)

✅ CREATE TABLE (supports AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY, UNIQUE, INDEX)
✅ DROP TABLE
✅ ALTER TABLE (basic operations)
✅ CREATE INDEX
✅ DROP INDEX

DML (Data Manipulation Language)

✅ SELECT (supports WHERE, JOIN, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, LIMIT)
✅ INSERT (supports single and batch inserts)
✅ UPDATE (supports WHERE conditions)
✅ DELETE (supports WHERE conditions)
✅ REPLACE INTO (converted to INSERT ... ON CONFLICT)
✅ INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE (converted to ON CONFLICT)

Transaction Control

✅ BEGIN / START TRANSACTION
✅ COMMIT
✅ ROLLBACK
✅ AUTOCOMMIT settings
✅ SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL

Data Type Support

Integer Types (AST-level conversion):

✅ TINYINT → SMALLINT
✅ TINYINT UNSIGNED → SMALLINT
✅ SMALLINT → SMALLINT
✅ SMALLINT UNSIGNED → INTEGER
✅ MEDIUMINT → INTEGER
✅ INT / INTEGER → INTEGER
✅ INT UNSIGNED → BIGINT
✅ BIGINT → BIGINT
✅ BIGINT UNSIGNED → NUMERIC(20,0)
✅ YEAR → SMALLINT

Floating-Point Types:

✅ FLOAT → REAL
✅ DOUBLE → DOUBLE PRECISION (String-level)
✅ DECIMAL(M,D) / NUMERIC(M,D) → NUMERIC(M,D)

String Types:

✅ CHAR(N) → CHAR(N)
✅ VARCHAR(N) → VARCHAR(N)
✅ TEXT → TEXT
✅ TINYTEXT → TEXT (String-level)
✅ MEDIUMTEXT → TEXT (String-level)
✅ LONGTEXT → TEXT (String-level)

Binary Types (Hybrid AST + String):

✅ BLOB → BYTEA
✅ TINYBLOB → BYTEA (via BLOB)
✅ MEDIUMBLOB → BYTEA (via BLOB)
✅ LONGBLOB → BYTEA (via BLOB)

Date/Time Types (AST-level):

✅ DATE → DATE
✅ TIME → TIME
✅ DATETIME → TIMESTAMP
✅ TIMESTAMP → TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE

Special Types:

✅ JSON → JSONB (String-level)
✅ ENUM(...) → VARCHAR(50) (AST-level)
✅ BOOLEAN / TINYINT(1) → BOOLEAN (AST-level)

Function Support

All function conversions are handled at AST level for semantic correctness.

Date/Time Functions:

✅ NOW() → CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
✅ CURDATE() / CURRENT_DATE() → CURRENT_DATE
✅ CURTIME() / CURRENT_TIME() → CURRENT_TIME
✅ UNIX_TIMESTAMP() → EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)

String Functions:

✅ CONCAT(a, b, ...) → CONCAT(a, b, ...)
✅ CONCAT_WS(sep, a, b, ...) → CONCAT_WS(sep, a, b, ...)
✅ LENGTH(s) → LENGTH(s)
✅ CHAR_LENGTH(s) → CHAR_LENGTH(s)
✅ SUBSTRING(s, pos, len) → SUBSTRING(s, pos, len)
✅ UPPER(s) / LOWER(s) → UPPER(s) / LOWER(s)
✅ TRIM(s) / LTRIM(s) / RTRIM(s) → TRIM(s) / LTRIM(s) / RTRIM(s)
✅ REPLACE(s, from, to) → REPLACE(s, from, to)

Math Functions:

✅ ABS(n), CEIL(n), FLOOR(n), ROUND(n) → Same
✅ MOD(n, m) → MOD(n, m)
✅ POWER(n, m) / POW(n, m) → POWER(n, m)
✅ SQRT(n) → SQRT(n)
✅ RAND() → RANDOM()

Aggregate Functions:

✅ COUNT(*) / COUNT(col) → Same
✅ SUM(col), AVG(col), MAX(col), MIN(col) → Same
✅ GROUP_CONCAT(col) → STRING_AGG(col::TEXT, ',')

Conditional Functions:

✅ IF(cond, a, b) → CASE WHEN cond THEN a ELSE b END
✅ IFNULL(a, b) → COALESCE(a, b)
✅ NULLIF(a, b) → NULLIF(a, b)
✅ COALESCE(a, b, c, ...) → Same

