diff --git a/.boring b/.boring
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+# Boring file regexps:
+
+# Stuff that's boring for txt-sushi
+^dist$
+
+### compiler and interpreter intermediate files
+# haskell (ghc) interfaces
+\.hi$
+\.hi-boot$
+\.o-boot$
+# object files
+\.o$
+\.o\.cmd$
+# profiling haskell
+\.p_hi$
+\.p_o$
+# haskell program coverage resp. profiling info
+\.tix$
+\.prof$
+# fortran module files
+\.mod$
+# linux kernel
+\.ko\.cmd$
+\.mod\.c$
+(^|/)\.tmp_versions($|/)
+# *.ko files aren't boring by default because they might
+# be Korean translations rather than kernel modules
+# \.ko$
+# python, emacs, java byte code
+\.py[co]$
+\.elc$
+\.class$
+# objects and libraries; lo and la are libtool things
+\.(obj|a|exe|so|lo|la)$
+# compiled zsh configuration files
+\.zwc$
+# Common LISP output files for CLISP and CMUCL
+\.(fas|fasl|sparcf|x86f)$
+
+### build and packaging systems
+# cabal intermediates
+\.installed-pkg-config
+\.setup-config
+# standard cabal build dir, might not be boring for everybody
+# ^dist(/|$)
+# autotools
+(^|/)autom4te\.cache($|/)
+(^|/)config\.(log|status)$
+# microsoft web expression, visual studio metadata directories
+\_vti_cnf$
+\_vti_pvt$
+# gentoo tools
+\.revdep-rebuild.*
+# generated dependencies
+^\.depend$
+
+### version control systems
+# cvs
+(^|/)CVS($|/)
+\.cvsignore$
+# cvs, emacs locks
+^\.#
+# rcs
+(^|/)RCS($|/)
+,v$
+# subversion
+(^|/)\.svn($|/)
+# mercurial
+(^|/)\.hg($|/)
+# git
+(^|/)\.git($|/)
+# bzr
+\.bzr$
+# sccs
+(^|/)SCCS($|/)
+# darcs
+(^|/)_darcs($|/)
+(^|/)\.darcsrepo($|/)
+^\.darcs-temp-mail$
+-darcs-backup[[:digit:]]+$
+# gnu arch
+(^|/)(\+|,)
+(^|/)vssver\.scc$
+\.swp$
+(^|/)MT($|/)
+(^|/)\{arch\}($|/)
+(^|/).arch-ids($|/)
+# bitkeeper
+(^|/)BitKeeper($|/)
+(^|/)ChangeSet($|/)
+
+### miscellaneous
+# backup files
+~$
+\.bak$
+\.BAK$
+# patch originals and rejects
+\.orig$
+\.rej$
+# X server
+\..serverauth.*
+# image spam
+\#
+(^|/)Thumbs\.db$
+# vi, emacs tags
+(^|/)(tags|TAGS)$
+#(^|/)\.[^/]
+# core dumps
+(^|/|\.)core$
+# partial broken files (KIO copy operations)
+\.part$
+# waf files, see http://code.google.com/p/waf/
+(^|/)\.waf-[[:digit:].]+-[[:digit:]]+($|/)
+(^|/)\.lock-wscript$
+# mac os finder
+(^|/)\.DS_Store$
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+import Distribution.PackageDescription(PackageDescription)
+import Distribution.Simple
+import Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo(LocalBuildInfo)
+
+import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
+
+import TxtSushi.SQLParser
+
+main = defaultMainWithHooks $ simpleUserHooks {runTests = runTxtSushiTests}
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Test code
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+runTxtSushiTests :: Args -> Bool -> PackageDescription -> LocalBuildInfo -> IO ()
+runTxtSushiTests _ _ _ _ = do
+    let
+        -- test statement 1
+        stmt1 = SelectStatement {
+                    columnSelections = [
+                        ExpressionColumn {expression = ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}},
+                        AllColumnsFrom {sourceTableName = "table2"}],
+                    maybeFromTable = Just (
+                        InnerJoin {
+                            leftJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table1", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            rightJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table2", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            onCondition = FunctionExpression {
+                                sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "=", minArgCount = 2, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                functionArguments = [
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}},
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table2", columnId = "col1"}}]},
+                            maybeTableAlias = Nothing}),
+                    maybeWhereFilter = Nothing,
+                    orderByItems = []}
+        stmt1_1Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 inner join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1"
+        stmt1_2Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1"
+        
+        -- test statement 2
+        stmt2 = SelectStatement {
+                    columnSelections = [
+                        ExpressionColumn {expression = ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}},
+                        AllColumnsFrom {sourceTableName = "table2"}],
+                    maybeFromTable = Just (
+                        InnerJoin {
+                            leftJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table1", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            rightJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table2", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            onCondition = FunctionExpression {
+                                sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "=", minArgCount = 2, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                functionArguments = [
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}},
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table2", columnId = "col1"}}]},
+                            maybeTableAlias = Nothing}),
+                    maybeWhereFilter = Just (
+                        FunctionExpression {
+                            sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "<>", minArgCount = 2, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                            functionArguments = [
+                                FunctionExpression {
+                                    sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "UPPER", minArgCount = 1, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                    functionArguments = [ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}]},
+                                FunctionExpression {
+                                    sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "LOWER", minArgCount = 1, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                    functionArguments = [ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}]}]}),
+                    orderByItems = []}
+        stmt2_1Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper(table1.col1)<>lower(table1.col1)"
+        stmt2_2Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper(table1.col1) <> lower(table1.col1)"
+        
+        -- test statement 3
+        stmt3 = SelectStatement {
+                    columnSelections = [
+                        ExpressionColumn {expression = ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}},
+                        AllColumnsFrom {sourceTableName = "table2"}],
+                    maybeFromTable = Just (
+                        InnerJoin {
+                            leftJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table1", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            rightJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table2", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            onCondition = FunctionExpression {
+                                sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "=", minArgCount = 2, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                functionArguments = [
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}},
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table2", columnId = "col1"}}]},
+                            maybeTableAlias = Nothing}),
+                    maybeWhereFilter = Just (
+                        FunctionExpression {
+                            sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "<>", minArgCount = 2, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                            functionArguments = [
+                                FunctionExpression {
+                                    sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "UPPER", minArgCount = 1, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                    functionArguments = [ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}]},
+                                FunctionExpression {
+                                    sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "LOWER", minArgCount = 1, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                    functionArguments = [ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}]}]}),
+                    orderByItems = [OrderByItem {
+                        orderExpression = ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "firstName"}},
+                        orderAscending = True}]}
+        stmt3_1Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper(table1.col1)<>lower(table1.col1) order by table1.firstName asc"
+        stmt3_2Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper(table1.col1)<>lower(table1.col1) order by table1.firstName"
+        stmt3_3Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper (table1.col1) <> lower ( table1.col1 ) order by  table1.firstName ascending"
+        
+        -- test statement 4
+        stmt4 = SelectStatement {
+                    columnSelections = [
+                        ExpressionColumn {expression = ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}},
+                        AllColumnsFrom {sourceTableName = "table2"}],
+                    maybeFromTable = Just (
+                        InnerJoin {
+                            leftJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table1", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            rightJoinTable = TableIdentifier {tableName = "table2", maybeTableAlias = Nothing},
+                            onCondition = FunctionExpression {
+                                sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "=", minArgCount = 2, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                functionArguments = [
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}},
+                                    ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table2", columnId = "col1"}}]},
+                            maybeTableAlias = Nothing}),
+                    maybeWhereFilter = Just (
+                        FunctionExpression {
+                            sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "<>", minArgCount = 2, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                            functionArguments = [
+                                FunctionExpression {
+                                    sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "UPPER", minArgCount = 1, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                    functionArguments = [ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}]},
+                                FunctionExpression {
+                                    sqlFunction = SQLFunction {functionName = "LOWER", minArgCount = 1, argCountIsFixed = True},
+                                    functionArguments = [ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "col1"}}]}]}),
+                    orderByItems = [OrderByItem {
+                        orderExpression = ColumnExpression {column = ColumnIdentifier {maybeTableName = Just "table1", columnId = "firstName"}},
+                        orderAscending = False}]}
+        stmt4_1Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper (table1.col1) <> lower ( table1.col1 ) order by  table1.firstName descending"
+        stmt4_2Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper (table1.col1) <> lower ( table1.col1 ) order by  table1.firstName DESCENDING"
+        stmt4_3Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper (table1.col1) <> lower ( table1.col1 ) order by  table1.firstName desc"
+        stmt4_4Txt =
+            "select table1.col1, table2.* " ++
+            "from table1 join table2 on table1.col1 = table2.col1 " ++
+            "where upper (table1.col1) <> lower ( table1.col1 ) order by  table1.firstName DESC"
+    
+    testSqlSelect stmt1 stmt1_1Txt
+    testSqlSelect stmt1 stmt1_2Txt
+    
+    testSqlSelect stmt2 stmt2_1Txt
+    testSqlSelect stmt2 stmt2_2Txt
+    
+    testSqlSelect stmt3 stmt3_1Txt
+    testSqlSelect stmt3 stmt3_2Txt
+    testSqlSelect stmt3 stmt3_3Txt
+
+    testSqlSelect stmt4 stmt4_1Txt
+    testSqlSelect stmt4 stmt4_2Txt
+    testSqlSelect stmt4 stmt4_3Txt
+    testSqlSelect stmt4 stmt4_4Txt
+
+testSqlSelect :: SelectStatement -> String -> IO ()
+testSqlSelect expectedResult selectStatementText = do
+    let stmtParseResult = parse parseSelectStatement "" selectStatementText
+        colNums = take (length selectStatementText) ([1 .. 9] ++ cycle [0 .. 9])
+    putStrLn ""
+    putStrLn "Testing:"
+    putStrLn $ concat (map show colNums)
+    putStrLn selectStatementText
+    case stmtParseResult of
+        Left errMsg -> error $ show errMsg
+        Right selectStatement ->
+            if selectStatement == expectedResult
+                then
+                    putStrLn "Success"
+                else
+                    error $ "\n" ++ (show selectStatement) ++ "\nNOT EQUAL TO\n" ++ (show expectedResult)
diff --git a/TxtSushi/IO.hs b/TxtSushi/IO.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TxtSushi/IO.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+{- |
+The 'FlatFile' module is for reading misc. 'FlatFile' formats like CSV or
+tab delimited
+-}
+module TxtSushi.IO (
+    formatTableWithWidths,
+    maxTableColumnWidths,
+    formatTable,
+    parseTable,
+    Format(Format),
+    csvFormat,
+    tabDelimitedFormat,
+    doubleQuote) where
+
+import Data.List
+import Util.ListUtil
+
+{- |
+'Format' allows you to specify different flat-file formats so that you
+can use 'parseTable' for CSV, tab-delimited etc.
