Calling parser with backtick

src/10start.js

@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
+const isBacktickQuery = (arg) => Array.isArray(arg.raw);
+
+const formatQueryParams = (params) => (queryStr, index) => {
+	const param = params[index + 1];
+	return queryStr + (typeof param === 'undefined' ? '' : param);
+};
+
+const normalizeBacktickQuery = (args) => {
+	const stringFormatted = args[0]
+		.map(formatQueryParams(args))
+		.join('')
+		// Remove breakline in case of characters in same line | optional
+		.replace(/[\r\n]/g, '')
+		.replace(/\s+/g, ' ') // Remove extras
+		.trim(); // Remove extras
+	return stringFormatted;
+};
+
 /**
 	@fileoverview AlaSQL JavaScript SQL library
 	@see http://github.com/agershun/alasql
@@ -57,7 +75,9 @@
     alasql().From(data).Where(function(x){return x.a == 10}).exec();
  */
 
-var alasql = function(sql, params, cb, scope) {
+var alasql = function(...args) {
+	var [sqlQuery, params, cb, scope] = args;
+	var sql = isBacktickQuery(sqlQuery) ? normalizeBacktickQuery(args) : sqlQuery;
 
 	params = params||[];
 

src/17alasql.js

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ alasql.parser.parseError = function (str, hash) {
 		// My own parser here
  	}
  */
-alasql.parse = function (sql) {
-	const command = Array.isArray(sql) ? sql[0] : sql;
+alasql.parse = function (command) {
 	return alasqlparser.parse(alasql.utils.uncomment(command));
 };
 

test/_test847.js

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+if (typeof exports === 'object') {
+	var alasql = require('..');
+}
+
+const table = {
+	name: 'midnightcalls',
+	columns: [
+		{name: 'track_name', type: 'string'},
+		{name: 'author', type: 'string'},
+		{name: 'views', type: 'int'},
+	],
+};
+
+describe('Test 847 - Testing backtick call function', function () {
+	it('1. Create table', function () {
+		alasql`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test`;
+		alasql`CREATE TABLE test (a int, b int)`;
+	});
+
+	it('2. Insert values ', function () {
+		alasql`INSERT INTO test VALUES (1,1)`;
+		alasql`INSERT INTO test VALUES (1,7)`;
+		alasql`INSERT INTO test VALUES (2,2)`;
+		alasql`INSERT INTO test VALUES (3,3)`;
+	});
+
+	it('3. Create a new table', function () {
+		alasql`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${table.name}`;
+
+		alasql(`
+			CREATE TABLE ${table.name} (${table.columns
+			.map((item) => ` ${item.name} ${item.type.toUpperCase()}`)
+			.join(', ')
+			.toString()})
+		`);
+	});
+
+	it('4. Insert values', function () {
+		const values = [
+			['qhAfaWdLbIE', 'Baby bi', 'Yunk Vino', 72],
+			['YA-db3f8Ak4', 'Sonar', 'Yunk Vino', 809],
+		];
+		const valuesToInsert = values
+			.map(
+				(item, i) =>
+					`('${item[0]}', '${item[1]}', '${item[2]}', ${item[3]})${
+						i + 1 === values.length ? '' : ', '
+					}`
+			)
+			.join('');
+
+		console.log(valuesToInsert);
+
+		alasql(`
+			INSERT INTO ${table.name}
+			VALUES 
+				${valuesToInsert}
+		`);
+	});
+});