Query Features

✅ INNER JOIN
✅ LEFT JOIN / RIGHT JOIN
✅ Subqueries (IN, EXISTS)
✅ GROUP BY with HAVING
✅ ORDER BY
✅ LIMIT offset, count (auto-converted to LIMIT count OFFSET offset)
✅ DISTINCT
✅ UNION / UNION ALL

Other Features

✅ Prepared Statements
✅ Batch Operations
✅ NULL value handling
✅ Indexes and constraints (PRIMARY KEY, UNIQUE, INDEX)
✅ LastInsertId() support (via RETURNING clause)

CDC (Change Data Capture)

AProxy supports streaming PostgreSQL changes as MySQL binlog events, enabling MySQL replication clients (like Canal, Debezium, go-mysql) to subscribe to PostgreSQL data changes.

CDC Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    MySQL Replication Clients                            │
│           (Canal / Debezium / go-mysql / Custom Clients)                │
└────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                             │ MySQL Binlog Protocol (COM_BINLOG_DUMP)
                             │
┌────────────────────────────▼────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         AProxy CDC Server                               │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │  Binlog Encoder (pkg/replication/binlog_encoder.go)                 │ │
│ │  - TableMapEvent encoding (column metadata)                         │ │
│ │  - RowsEvent encoding (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE)                        │ │
│ │  - QueryEvent encoding (DDL/TRUNCATE)                               │ │
│ │  - GTIDEvent encoding (transaction tracking)                        │ │
│ │  - DECIMAL/TIME/DATETIME binary format encoding                     │ │
│ └────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│                      │                                                   │
│ ┌────────────────────▼────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │  Replication Server (pkg/replication/server.go)                     │ │
│ │  - MySQL binlog protocol server                                     │ │
│ │  - Multi-client support (COM_BINLOG_DUMP)                           │ │
│ │  - GTID-based positioning                                           │ │
│ │  - Event broadcasting to all connected clients                      │ │
│ └────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│                      │                                                   │
│ ┌────────────────────▼────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │  PG Streamer (pkg/replication/pg_streamer.go)                       │ │
│ │  - PostgreSQL logical replication (pglogrepl)                       │ │
│ │  - Automatic REPLICA IDENTITY FULL setting                          │ │
│ │  - LSN checkpoint persistence (atomic file writes)                  │ │
│ │  - Auto-reconnect with exponential backoff                          │ │
│ │  - TOAST unchanged column handling                                   │ │
│ │  - 30+ PostgreSQL type mappings                                     │ │
│ └────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│                      │ PostgreSQL Logical Replication                   │
└──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                       │
┌──────────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   PostgreSQL Database                                    │
│  - Logical replication slot (pgoutput plugin)                            │
│  - Publication for table filtering                                       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

CDC Event Flow

PostgreSQL WAL Change
        │
        ▼
┌──────────────────┐
│ 1. PG Streamer   │  Receive logical replication message
│    (pglogrepl)   │  Parse: INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/TRUNCATE
└────────┬─────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌──────────────────┐
│ 2. Type Convert  │  PostgreSQL types → MySQL types
│                  │  (int4→INT, text→VARCHAR, etc.)
└────────┬─────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌──────────────────┐
│ 3. Binlog Encode │  Create MySQL binlog events:
│                  │  - GTIDEvent (transaction ID)
│                  │  - TableMapEvent (schema)
│                  │  - WriteRowsEvent / UpdateRowsEvent / DeleteRowsEvent
└────────┬─────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌──────────────────┐
│ 4. Broadcast     │  Send to all connected
│                  │  MySQL replication clients
└──────────────────┘

CDC Configuration

Add the following to configs/config.yaml:

cdc:
  enabled: true                              # Enable CDC server
  server_id: 1                               # MySQL server ID for replication

  # PostgreSQL connection for logical replication
  pg_host: "localhost"
  pg_port: 5432
  pg_database: "mydb"
  pg_user: "postgres"
  pg_password: "password"
  pg_slot_name: "aproxy_cdc"                 # Replication slot name
  pg_publication_name: "aproxy_pub"          # Publication name

  # Checkpoint persistence for crash recovery
  checkpoint_file: "./data/cdc_checkpoint.json"
  checkpoint_interval: 10s

  # Auto-reconnect on connection loss
  reconnect_enabled: true
  reconnect_max_retries: 0                   # 0 = unlimited
  reconnect_initial_wait: 1s
  reconnect_max_wait: 30s                    # Exponential backoff cap