+-}
+data Format = Format {
+    quote :: String,
+    fieldDelimiter :: String,
+    rowDelimiter :: String} deriving (Show)
+
+csvFormat = Format "\"" "," "\n"
+tabDelimitedFormat = Format "\"" "\t" "\n"
+
+{- |
+get a quote escape sequence for the given 'Format'
+-}
+doubleQuote :: Format -> String
+doubleQuote format = (quote format) ++ (quote format)
+
+formatTableWithWidths _ _ [] = []
+formatTableWithWidths boundaryString widths (row:tableTail) =
+    let
+        (initCells, [lastCell]) = splitAt (length row - 1) row
+    in
+        (concat $ zipWith ensureWidth widths initCells) ++ lastCell ++
+        "\n" ++ (formatTableWithWidths boundaryString widths tableTail)
+    where
+        ensureWidth width field =
+            let lengthField = length field
+            in
+                if width > lengthField then
+                    field ++ (replicate (width - lengthField) ' ') ++ boundaryString
+                else
+                    field ++ boundaryString
+
+{- |
+for a table, calculate the max width in characters for each column
+-}
+maxTableColumnWidths :: [[String]] -> [Int]
+maxTableColumnWidths [] = []
+maxTableColumnWidths table =
+    maxTableColumnWidthsInternal table []
+
+maxTableColumnWidthsInternal :: [[String]] -> [Int] -> [Int]
+maxTableColumnWidthsInternal [] prevMaxValues = prevMaxValues
+maxTableColumnWidthsInternal (row:tableTail) prevMaxValues
+    | seqList prevMaxValues = undefined
+    | otherwise = maxTableColumnWidthsInternal tableTail (maxRowFieldWidths row prevMaxValues)
+
+-- this filthy little function is for making the list strict... otherwise
+-- we run out of memory
+seqList [] = False
+seqList (head:tail)
+    | head `seq` False = undefined
+    | otherwise = seqList tail
+
+maxRowFieldWidths :: [String] -> [Int] -> [Int]
+maxRowFieldWidths row prevMaxValues =
+    zipWithD max (map length row) prevMaxValues
+{-
+    let colLengths = map length row
+        lengthOfRow = length row
+        lengthOfPrevMax = length prevMaxValues
+        maxPrefixList = zipWith max colLengths prevMaxValues
+    in
+        if lengthOfRow == lengthOfPrevMax then
+            maxPrefixList
+        else if lengthOfRow > lengthOfPrevMax then
+            maxPrefixList ++ (drop lengthOfPrevMax colLengths)
+        else
+            maxPrefixList ++ (drop lengthOfRow prevMaxValues)
+-}
+
+zipWithD :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a] -> [a]
+zipWithD f (x:xt) (y:yt) = (f x y):(zipWithD f xt yt)
+zipWithD _ [] ys = ys
+zipWithD _ xs [] = xs
+
+{- |
+Format the given table (the 2D String array) into a flat-file string using
+the given 'Format'
+-}
+formatTable :: Format -> [[String]] -> String
+formatTable _ [] = ""
+formatTable format (headRow:tableTail) =
+    (formatRow format headRow) ++ (rowDelimiter format) ++ (formatTable format tableTail)
+
+{- |
+Format the row into a flat file sub-string using the given 'Format'
+-}
+formatRow :: Format -> [String] -> String
+formatRow _ [] = []
+formatRow format (headField:rowTail) =
+    -- we need to escape any quotes
+    let escapedField = encodeField format headField
+    in
+        -- use a field delimiter on all but the last field
+        if null rowTail then
+            escapedField
+        else
+            escapedField ++ (fieldDelimiter format) ++ (formatRow format rowTail)
+
+{- |
+encode the given text field if it contains any special formatting characters
+-}
+encodeField format field =
+    if (quote format) `isInfixOf` field then
+        let escapedField = replaceAll field (quote format) (doubleQuote format)
+        in  (quote format) ++ escapedField ++ (quote format)
+    else if (rowDelimiter format) `isInfixOf` field ||
+            (fieldDelimiter format) `isInfixOf` field then
+        (quote format) ++ field ++ (quote format)
+    else
+        field
+
+{- |
+Parse the given text using the given flat file 'Format'. The result
+is a list of list of strings. The strings are fields and the string
+lists are rows
+-}
+parseTable :: Format -> String -> [[String]]
+parseTable _ [] = []
+parseTable format text =
+    let (nextLine, remainingText) = parseLine format text
+    in  nextLine:(parseTable  format remainingText)
+
+-- parse a row giving (rowFields, remainingText)
+parseLine :: Format -> String -> ([String], String)
+parseLine _ [] = ([], "")
+parseLine format text =
+    let (nextField, moreFieldsInRow, textRemainingAfterField) = parseField format text
+    in
+        -- if there are more fields, recursively add them to the row
+        if moreFieldsInRow then
+            let (rowTail, remainingText) = parseLine format textRemainingAfterField
+            in  (nextField:rowTail, remainingText)
+        
+        -- if there are no more fields return the current fields as a singleton
+        -- list
+        else
+            ([nextField], textRemainingAfterField)
+
+-- parse a field giving (field, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText)
+parseField :: Format -> String -> (String, Bool, String)
+parseField _ [] = ("", False, "")
+parseField format text =
+    -- check if this field is quoted or not
+    if (quote format) `isPrefixOf` text then
+        let tailOfQuote = drop (length (quote format)) text
+        in  parseQuotedField format tailOfQuote
+    else
+        parseUnquotedField format text
+
+-- parse a quoted field giving (field, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText)
+parseQuotedField :: Format -> String -> (String, Bool, String)
+parseQuotedField _ [] = ("", False, "")
+parseQuotedField format text@(textHead:textTail) =
+    -- a double quote is an escaped quote, so add a quote to the field
+    if (doubleQuote format) `isPrefixOf` text then
+        let tailOfDoubleQuote = drop (length (doubleQuote format)) text
+            (fieldTail, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText) = parseQuotedField format tailOfDoubleQuote
+        in  ((quote format) ++ fieldTail, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText)
+    
+    -- a single quote is the end of the field, we can use parseUnquotedField to
+    -- chew up any chars between the ending quote and the next delimiter (there
+    -- really shouldn't be any if the text is formatted well, but you never
+    -- know)
+    else if (quote format) `isPrefixOf` text then
+        let tailOfQuote = drop (length (quote format)) text
+            (_, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText) = parseUnquotedField format tailOfQuote
+        in  ("", moreFieldsInRow, remainingText)
+    
+    -- just another character... toss it in the field and keep going
+    else
+        let (fieldTail, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText) = parseQuotedField format textTail
+        in  (textHead:fieldTail, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText)
+
+-- parse an unquoted field giving (field, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText)
+parseUnquotedField :: Format -> String -> (String, Bool, String)
+parseUnquotedField _ [] = ("", False, "")
+parseUnquotedField format text@(textHead:textTail) =
+    -- if we hit a field delimiter: return an empty string and let caller know
+    -- there are more fields in this row
+    if (fieldDelimiter format) `isPrefixOf` text then
+        let tailOfDelimiter = drop (length (fieldDelimiter format)) text
+        in  ([], True, tailOfDelimiter)
+    
+    -- if we hit a row delimiter: return an empty string and let caller know there
+    -- are no more fields in this row
+    else if (rowDelimiter format) `isPrefixOf` text then
+        let tailOfDelimiter = drop (length (rowDelimiter format)) text
+        in  ([], False, tailOfDelimiter)
+    
+    -- just another character... toss it in the field and keep going
+    else
+        let (fieldTail, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText) = parseUnquotedField format textTail
+        in  (textHead:fieldTail, moreFieldsInRow, remainingText)
diff --git a/TxtSushi/SQLExecution.hs b/TxtSushi/SQLExecution.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TxtSushi/SQLExecution.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  TxtSushi.SQLExecution
+-- Copyright   :  (c) Keith Sheppard 2009
+-- License     :  GPL3 or greater
+-- Maintainer  :  keithshep@gmail.com
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+--
+-- Module for executing a SQL statement
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module TxtSushi.SQLExecution (
+    select,
+    databaseTableToTextTable,
+    textTableToDatabaseTable) where
+
+import Data.Char
+import Data.List
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+
+import TxtSushi.SQLParser
+import TxtSushi.Transform
+import Util.ListUtil
+
+-- | an SQL table data structure
+--   TODO: need allColumnsColumnIdentifiers and allColumnsTableRows so that
+--         we can filter and order on columns that are selected out. we also
+--         should track any column ordering that is in place
+data DatabaseTable = DatabaseTable {
+    -- | the columns in this table
+    columnIdentifiers :: [ColumnIdentifier],
+    
+    -- | the actual table data
+    tableRows :: [[EvaluatedExpression]]}
+
+emptyTable = DatabaseTable [] []
+
+stringExpression :: String -> EvaluatedExpression
+stringExpression string = EvaluatedExpression {
+    preferredType   = StringType,
+    maybeIntValue   = maybeReadInt string,
+    maybeRealValue  = maybeReadReal string,
+    stringValue     = string,
+    maybeBoolValue  = Just $
+        (map toLower string /= "false") && (string /= "") && (string /= "0")}
+
+intExpression int = EvaluatedExpression {
+    preferredType   = IntType,
+    maybeIntValue   = Just int,
+    maybeRealValue  = Just $ fromIntegral int,
+    stringValue     = show int,
+    maybeBoolValue  = Just $ int /= 0}
+
+realExpression real = EvaluatedExpression {
+    preferredType   = RealType,
+    maybeIntValue   = Just $ floor real,
+    maybeRealValue  = Just real,
+    stringValue     = show real,
+    maybeBoolValue  = Just $ real /= 0.0}
+
+boolExpression bool = EvaluatedExpression {
+    preferredType   = BoolType,
+    maybeIntValue   = Just $ if bool then 1 else 0,
+    maybeRealValue  = Just $ if bool then 1.0 else 0.0,
+    stringValue     = show bool,
+    maybeBoolValue  = Just bool}
+
+intValue :: EvaluatedExpression -> Int
+intValue evalExpr = case maybeIntValue evalExpr of
+    Just int -> int
+    Nothing ->
+        error $ "failed to parse \"" ++ (stringValue evalExpr) ++
+                "\" as an integer value"
+
+realValue :: EvaluatedExpression -> Double
+realValue evalExpr = case maybeRealValue evalExpr of
+    Just real -> real
+    Nothing ->
+        error $ "failed to parse \"" ++ (stringValue evalExpr) ++
+                "\" to a numeric value"
+
+boolValue :: EvaluatedExpression -> Bool
+boolValue evalExpr = case maybeBoolValue evalExpr of
+    Just bool -> bool
+    Nothing ->
+        error $ "failed to parse \"" ++ (stringValue evalExpr) ++
+                "\" to a boolean value"
+
+data ExpressionType = StringType | RealType | IntType | BoolType deriving Eq
+
+data EvaluatedExpression = EvaluatedExpression {
+    preferredType   :: ExpressionType,
+    stringValue     :: String,
+    maybeRealValue  :: Maybe Double,
+    maybeIntValue   :: Maybe Int,
+    maybeBoolValue  :: Maybe Bool}
+
+maybeReadBool :: String -> Maybe Bool
+maybeReadBool boolStr = case map toLower boolStr of
+    "true"      -> Just True
+    "1"         -> Just True
+    "1.0"       -> Just True
+    "false"     -> Just False
+    "0"         -> Just False
+    "0.0"       -> Just False
+    otherwise   -> Nothing
+
+instance Eq EvaluatedExpression where
+    -- base off of the Ord definition
+    expr1 == expr2 = compare expr1 expr2 == EQ
+
+instance Ord EvaluatedExpression where
+    -- compare on bool based on preferred type
+    compare (EvaluatedExpression BoolType _ _ _ (Just b1)) (EvaluatedExpression _ _ _ _ (Just b2)) = compare b1 b2
+    compare (EvaluatedExpression _ _ _ _ (Just b1)) (EvaluatedExpression BoolType _ _ _ (Just b2)) = compare b1 b2
+    
+    -- compare on int based on preferred type
+    compare (EvaluatedExpression IntType _ _ (Just i1) _) (EvaluatedExpression _ _ _ (Just i2) _) = compare i1 i2
+    compare (EvaluatedExpression _ _ _ (Just i1) _) (EvaluatedExpression IntType _ _ (Just i2) _) = compare i1 i2
+
+    -- compare on real based on preferred type
+    compare (EvaluatedExpression RealType _ (Just r1) _ _) (EvaluatedExpression _ _ (Just r2) _ _) = compare r1 r2
+    compare (EvaluatedExpression _ _ (Just r1) _ _) (EvaluatedExpression RealType _ (Just r2) _ _) = compare r1 r2
+    
+    -- fall back on string type
+    compare expr1 expr2 = compare (stringValue expr1) (stringValue expr2)
+
+-- convert a text table to a database table by using the 1st row as column IDs
+textTableToDatabaseTable :: String -> [[String]] -> DatabaseTable
+textTableToDatabaseTable tableName (headerNames:tblRows) =
+    DatabaseTable (map makeColId headerNames) (map (map stringExpression) tblRows)
+    where
+        makeColId colName = ColumnIdentifier (Just tableName) colName
+
+databaseTableToTextTable :: DatabaseTable -> [[String]]
+databaseTableToTextTable dbTable =
+    let
+        headerRow = (map columnId (columnIdentifiers dbTable))
+        tailRows = map (map stringValue) (tableRows dbTable)
+    in
+        headerRow:tailRows
+
+-- | perform a SQL select with the given select statement on the
+--   given table map
+select :: SelectStatement -> (Map.Map String DatabaseTable) -> DatabaseTable
+select selectStatement tableMap =
+    let
+        -- TODO: do we need to care about the updated aliases for filtering
+        --       in the "where" part??
+        fromTbl = case maybeFromTable selectStatement of
+            Nothing -> emptyTable
+            Just fromTblExpr -> evalTableExpression fromTblExpr tableMap
+        filteredTbl = case maybeWhereFilter selectStatement of
+            Nothing -> fromTbl
+            Just expr -> filterRowsBy expr fromTbl
+        orderedTbl = orderRowsBy (orderByItems selectStatement) filteredTbl
+        selectedTbl =
+            evaluateColumnSelections (columnSelections selectStatement) orderedTbl
+    in
+        selectedTbl
+
+-- | sorts table rows by the given order by items
+orderRowsBy :: [OrderByItem] -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable
+orderRowsBy [] dbTable = dbTable
+orderRowsBy orderBys dbTable =
+    let
+        -- curry in the order and col ID params to make a row comparison function
+        compareFunc = compareRowsOnOrderItems orderBys (columnIdentifiers dbTable)
+    in
+        dbTable {tableRows = sortBy compareFunc (tableRows dbTable)}
+
+-- | Compares two rows using the given OrderByItem and column ID's
+compareRowsOnOrderItems :: [OrderByItem] -> [ColumnIdentifier] -> [EvaluatedExpression] -> [EvaluatedExpression] -> Ordering
+compareRowsOnOrderItems orderBys colIds row1 row2 =
+    cascadingOrder $ toOrderList orderBys
+    where
+        toOrderList [] = []
+        toOrderList (orderBy:orderByTail) =
+            (compareRowsOnOrderItem orderBy colIds row1 row2):(toOrderList orderByTail)
+
+-- | Compares two rows using the given OrderByItem and column ID's
+compareRowsOnOrderItem :: OrderByItem -> [ColumnIdentifier] -> [EvaluatedExpression] -> [EvaluatedExpression] -> Ordering
+compareRowsOnOrderItem orderBy colIds row1 row2 =
+    let
+        orderExpr = orderExpression orderBy
+        row1Eval = evalExpression orderExpr colIds row1
+        row2Eval = evalExpression orderExpr colIds row2
+        rowComp = row1Eval `compare` row2Eval
+    in
+        if orderAscending orderBy then
+            rowComp
+        else
+            reverseOrdering rowComp
+
+-- | reverses the given ordering. pretty CRAZY huh???
+reverseOrdering :: Ordering -> Ordering
+reverseOrdering EQ = EQ
+reverseOrdering LT = GT
+reverseOrdering GT = LT
+
+-- | Evaluate the FROM table part, and returns the FROM table. Also returns
+--   a mapping of new table names from aliases etc.
+evalTableExpression :: TableExpression -> (Map.Map String DatabaseTable) -> DatabaseTable
+evalTableExpression tblExpr tableMap =
+    case tblExpr of
+        TableIdentifier tblName maybeTblAlias ->
+            let
+                -- find the from table map (error if missing)
+                noTblError = error $ "failed to find table named " ++ tblName
+                table = Map.findWithDefault noTblError tblName tableMap
+            in
+                maybeRename maybeTblAlias table
+        
+        -- TODO inner join should allow joining on expressions too!!