  # Backpressure handling
  backpressure_timeout: 30m                  # Max wait when channel full

PostgreSQL Setup

-- 1. Create publication for tables you want to replicate
CREATE PUBLICATION aproxy_pub FOR ALL TABLES;

-- Or for specific tables:
CREATE PUBLICATION aproxy_pub FOR TABLE users, orders, products;

-- 2. Create replication slot (optional, AProxy creates automatically)
SELECT pg_create_logical_replication_slot('aproxy_cdc', 'pgoutput');

Usage with Canal

import "github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/canal"

cfg := canal.NewDefaultConfig()
cfg.Addr = "127.0.0.1:3306"
cfg.User = "root"
cfg.Flavor = "mysql"

c, _ := canal.NewCanal(cfg)
c.SetEventHandler(&MyEventHandler{})
c.Run()

CDC Metrics

CDC exposes the following Prometheus metrics:

Metric	Description
`mysql_pg_proxy_cdc_events_total`	Total events by type (insert/update/delete/truncate)
`mysql_pg_proxy_cdc_replication_lag_ms`	Current replication lag in milliseconds
`mysql_pg_proxy_cdc_backpressure_total`	Backpressure events (channel full)
`mysql_pg_proxy_cdc_connected_clients`	Connected binlog dump clients
`mysql_pg_proxy_cdc_last_lsn`	Last processed PostgreSQL LSN
`mysql_pg_proxy_cdc_reconnects_total`	PostgreSQL reconnection attempts
`mysql_pg_proxy_cdc_events_dropped_total`	Events dropped due to timeout

Supported CDC Features

✅ DML Events: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE with full row data
✅ DDL Events: TRUNCATE TABLE
✅ GTID Support: Transaction tracking with MySQL GTID format
✅ Multi-client: Multiple replication clients simultaneously
✅ Crash Recovery: LSN checkpoint persistence
✅ Auto-reconnect: Exponential backoff on connection loss
✅ Type Mapping: 30+ PostgreSQL to MySQL type conversions
✅ TOAST Handling: Unchanged large column support

Monitoring

Prometheus Metrics

The proxy exposes the following metrics at :9090/metrics:

mysql_pg_proxy_active_connections - Active connections
mysql_pg_proxy_total_queries - Total queries
mysql_pg_proxy_query_duration_seconds - Query latency histogram
mysql_pg_proxy_errors_total - Error counts
mysql_pg_proxy_pg_pool_size - PostgreSQL connection pool size

Health Checks

curl http://localhost:9090/health

Performance

Target performance metrics:

Throughput: 10,000+ QPS (per instance)
Latency: P99 < 50ms (excluding network)
Connections: 1,000+ concurrent connections
Memory: < 100MB base + ~1MB/connection

Testing

# Run all tests
make test

# Unit tests only
make test-unit

# Integration tests only
make test-integration

# Performance tests
make bench

Test Coverage Details

AProxy includes 69 integration test cases covering common MySQL syntax and operation scenarios.

📋 Basic Functionality Tests (46 cases)

Basic Queries

SELECT 1
SELECT NOW()

Table Operations

Create table with AUTO_INCREMENT
Insert single row
Select inserted data
Update row
Delete row
Verify final count

Prepared Statements

Prepare and execute
Verify inserted data

Transactions

Commit transaction
Rollback transaction

Metadata Commands

SHOW DATABASES
SHOW TABLES

Data Type Tests

Integer types: Create table with integer types, Insert integer values, Select and verify integer values
Floating-point types: Create table with floating point types, Insert and verify floating point values
String types: Create table with string types, Insert and verify string values
Date/time types: Create table with datetime types, Insert and verify datetime values

Aggregate Functions

COUNT
SUM
AVG
MAX
MIN

JOIN Queries

INNER JOIN
LEFT JOIN

Subqueries

Subquery with IN
Subquery in SELECT

Grouping and Sorting

GROUP BY with aggregates
GROUP BY with HAVING
LIMIT only
LIMIT with OFFSET (MySQL syntax)

NULL Value Handling

Insert NULL values
Query NULL values
IFNULL function

Batch Operations

Batch insert
Batch update
Batch delete

Indexes and Constraints

Create table with indexes
Insert and query with indexes
Unique constraint violation

Concurrent Testing

Multiple concurrent queries

🎓 Student Management Scenario Tests (21 cases)

Table Management

Create student table
Insert 100 student records
Query student data
Update student data
Delete student data