+        InnerJoin leftJoinTblExpr rightJoinTblExpr onConditionExpr maybeTblAlias ->
+            let
+                leftJoinTbl = evalTableExpression leftJoinTblExpr tableMap
+                rightJoinTbl = evalTableExpression rightJoinTblExpr tableMap
+                joinCols = extractJoinCols onConditionExpr
+                joinIndices = joinColumnIndices leftJoinTbl rightJoinTbl joinCols
+                joinedTbl = innerJoin joinIndices leftJoinTbl rightJoinTbl
+            in
+                maybeRename maybeTblAlias joinedTbl
+        
+        -- TODO implement me
+        CrossJoin leftJoinTbl maybeTblAlias rightJoinTbl ->
+            error "Sorry! CROSS JOIN is not yet implemented"
+    where
+        maybeRename :: (Maybe String) -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable
+        maybeRename Nothing table = table
+        maybeRename (Just newName) table = table {
+            columnIdentifiers = map (\colId -> colId {maybeTableName = Just newName}) (columnIdentifiers table)}
+
+extractJoinCols (FunctionExpression sqlFunc [arg1, arg2]) =
+    case sqlFunc of
+        SQLFunction "AND" _ _   -> extractJoinCols arg1 ++ extractJoinCols arg2
+        SQLFunction "=" _ _     -> extractJoinColPair arg1 arg2
+        
+        -- Only expecting "AND" or "="
+        otherwise -> onPartFormattingError
+    where
+        extractJoinColPair (ColumnExpression col1) (ColumnExpression col2) = [(col1, col2)]
+        
+        -- Only expecting "AND" or "="
+        extractJoinColPair _ _ = onPartFormattingError
+
+-- Only expecting "AND" or "="
+extractJoinCols _ = onPartFormattingError
+
+onPartFormattingError =
+    error $ "The \"ON\" part of a join must only contain column equalities " ++
+            "joined together by \"AND\" like: " ++
+            "\"tbl1.id1 = table2.id1 AND tbl1.firstname = tbl2.name\""
+
+-- | perform an inner join using the given join indices on the given
+--   tables
+innerJoin :: [(Int, Int)] -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable
+innerJoin joinIndices leftJoinTbl rightJoinTbl = DatabaseTable {
+    columnIdentifiers = (columnIdentifiers leftJoinTbl) ++ (columnIdentifiers rightJoinTbl),
+    tableRows = joinTables joinIndices (tableRows leftJoinTbl) (tableRows rightJoinTbl)}
+
+-- | convert the column ID pairs into index pairs
+joinColumnIndices :: DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable -> [(ColumnIdentifier, ColumnIdentifier)] -> [(Int, Int)]
+joinColumnIndices leftJoinTbl rightJoinTbl joinCols =
+    let
+        leftHeader = columnIdentifiers leftJoinTbl
+        rightHeader = columnIdentifiers rightJoinTbl
+    in
+        map (idPairToIndexPair leftHeader rightHeader) joinCols
+
+-- | convert the column ID pair into an index pair
+idPairToIndexPair :: [ColumnIdentifier] -> [ColumnIdentifier] -> (ColumnIdentifier, ColumnIdentifier) -> (Int, Int)
+idPairToIndexPair leftColIds rightColIds joinColPair@(leftColId, rightColId) =
+    let
+        maybePairInOrder = maybeIdPairToIndexPair leftColIds rightColIds joinColPair
+        maybePairSwapped = maybeIdPairToIndexPair leftColIds rightColIds (rightColId, leftColId)
+    in
+        case maybePairInOrder of
+            Just thePairInOrder -> thePairInOrder
+            Nothing ->
+                case maybePairSwapped of
+                    Just thePairSwapped -> thePairSwapped
+                    Nothing -> error "failed to find given columns"
+
+maybeIdPairToIndexPair :: [ColumnIdentifier] -> [ColumnIdentifier] -> (ColumnIdentifier, ColumnIdentifier) -> Maybe (Int, Int)
+maybeIdPairToIndexPair leftColIds rightColIds (leftColId, rightColId) = do
+    leftIndex <- findIndex (== leftColId) leftColIds
+    rightIndex <- findIndex (== rightColId) rightColIds
+    return (leftIndex, rightIndex)
+
+evaluateColumnSelections :: [ColumnSelection] -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable
+evaluateColumnSelections colSelections dbTable =
+    let
+        selectionTbls = map ($ dbTable) (map evaluateColumnSelection colSelections)
+    in
+        foldl1' tableConcat selectionTbls
+
+tableConcat :: DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable
+tableConcat dbTable1 dbTable2 =
+    let
+        concatIds = (columnIdentifiers dbTable1) ++ (columnIdentifiers dbTable2)
+        concatRows = zipWith (++) (tableRows dbTable1) (tableRows dbTable2)
+    in
+        DatabaseTable concatIds concatRows
+
+evaluateColumnSelection :: ColumnSelection -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable
+evaluateColumnSelection AllColumns dbTable = dbTable
+evaluateColumnSelection (AllColumnsFrom srcTblName) dbTable =
+    let
+        colIds = columnIdentifiers dbTable
+        indices = findIndices matchesSrcTblName (map maybeTableName colIds)
+        selectedColIds = selectIndices indices colIds
+        selectedColRows = map (selectIndices indices) (tableRows dbTable)
+    in
+        DatabaseTable selectedColIds selectedColRows
+    where
+        matchesSrcTblName Nothing           = False
+        matchesSrcTblName (Just tblName)    = tblName == srcTblName
+        selectIndices indices xs = [xs !! i | i <- indices]
+evaluateColumnSelection (ExpressionColumn expr) dbTable =
+    let
+        tblColIds = columnIdentifiers dbTable
+        exprColId = expressionIdentifier expr
+        evaluatedExprs = map (evalExpression expr tblColIds) (tableRows dbTable)
+    in
+        DatabaseTable [exprColId] (transpose [evaluatedExprs])
+
+-- | This is a little different that a strict equals compare in that it returns
+--   true if the query column has a Nothing table and the column name part
+--   matches the reference column's name. Also not that this makes it
+--   an asymetric comparison
+columnMatches :: ColumnIdentifier -> ColumnIdentifier -> Bool
+columnMatches (ColumnIdentifier Nothing queryColIdStr) referenceColumn =
+    -- In this case we don't care about the table name so
+    -- just check to make sure that the column names match up
+    queryColIdStr == columnId referenceColumn
+
+columnMatches queryColumn referenceColumn =
+    -- table name is important here so match on the whole object
+    queryColumn == referenceColumn
+
+-- | filters the database's table rows on the given expression
+filterRowsBy :: Expression -> DatabaseTable -> DatabaseTable
+filterRowsBy filterExpr table =
+    table {tableRows = filter myBoolEvalExpr (tableRows table)}
+    where myBoolEvalExpr row =
+            boolValue $ evalExpression filterExpr (columnIdentifiers table) row
+
+evalExpression :: Expression -> [ColumnIdentifier] -> [EvaluatedExpression] -> EvaluatedExpression
+-- Here's the easy stuff. evaluate constants
+evalExpression (StringConstantExpression string) _ _ = stringExpression string
+evalExpression (IntegerConstantExpression int) _ _ = intExpression int
+evalExpression (RealConstantExpression real) _ _ = realExpression real
+
+-- A little bit harder. evaluate a column expression
+evalExpression (ColumnExpression col) columnIds tblRow =
+    case findIndex (columnMatches col) columnIds of
+        Just colIndex -> tblRow !! colIndex
+        Nothing -> error $ "Failed to find column named: " ++ (prettyFormatColumn col)
+
+-- this is where the action is. evaluate a function
+evalExpression (FunctionExpression sqlFun funArgs) columnIds tblRow
+    -- String functions
+    | sqlFun == upperFunction = stringExpression $ map toUpper (stringValue (head evaluatedArgs))
+    | sqlFun == lowerFunction = stringExpression $ map toLower (stringValue (head evaluatedArgs))
+    | sqlFun == trimFunction = stringExpression $ trimSpace (stringValue (head evaluatedArgs))
+    
+    -- algebraic infix functions
+    | sqlFun == multiplyFunction = algebraWithCoercion (*) (*) evaluatedArgs
+    | sqlFun == divideFunction = realExpression $ foldl1' (/) (map realValue evaluatedArgs)
+    | sqlFun == plusFunction = algebraWithCoercion (+) (+) evaluatedArgs
+    | sqlFun == minusFunction = algebraWithCoercion (-) (-) evaluatedArgs
+    
+    -- boolean infix functions
+    | sqlFun == isFunction = boolExpression (arg1 == arg2)
+    | sqlFun == isNotFunction = boolExpression (arg1 /= arg2)
+    | sqlFun == lessThanFunction = boolExpression (arg1 < arg2)
+    | sqlFun == lessThanOrEqualToFunction = boolExpression (arg1 <= arg2)
+    | sqlFun == greaterThanFunction = boolExpression (arg1 > arg2)
+    | sqlFun == greaterThanOrEqualToFunction = boolExpression (arg1 >= arg2)
+    | sqlFun == andFunction = boolExpression $ (boolValue arg1) && (boolValue arg2)
+    | sqlFun == orFunction = boolExpression $ (boolValue arg1) || (boolValue arg2)
+    
+    where
+        arg1 = head evaluatedArgs
+        arg2 = evaluatedArgs !! 1
+        evaluatedArgs = map evalArgExpr funArgs
+        evalArgExpr expr = evalExpression expr columnIds tblRow
+        algebraWithCoercion intFunc realFunc args =
+            if any useRealAlgebra args then
+                realExpression $ foldl1' realFunc (map realValue args)
+            else
+                intExpression $ foldl1' intFunc (map intValue args)
+        
+        useRealAlgebra expr =
+            let prefType = preferredType expr
+            in prefType == StringType || prefType == RealType
+
+-- | trims leading and trailing spaces
+trimSpace :: String -> String
+trimSpace = f . f
+   where f = reverse . dropWhile isSpace
diff --git a/TxtSushi/SQLParser.hs b/TxtSushi/SQLParser.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TxtSushi/SQLParser.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,704 @@
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  TxtSushi.SQLParser
+-- Copyright   :  (c) Keith Sheppard 2009
+-- License     :  GPL3 or greater
+-- Maintainer  :  keithshep@gmail.com
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+--
+-- Module for parsing SQL
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module TxtSushi.SQLParser (
+    allMaybeTableNames,
+    parseSelectStatement,
+    SelectStatement(..),
+    TableExpression(..),
+    ColumnIdentifier(..),
+    prettyFormatColumn,
+    ColumnSelection(..),
+    expressionIdentifier,
+    Expression(..),
+    OrderByItem(..),
+    prettyFormatWithArgs,
+    SQLFunction(..),
+    
+    -- SQL functions with "normal" syntax
+    upperFunction,
+    lowerFunction,
+    trimFunction,
+    
+    -- Algebraic infix SQL functions
+    multiplyFunction,
+    divideFunction,
+    plusFunction,
+    minusFunction,
+    
+    -- Boolean infix SQL functions
+    isFunction,
+    isNotFunction,
+    lessThanFunction,
+    lessThanOrEqualToFunction,
+    greaterThanFunction,
+    greaterThanOrEqualToFunction,
+    andFunction,
+    orFunction,
+    
+    -- Etc...
+    maybeReadInt,
+    maybeReadReal) where
+
+import Data.Char
+import Data.List
+import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
+import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec.Expr
+import Util.ListUtil
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- The data definition for select statements
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | represents a select statement
+--   TODO this should be moved inside the TableExpression type
+data SelectStatement = SelectStatement {
+    columnSelections :: [ColumnSelection],
+    maybeFromTable :: Maybe TableExpression,
+    maybeWhereFilter :: Maybe Expression,
+    orderByItems :: [OrderByItem]}
+    deriving (Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+data TableExpression =
+    TableIdentifier {
+        tableName :: String,
+        maybeTableAlias :: Maybe String} |
+    InnerJoin {
+        leftJoinTable :: TableExpression,
+        rightJoinTable :: TableExpression,
+        onCondition :: Expression,
+        maybeTableAlias :: Maybe String} |
+    CrossJoin {
+        leftJoinTable :: TableExpression,
+        rightJoinTable :: TableExpression,
+        maybeTableAlias :: Maybe String}
+    deriving (Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+-- | convenience function for extracting all of the table names used by the
+--   given table expression
+allMaybeTableNames :: (Maybe TableExpression) -> [String]
+allMaybeTableNames Nothing = []
+allMaybeTableNames (Just tblExp) = allTableNames tblExp
+
+allTableNames (TableIdentifier tblName _) = [tblName]
+allTableNames (InnerJoin lftTbl rtTbl _ _) =
+    (allTableNames lftTbl) ++ (allTableNames rtTbl)
+allTableNames (CrossJoin lftTbl rtTbl _) =
+    (allTableNames lftTbl) ++ (allTableNames rtTbl)
+
+data ColumnSelection =
+    AllColumns |
+    AllColumnsFrom {sourceTableName :: String} |
+    ExpressionColumn {expression :: Expression}
+    --QualifiedColumn {
+    --    qualifiedColumnId :: ColumnIdentifier}
+    deriving (Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+data ColumnIdentifier =
+    ColumnIdentifier {
+        maybeTableName :: Maybe String,
+        columnId :: String}
+    deriving (Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+-- | I wanted to leave the default Show, but I also wanted a pretty print, so
+--   here it is!
+prettyFormatColumn :: ColumnIdentifier -> String
+prettyFormatColumn (ColumnIdentifier (Just tblName) colId) = tblName ++ "." ++ colId
+prettyFormatColumn (ColumnIdentifier (Nothing) colId) = colId
+
+data Expression =
+    FunctionExpression {
+        sqlFunction :: SQLFunction,
+        functionArguments :: [Expression]} |
+    ColumnExpression {
+        column :: ColumnIdentifier} |
+    StringConstantExpression {
+        stringConstant :: String} |
+    IntegerConstantExpression {
+        intConstant :: Int} |
+    RealConstantExpression {
+        realConstant :: Double}
+    deriving (Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+expressionIdentifier :: Expression -> ColumnIdentifier
+expressionIdentifier (FunctionExpression func args) =
+    ColumnIdentifier Nothing ((prettyFormatWithArgs func) args)
+expressionIdentifier (ColumnExpression col) = col
+expressionIdentifier (StringConstantExpression str) =
+    ColumnIdentifier Nothing ("\"" ++ str ++ "\"")
+expressionIdentifier (IntegerConstantExpression int) =
+    ColumnIdentifier Nothing (show int)
+expressionIdentifier (RealConstantExpression real) =
+    ColumnIdentifier Nothing (show real)
+
+needsParens :: Expression -> Bool
+needsParens (FunctionExpression _ _) = True
+needsParens _ = False
+
+toArgString :: Expression -> String
+toArgString expr =
+    let exprFmt = prettyFormatColumn $ expressionIdentifier expr
+    in if needsParens expr then "(" ++ exprFmt ++ ")" else exprFmt
+
+prettyFormatWithArgs :: SQLFunction -> [Expression] -> String
+prettyFormatWithArgs sqlFunc funcArgs
+    | sqlFunc `elem` normalSyntaxFunctions = prettyFormatNormalFunctionExpression sqlFunc funcArgs
+    | or (map (sqlFunc `elem`) infixFunctions) = prettyFormatInfixFunctionExpression sqlFunc funcArgs
+
+prettyFormatInfixFunctionExpression :: SQLFunction -> [Expression] -> String
+prettyFormatInfixFunctionExpression sqlFunc funcArgs =
+    let
+        arg1 = head funcArgs
+        arg2 = funcArgs !! 1
+    in
+        toArgString arg1 ++ functionName sqlFunc ++ toArgString arg2
+
+prettyFormatNormalFunctionExpression :: SQLFunction -> [Expression] -> String
+prettyFormatNormalFunctionExpression sqlFunc funcArgs =
+    let argString = intercalate ", " (map toArgString funcArgs)
+    in functionName sqlFunc ++ "(" ++ argString ++ ")"
+
+data SQLFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName :: String,
+    minArgCount :: Int,
+    argCountIsFixed :: Bool}
+    deriving (Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+data OrderByItem = OrderByItem {
+    orderExpression :: Expression,
+    orderAscending :: Bool}
+    deriving (Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+-- | Parses a SQL select statement
+parseSelectStatement :: GenParser Char st SelectStatement
+parseSelectStatement = do
+    try $ upperOrLower "SELECT" >> spaces1
+    parseSelectBody
+
+-- | Parses all of the stuff that comes after "SELECT "
+parseSelectBody :: GenParser Char st SelectStatement
+parseSelectBody = do
+    columnVals <- parseColumnSelections
+    -- TODO need a better error message for missing "ON" etc. in
+    -- the from part, can do this by grabing "FROM" first
+    maybeFrom <- maybeParseFromPart
+    maybeWhere <- maybeParseWherePart
+    orderBy <- parseOrderByPart
+    
+    spaces
+    eof
+    
+    return SelectStatement {
+        columnSelections    = columnVals,
+        maybeFromTable      = maybeFrom,
+        maybeWhereFilter    = maybeWhere,
+        orderByItems        = orderBy}
+    
+    where
+        maybeParseFromPart =
+            ifParseThen (spaces1 >> upperOrLower "FROM" >> spaces1) parseTableExpression
+        
+        maybeParseWherePart =
+            ifParseThen (spaces1 >> upperOrLower "WHERE" >> spaces1) parseExpression
+
+-- | Parses the "ORDER BY ..." part of a select statement returning the list
+--   of OrderByItem's that were parsed (this list will be empty if there is no
+--   "ORDER BY" parsed
+parseOrderByPart :: GenParser Char st [OrderByItem]
+parseOrderByPart =
+    ifParseThenElse
+        -- if we see an "ORDER BY"
+        (spaces1 >> upperOrLower "ORDER" >> spaces1 >> upperOrLower "BY" >> spaces1)
+        
+        -- then parse the order expression
+        (sepByAtLeast 1 parseOrderByItem parseCommaSeparator)
+        
+        -- else there is nothing to sort by
+        (return [])
+    
+    where
+        parseOrderByItem :: GenParser Char st OrderByItem
+        parseOrderByItem = do
+            orderExpr <- parseExpression
+            isAscending <- ifParseThenElse
+                -- if we parse "DESC"
+                (try parseDescending)
+                
+                -- then return false, it isn't ascending
+                (return False)
+                
+                -- else try to consume "ASC" but even if we don't it's still
+                -- ascending so return true
+                ((try parseAscending <|> return []) >> return True)
+            
+            return $ OrderByItem orderExpr isAscending
+        
+        parseAscending  = spaces1 >> ((try $ upperOrLower "ASCENDING") <|> upperOrLower "ASC")
+        parseDescending = spaces1 >> ((try $ upperOrLower "DESCENDING") <|> upperOrLower "DESC")
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Functions for parsing the column names specified after "SELECT"
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+parseColumnSelections =
+    sepBy1 parseAnyColType (try parseCommaSeparator)
+    where parseAnyColType = parseAllCols <|>
+                            (try parseAllColsFromTbl) <|>
+                            (try parseColExpression)
+
+parseAllCols = string "*" >> return AllColumns
+
+parseAllColsFromTbl = do
+    tableVal <- parseIdentifier
+    string ".*"
+    
+    return $ AllColumnsFrom tableVal
+
+parseColExpression = parseExpression >>= \expr -> return $ ExpressionColumn expr
+
+parseColumnId = do
+    firstId <- parseIdentifier
+    
+    maybeFullyQual <- maybeParse $ char '.'