Aggregation and Complex Queries

Aggregate query - statistics by grade
Complex query - combined conditions

Transaction Scenarios

Transaction commit - credit transfer
Transaction rollback - invalid transfer
Explicit transaction control - BEGIN/COMMIT
Explicit transaction control - BEGIN/ROLLBACK
START TRANSACTION syntax

Autocommit

Disable autocommit and manual commit
Enable autocommit

SQL Rewriting

Data type conversion
Function conversion (NOW(), CURDATE(), etc.)
LIMIT syntax conversion
Backtick conversion

Concurrent Scenarios

Concurrent transfers (10 concurrent transactions)

Complex Business Scenarios

Complex transaction - student course enrollment
JOIN query - student enrollment information

🔄 MySQL Compatibility Tests (2 cases)

COMMIT transaction
ROLLBACK transaction

Unsupported MySQL Features

The following MySQL features are not supported in PostgreSQL or require rewriting:

🚫 Completely Unsupported Features

Storage Engine Related

MyISAM/InnoDB specific features
FULLTEXT indexes (use PostgreSQL full-text search instead)
SPATIAL indexes (use PostGIS instead)

Replication and High Availability

~~Binary Log~~ → ✅ Supported via CDC (PostgreSQL logical replication → MySQL binlog)
~~GTID (Global Transaction ID)~~ → ✅ Supported via CDC
Master-Slave replication commands (CHANGE MASTER TO, START/STOP SLAVE)

Data Types

ENUM (use custom types or CHECK constraints)
SET (use arrays or many-to-many tables)
YEAR type (use INTEGER or DATE)
Integer display width like INT(11)
UNSIGNED modifier

Special Syntax

Stored procedure language (needs rewriting to PL/pgSQL)
Trigger syntax differences
Event Scheduler (use pg_cron)
User variables (@variables)
LOAD DATA INFILE (use COPY FROM)

Function Differences

DATE_FORMAT() (convert to TO_CHAR)
FOUND_ROWS()
GET_LOCK()/RELEASE_LOCK() (use pg_advisory_lock)

For a detailed list of unsupported features and alternatives, see PG_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURES.md

Known Limitations

Unsupportable Features

Storage Engine Specific: MyISAM/InnoDB specific behaviors
Replication: ~~Binary logs, GTID~~ ✅ Now supported via CDC; master-slave admin commands still unsupported
MySQL-Specific Syntax: Some stored procedures, triggers, event syntax

Features Requiring Migration

Stored Procedures: Need rewriting to PL/pgSQL
Triggers: Need rewriting to PostgreSQL syntax
Full-Text Search: Different syntax and functionality

For a detailed list of limitations, see DESIGN.md

Documentation

MySQL Compatibility List - Complete list of supported and unsupported MySQL features
Quick Start Guide - Quick deployment and usage tutorial
Design Document - Architecture design and technical decisions
Operations Manual - Deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting
Implementation Summary - Feature specifications and implementation details
AST vs String Conversion Analysis - SQL rewriting architecture analysis
MySQL Protocol Technical Notes - MySQL/PostgreSQL protocol implementation notes
PostgreSQL Unsupported Features - MySQL feature compatibility checklist
Test Organization Strategy - Test case classification and organization
MySQL Test Coverage - Test case coverage details
MySQL to PG Cases - SQL conversion examples
Regex Optimization - SQL rewriting performance optimization

Configuration Options

Option	Description	Default
`server.port`	MySQL listen port	3306
`server.max_connections`	Max connections	1000
`postgres.connection_mode`	Connection mode	session_affinity
`sql_rewrite.enabled`	Enable SQL rewrite	true
`schema_cache.enabled`	Enable global schema cache	true
`schema_cache.ttl`	Cache TTL	5m
`schema_cache.max_entries`	Max cache entries	100000
`schema_cache.invalidate_on_ddl`	Auto-invalidate on DDL	true
`cdc.enabled`	Enable CDC server	false
`cdc.checkpoint_file`	LSN checkpoint file	./data/cdc_checkpoint.json
`cdc.reconnect_enabled`	Auto-reconnect on connection loss	true
`observability.log_level`	Log level	info

For complete configuration options, see config.yaml

Contributing

Issues and Pull Requests are welcome!

License

Apache License 2.0 - See LICENSE file for details

Related Projects

go-mysql - MySQL protocol implementation
pgx - PostgreSQL driver
TiDB Parser - MySQL SQL parser

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🧪 Test Coverage (50 passing + 26 documented unsupported)

⚠️ Unsupported MySQL Features (28 patterns)

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Indexes and Constraints

Concurrent Testing

Table Management

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