+    case maybeFullyQual of
+        -- No '.' means it's a partially qualified column
+        Nothing -> return $ ColumnIdentifier Nothing firstId
+        Just _ -> do
+            secondId <- parseIdentifier
+            return $ ColumnIdentifier (Just firstId) secondId
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Functions for parsing the table part (after "FROM")
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+parseTableExpression = do
+    nextTblChunk <- parseNextTblExpChunk
+    
+    let ifInnerJoinParse = ifParseThenElse
+            -- if
+            parseInnerJoinKeywords
+            -- then
+            (parseInnerJoinRemainder nextTblChunk)
+            -- else
+            (return nextTblChunk)
+        
+        ifCrossOrInnerJoinParse = ifParseThenElse
+            -- if
+            parseCrossJoinKeywords
+            -- then
+            (parseCrossJoinRemainder nextTblChunk)
+            -- else
+            ifInnerJoinParse
+    
+    ifCrossOrInnerJoinParse
+
+parseNextTblExpChunk =
+    parenthesize parseTableExpression <|>  parseTableIdentifier
+
+parseCrossJoinKeywords = do
+    spaces1
+    upperOrLower "CROSS"
+    spaces1
+    upperOrLower "JOIN"
+    spaces1
+
+parseInnerJoinKeywords = do
+    spaces1
+    maybeParse $ upperOrLower "INNER" >> spaces1
+    upperOrLower "JOIN"
+    spaces1
+
+parseInnerJoinRemainder leftTblExpr = do
+    rightTblExpr <- parseTableExpression
+    
+    spaces1
+    upperOrLower "ON"
+    spaces1
+    onPart <- parseExpression
+    
+    maybeAlias <- maybeParse $ spaces1 >> parseTableAlias
+    
+    return InnerJoin {
+            leftJoinTable=leftTblExpr,
+            rightJoinTable=rightTblExpr,
+            onCondition=onPart,
+            maybeTableAlias=maybeAlias}
+
+parseCrossJoinRemainder leftTblExpr = do
+    rightTblExpr <- parseTableExpression
+    maybeAlias <- maybeParse $ spaces1 >> parseTableAlias
+    
+    return CrossJoin {
+            leftJoinTable=leftTblExpr,
+            rightJoinTable=rightTblExpr,
+            maybeTableAlias=maybeAlias}
+
+parseTableIdentifier = do
+    theId <- parseIdentifier
+    maybeAlias <- maybeParse $ spaces1 >> parseTableAlias
+    return $ TableIdentifier theId maybeAlias
+
+parseTableAlias = upperOrLower "AS" >> spaces1 >> parseIdentifier
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Expression parsing: These can be after "SELECT", "WHERE" or "HAVING"
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+parseExpression :: GenParser Char st Expression
+parseExpression =
+    let opTable = map (map parseInfixOp) infixFunctions
+    in buildExpressionParser opTable parseAnyNonInfixExpression
+
+parseAnyNonInfixExpression :: GenParser Char st Expression
+parseAnyNonInfixExpression =
+    parenthesize parseExpression <|>
+    parseStringConstant <|>
+    try parseRealConstant <|>
+    parseIntConstant <|>
+    parseAnyNormalFunction <|>
+    (parseColumnId >>= (\colId -> return $ ColumnExpression colId))
+
+parseStringConstant :: GenParser Char st Expression
+parseStringConstant =
+    quotedText True '"' >>= (\txt -> return $ StringConstantExpression txt)
+
+parseIntConstant :: GenParser Char st Expression
+parseIntConstant =
+    parseInt >>= (\int -> return $ IntegerConstantExpression int)
+
+parseInt :: GenParser Char st Int
+parseInt = do
+    digitTxt <- anyParseTxt
+    return $ read digitTxt
+    where
+        anyParseTxt = signedParseTxt <|> unsignedParseTxt <?> "integer"
+        unsignedParseTxt = many1 digit
+        signedParseTxt = do
+            char '-'
+            unsignedDigitTxt <- unsignedParseTxt
+            return ('-':unsignedDigitTxt)
+
+-- | returns an int if it can be read from the string
+maybeReadInt :: String -> Maybe Int
+maybeReadInt intStr =
+    case parse (parseToEof parseInt) "" intStr of
+        Left _      -> Nothing
+        Right int   -> Just int
+
+-- | returns a real if it can be read from the string
+maybeReadReal :: String -> Maybe Double
+maybeReadReal realStr =
+    case parse (parseToEof parseReal) "" realStr of
+        Left _      -> maybeReadInt realStr >>= (\int -> Just $ fromIntegral int)
+        Right real  -> Just real
+
+parseToEof p = p >>= \x -> (eof >> return x)
+
+parseRealConstant :: GenParser Char st Expression
+parseRealConstant =
+    parseReal >>= (\real -> return $ RealConstantExpression real)
+
+parseReal :: GenParser Char st Double
+parseReal = do
+    realTxt <- anyParseTxt
+    return $ read realTxt
+    where
+        anyParseTxt = signedParseTxt <|> unsignedParseTxt <?> "real"
+        unsignedParseTxt = do
+            intTxt <- many1 digit
+            char '.'
+            fracTxt <- many1 digit
+            return $ intTxt ++ "." ++ fracTxt
+        signedParseTxt = do
+            char '-'
+            unsignedDigitTxt <- unsignedParseTxt
+            return ('-':unsignedDigitTxt)
+
+parseAnyNormalFunction :: GenParser Char st Expression
+parseAnyNormalFunction =
+    let allParsers = map parseNormalFunction normalSyntaxFunctions
+    in choice allParsers
+
+parseNormalFunction sqlFunc = do
+    try $ (upperOrLower $ functionName sqlFunc)
+    spaces -- TODO careful here: what happens with upperVar? it breaks because of "upper" (maybe a blog entry!!)
+    args <- parenthesize $ argSepBy (minArgCount sqlFunc) parseExpression parseCommaSeparator
+    return $ FunctionExpression sqlFunc args
+    where argSepBy = if argCountIsFixed sqlFunc then sepByExactly else sepByAtLeast
+
+-- Functions with "normal" syntax --
+normalSyntaxFunctions = [upperFunction, lowerFunction, trimFunction]
+
+upperFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "UPPER",
+    minArgCount     = 1,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+lowerFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "LOWER",
+    minArgCount     = 1,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+trimFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "TRIM",
+    minArgCount     = 1,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+-- Infix functions --
+infixFunctions =
+    [[multiplyFunction, divideFunction],
+     [plusFunction, minusFunction],
+     [isFunction, isNotFunction, lessThanFunction, lessThanOrEqualToFunction,
+      greaterThanFunction, greaterThanOrEqualToFunction],
+     [andFunction, orFunction]]
+
+-- | This function parses the operator part of the infix function and returns
+--   a function that excepts a left expression and right expression to form
+--   an Expression from the FunctionExpression constructor
+parseInfixOp infixFunc =
+    -- use the magic infix type, always assuming left associativity
+    Infix opParser AssocLeft
+    where
+        opParser =
+            if funcIsAlphaNum
+            then do
+                try (spaces1 >> (upperOrLower $ functionName infixFunc) >> spaces1)
+                return $ buildExpr
+            else do
+                try (spaces >> (upperOrLower $ functionName infixFunc) >> notOpChar) >> spaces
+                return $ buildExpr
+        buildExpr leftSubExpr rightSubExpr =
+            FunctionExpression {
+                sqlFunction = infixFunc,
+                functionArguments = [leftSubExpr, rightSubExpr]}
+        funcIsAlphaNum = any isAlphaNum (functionName infixFunc)
+        notOpChar =
+            notFollowedBy $ oneOf "*/+-=<>^"
+
+-- Algebraic
+multiplyFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "*",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+divideFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "/",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+plusFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "+",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+minusFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "-",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+-- Boolean
+isFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "=",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+isNotFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "<>",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+lessThanFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "<",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+lessThanOrEqualToFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "<=",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+greaterThanFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = ">",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+greaterThanOrEqualToFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = ">=",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+andFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "AND",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+orFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "OR",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+
+
+-- Functions with special syntax --
+specialFunctions = [substringFromFunction,
+                    substringFromToFunction]
+
+-- | SUBSTRING(extraction_string FROM starting_position [FOR length]
+--             [COLLATE collation_name])
+--   TODO implement these
+substringFromFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "SUBSTRING",
+    minArgCount     = 2,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+substringFromToFunction = SQLFunction {
+    functionName    = "SUBSTRING",
+    minArgCount     = 3,
+    argCountIsFixed = True}
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Parse utility functions
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | parses an identifier. you can use a tick '`' as a quote for
+--   an identifier with white-space
+parseIdentifier = do
+    let parseId = do
+            let idChar = alphaNum <|> char '_'
+            quotedText False '`' <|> many1 idChar
+    (parseId `genExcept` parseReservedWord) <?> "identifier"
+
+quotedText allowEmpty quoteChar = do
+    let quote = char quoteChar
+        manyFunc = if allowEmpty then many else many1
+    
+    quote
+    textValue <- manyFunc $ (anyChar `genExcept` quote) <|>
+                            try (escapedQuote quoteChar)
+    quote
+    
+    return textValue
+
+exceptChar parser theException = notFollowedBy theException >> parser
+
+escapedQuote quoteChar = string [quoteChar, quoteChar] >> return quoteChar
+
+parseCommaSeparator = spaces >> char ',' >> spaces
+
+-- | Wraps parentheses parsers around the given inner parser
+parenthesize :: GenParser Char st a -> GenParser Char st a
+parenthesize innerParser = do
+    char '('
+    spaces
+    innerParseResults <- innerParser
+    spaces
+    char ')'
+    return innerParseResults
+
+-- | Either parses the left or right parser returning the result of the
+--   successful parser
+eitherParse :: GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st b -> GenParser tok st (Either a b)
+eitherParse leftParser rightParser =
+    do {parseResult <- try leftParser; return $ Left parseResult} <|>
+    do {parseResult <- rightParser; return $ Right parseResult}
+
+-- parses 1 or more spaces
+spaces1 = skipMany1 space <?> "whitespace"
+
+-- | if the ifParse parser succeeds return the result of thenParse, else
+--   return Nothing without parsing any input
+ifParseThen :: GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st b -> GenParser tok st (Maybe b)
+ifParseThen ifParse thenPart = do
+    ifResult <- maybeParse ifParse
+    case ifResult of
+        Just _ ->   thenPart >>= (\x -> return $ Just x)
+        Nothing ->  return Nothing
+
+-- | if ifParse succeeds then parse thenPart otherwise parse elsePart
+ifParseThenElse :: GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st b -> GenParser tok st b -> GenParser tok st b
+ifParseThenElse ifParse thenPart elsePart = do
+    ifResult <- maybeParse ifParse
+    case ifResult of
+        Just _ -> thenPart
+        Nothing -> elsePart
+
+parseReservedWord = do
+    let reservedWordParsers = map reservedWordParser reservedWords
+    choice reservedWordParsers
+    where reservedWordParser word = do
+            parseVal <- upperOrLower word
+            notFollowedBy alphaNum
+            return parseVal
+
+-- TODO are function names reserved... i don't think so
+reservedWords =
+    map functionName normalSyntaxFunctions ++
+    map functionName (concat infixFunctions) ++
+    map functionName specialFunctions ++
+    ["BY","CROSS", "FROM", "GROUP", "HAVING", "INNER", "JOIN", "ON", "ORDER", "SELECT", "WHERE"]
+
+-- | tries parsing both the upper and lower case versions of the given string
+upperOrLower :: String -> GenParser Char st String
+upperOrLower stringToParse =
+    string (map toUpper stringToParse) <|>
+    string (map toLower stringToParse) <?> stringToParse
+
+-- | accepst the same input as the given parser except and input that matches
+--   theException parser
+genExcept :: (Show b) => GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st b -> GenParser tok st a
+genExcept parser theException = do
+    genNotFollowedBy theException
+    parser
+
+-- | a generic version of the notFollowedBy library function. We require
+--   Show types so that we can better report failures
+genNotFollowedBy :: (Show a) => GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st ()
+genNotFollowedBy theParser = try $ do
+    mayParseResult <- maybeParse theParser
+    case mayParseResult of
+        Nothing -> return ()
+        Just x -> unexpected $ show x
+
+-- | returns Just parseResult if the parse succeeds and Nothing if it fails
+maybeParse :: GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st (Maybe a)
+maybeParse parser =
+    (try parser >>= (\x -> return $ Just x)) <|>
+    return Nothing
+
+-- | parse `itemParser`s seperated by exactly `minCount` `sepParser`s
+sepByExactly :: Int -> GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st sep -> GenParser tok st [a]
+sepByExactly count itemParser sepParser =
+    let itemParsers = replicate count itemParser
+    in parseEach itemParsers
+    where
+        -- for an empty parser list return an empty result
+        parseEach [] = return []
+        
+        -- for a parser list of 1 we don't want to use a separator
+        parseEach [lastParser] = lastParser >>= (\x -> return [x])
+        
+        -- for lists greater than 1 we do need to care about the separator
+        parseEach (headParser:parserTail) = do
+            resultHead <- headParser
+            sepParser
+            resultTail <- parseEach parserTail
+            
+            return $ resultHead:resultTail
+
+-- | parse `itemParser`s seperated by at least `minCount` `sepParser`s
+sepByAtLeast :: Int -> GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st sep -> GenParser tok st [a]
+sepByAtLeast minCount itemParser sepParser = do
+    minResults <- sepByExactly minCount itemParser sepParser
+    ifParseThenElse
+        sepParser
+        (sepBy1 itemParser sepParser >>= (\tailResults -> return $ minResults ++ tailResults))
+        (return minResults)
diff --git a/TxtSushi/Transform.hs b/TxtSushi/Transform.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TxtSushi/Transform.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+{- |
+Simple table transformations
+-}
+module TxtSushi.Transform (
+    selectColumns,
+    sortColumns,
+    fileBasedSortTable,
+    mergeAllBy,
+    joinTables,
+    joinPresortedTables,
+    rowComparison) where
+
+import Data.List
+import System.Directory
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+
+{- |
+Create a new table by selecting the given 'columnIndices'
+-}
+selectColumns _ [] = []
+selectColumns columnIndices (headRow:tableTail) =
+    ([headRow !! i | i <- columnIndices]):(selectColumns columnIndices tableTail)
+
+removeColumns _ [] = []
+removeColumns columnIndices (headRow:tableTail) =
+    let indexesToSelect = [0 .. ((length headRow) - 1)] \\ columnIndices
+    in ([headRow !! i | i <- indexesToSelect]):(removeColumns columnIndices tableTail)
+
+-- | sort the given 'table' on the given columns
+sortColumns columns table =
+    sortBy (rowComparison columns) table
+
+-- | compare two rows based on given column balues
+rowComparison [] _ _ = EQ
+rowComparison (columnHead:columnsTail) row1 row2 =
+    let colComparison = (row1 !! columnHead) `compare` (row2 !! columnHead)
+    in
+        case colComparison of
+            EQ          -> rowComparison columnsTail row1 row2
+            otherwise   -> colComparison
+
+-- | merge two sorted lists into a single sorted list
+mergeBy comparisonFunction []    list2   = list2
+mergeBy comparisonFunction list1 []      = list1
+mergeBy comparisonFunction list1@(head1:tail1) list2@(head2:tail2) =
+    case head1 `comparisonFunction` head2 of
+        GT          -> (head2:(mergeBy comparisonFunction list1 tail2))
+        otherwise   -> (head1:(mergeBy comparisonFunction tail1 list2))
+
+-- | merge the sorted lists in the list to a list about 1/2 the size
+mergePairsBy _ [] = []
+mergePairsBy comparisonFunction singletonListList@(headList:[]) = singletonListList
+mergePairsBy comparisonFunction (list1:list2:listListTail) =
+    let mergedPair = mergeBy comparisonFunction list1 list2
+    in mergedPair:(mergePairsBy comparisonFunction listListTail)
+
+-- | merge a list of sorted lists into a single sorted list
+mergeAllBy _ [] = []
+mergeAllBy comparisonFunction listList =
+    let mergedPairs = mergePairsBy comparisonFunction listList
+    in
+        case mergedPairs of
+            singletonListHead:[]    -> singletonListHead
+            otherwise               -> mergeAllBy comparisonFunction mergedPairs
+
+{- |
+perform a table sort using files to keep from holding the whole list in memory
+-}
+fileBasedSortTable columns table = do
+    partialSortFiles <- bufferPartialSorts columns table
+    partialSortFileHandles <- (unwrapIOList [openFile file ReadMode | file <- partialSortFiles])
+    partialSortContents <- (unwrapIOList [hGetContents handle | handle <- partialSortFileHandles])
+    let partialSortTables = map (parseTable csvFormat) partialSortContents
+    return (partialSortTables, partialSortFileHandles, partialSortFiles)
+
+-- | unwrap a list of 'IO' boxed items
+unwrapIOList [] = do return []
+unwrapIOList (ioHead:ioTail) = do
+    unwrappedHead <- ioHead
+    unwrappedTail <- unwrapIOList ioTail
+    return (unwrappedHead:unwrappedTail)
+
+-- | create a list of parial sorts
+bufferPartialSorts columns [] = return []
+bufferPartialSorts columns table = do
+    let rowLimit = 100000
+        (rowsToSortNow, rowsToSortLater) = splitAt rowLimit table
+        sortedRows = sortColumns columns rowsToSortNow
+    sortBuffer <- bufferToTempFile sortedRows
+    otherSortBuffers <- bufferPartialSorts columns rowsToSortLater
+    return (sortBuffer:otherSortBuffers)
+
+-- | buffer the table to a temporary file and return a handle to that file
+bufferToTempFile table = do
+    tempDir <- getTemporaryDirectory
+    (tempFilePath, tempFileHandle) <- openTempFile tempDir "buffer.txt"
+    hPutStr tempFileHandle (formatTable csvFormat table)
+    hClose tempFileHandle
+    return tempFilePath
+
+-- | join together two tables on the given column index pairs
+joinTables :: (Ord o) => [(Int, Int)] -> [[o]] -> [[o]] -> [[o]]
+joinTables joinColumnZipList table1 table2 =
+    let
+        (joinColumns1, joinColumns2) = unzip joinColumnZipList
+        sortedTable1 = sortColumns joinColumns1 table1
+        sortedTable2 = sortColumns joinColumns2 table2
+    in
+        joinPresortedTables joinColumnZipList sortedTable1 sortedTable2
+
+-- | join together two tables that are presorted on the given column index pairs
+joinPresortedTables :: (Ord o) => [(Int, Int)] -> [[o]] -> [[o]] -> [[o]]
+joinPresortedTables joinColumnZipList sortedTable1 sortedTable2 =
+    let
+        (joinColumns1, joinColumns2) = unzip joinColumnZipList
+        rowEq1 = (\a b -> (rowComparison joinColumns1 a b) == EQ)
+        rowEq2 = (\a b -> (rowComparison joinColumns2 a b) == EQ)
+        tableGroups1 = groupBy rowEq1 sortedTable1
+        tableGroups2 = groupBy rowEq2 sortedTable2
+    in
+        joinGroupedTables joinColumnZipList tableGroups1 tableGroups2
+
+permutePrependRows [] _ = []
+permutePrependRows _ [] = []
+permutePrependRows (table1HeadRow:table1Tail) table2 =
+    let
+        prependHead = (table1HeadRow ++)
+        newTable2 = map prependHead table2
+    in
+        newTable2 ++ (permutePrependRows table1Tail table2)
+
+joinGroupedTables _ [] _  = []
+joinGroupedTables _ _  [] = []
+joinGroupedTables joinColumnZipList tableGroups1@(headTableGroup1:tableGroupsTail1) tableGroups2@(headTableGroup2:tableGroupsTail2) =
+    let
+        headRow1 = head headTableGroup1
+        headRow2 = head headTableGroup2
+    in
+        case asymmetricRowComparison joinColumnZipList headRow1 headRow2 of
+            -- drop the 1st group if its smaller
+            LT -> joinGroupedTables joinColumnZipList tableGroupsTail1 tableGroups2
+            
+            -- drop the 2nd group if its smaller
+            GT -> joinGroupedTables joinColumnZipList tableGroups1 tableGroupsTail2
+            
+            -- the two groups are equal so permute
+            otherwise ->
+                (permutePrependRows headTableGroup1 headTableGroup2) ++
+                (joinGroupedTables joinColumnZipList tableGroupsTail1 tableGroupsTail2)
+
+asymmetricRowComparison [] _ _ = EQ
+asymmetricRowComparison (columnsZipHead:columnsZipTail) row1 row2 =
+    let
+        (columnHead1, columnHead2) = columnsZipHead
+        colComparison = (row1 !! columnHead1) `compare` (row2 !! columnHead2)
+    in
+        case colComparison of
+            EQ          -> asymmetricRowComparison columnsZipTail row1 row2
+            otherwise   -> colComparison
+
diff --git a/Util/CommandLineArgument.hs b/Util/CommandLineArgument.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Util/CommandLineArgument.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+module Util.CommandLineArgument (
+    extractCommandLineArguments,
+    formatCommandLine,
+    CommandLineDescription(CommandLineDescription),
+    options,
+    minTailArgumentCount,
+    tailArgumentNames,
+    tailArgumentCountIsFixed,
+    OptionDescription(OptionDescription),
+    isRequired,
+    optionFlag,
+    argumentNames,
+    minArgumentCount,
+    argumentCountIsFixed) where
+
+import Data.List
+import Data.Map (Map)
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+--import Test.HUnit
+
+data CommandLineDescription = CommandLineDescription {
+    options :: [OptionDescription],
+    
+    minTailArgumentCount :: Int,
+    
+    tailArgumentNames :: [String],
+    
+    tailArgumentCountIsFixed :: Bool} deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+-- | a data structure for describing command line arguments
+data OptionDescription = OptionDescription {
+    
+    -- | determines if this is a required option or not
+    isRequired :: Bool,
+    
+    {- |
+    What flag should we use. Eg: "-pretty-output"
+    -}
+    optionFlag :: String,
+    
+    {- |
+    The name(s) to use for the argument(s).
+    -}
+    argumentNames :: [String],
+    
+    {- |
+    the minimum number of args allowed
+    -}
+    minArgumentCount :: Int,
+    
+    {- |
+    if true then 'minArgumentCount' is the upper threshold
+    -}
+    argumentCountIsFixed :: Bool} deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+space = " ";
+etc = "...";
+
+formatCommandLine commandLine =
+    let formattedOptions = formatOptions (options commandLine)
+        formattedTailArgs = formatTailArguments commandLine
+    in
+        if null formattedOptions || null formattedTailArgs then
+            formattedOptions ++ formattedTailArgs
+        else
+            formattedOptions ++ space ++ formattedTailArgs
+
+formatTailArguments commandLine =
+    let tailArgs = tailArgumentNames commandLine
+        minTailArgs = minTailArgumentCount commandLine
+        formattedTailArgs = intercalate space (take minTailArgs (cycle tailArgs))
+    in
+        if tailArgumentCountIsFixed commandLine then
+            formattedTailArgs
+         else
+            if null formattedTailArgs then etc
+            else formattedTailArgs ++ space ++ etc
+
+formatOptions :: [OptionDescription] -> String
+formatOptions [] = ""
+formatOptions (headOption:optionsTail) =
+    let argSubstring = argumentSubstring headOption
+        spacedArgSubstring = if null argSubstring then "" else space ++ argSubstring
+        requiredOptionString = (optionFlag headOption) ++ spacedArgSubstring
+        formattedOptionsTail = if null optionsTail then "" else space ++ (formatOptions optionsTail)
+    in
+        if isRequired headOption then
+            requiredOptionString ++ formattedOptionsTail
+        else
+            "[" ++ requiredOptionString ++ "]" ++ formattedOptionsTail
+
+argumentSubstring option =
+    let minArgs = minArgumentCount option
+    in
+        if argumentCountIsFixed option then
+            if minArgs == 0 then ""
+            else intercalate space (take minArgs (cycle (argumentNames option)))
+        else
+            -- take care of the bounded case
+            (intercalate space (take minArgs (cycle (argumentNames option)))) ++ space ++ etc
+
+extractCommandLineArguments ::
+    CommandLineDescription ->
+    [String] ->
+    (Map.Map OptionDescription [[String]], [String])
+extractCommandLineArguments cmdLineDesc argValues =
+    let unreservedArgCount = (length argValues) - (minTailArgumentCount cmdLineDesc)
+        (unreservedArgs, reservedArgs) = splitAt unreservedArgCount argValues
+        theOptions = options cmdLineDesc
+        (optionMap, remainingArgs) = extractOptions theOptions unreservedArgs
+        anyOptionsInReservedArgs =
+            let (hopefullyEmptyMap, _) = extractOptions theOptions reservedArgs
+            in not $ Map.null hopefullyEmptyMap
+    in
+        -- TODO this if else is really lame. we should replace all this
+        --      along w/ error handling with status codes
+        if anyOptionsInReservedArgs then
+            (Map.empty, [])
+        else
+            (optionMap, remainingArgs ++ reservedArgs)
+
+extractOptions ::
+    [OptionDescription] ->
+    [String] ->
+    (Map.Map OptionDescription [[String]], [String])
+extractOptions [] argValues = (Map.empty, argValues)
+extractOptions _ [] = (Map.empty, [])
+extractOptions optDescs argValues@(argHead:argTail) =
+    case (find (\optDesc -> optionFlag optDesc == argHead) optDescs) of
+        Nothing ->
+            (Map.empty, argValues)
+        Just optDesc ->
+            let (optArgs, afterOptArgs) = extractOption optDesc optDescs argValues
+                (tailArgsMap, afterTailArgs) = extractOptions optDescs afterOptArgs
+            in (addOptionArgsToMap tailArgsMap optDesc optArgs, afterTailArgs)
+
+extractOption ::
+    OptionDescription ->
+    [OptionDescription] ->
+    [String] ->
+    ([String], [String])
+extractOption optDesc allOptDescs (argHead:argTail) =
+    let optArgExtent = argumentExtent optDesc allOptDescs argTail
+    in splitAt optArgExtent argTail
+
+argumentExtent :: OptionDescription -> [OptionDescription] -> [String] -> Int
+argumentExtent optionDescription allOptDescs afterOptArgs =
+    let allOptFlags = map optionFlag allOptDescs
+        maybeNextArgIndex = findIndex (\arg -> any (== arg) allOptFlags) afterOptArgs
+        minArgCount = minArgumentCount optionDescription
+        isFixed = argumentCountIsFixed optionDescription
+    in
+        case maybeNextArgIndex of
+            Nothing ->
+                let afterOptLength = length afterOptArgs
+                in
+                    if afterOptLength < minArgCount then missingParameters
+                    else if isFixed then minArgCount
+                    else afterOptLength
+            Just nextArgIndex ->
+                if nextArgIndex < minArgCount then missingParameters
+                else if isFixed then minArgCount
+                else nextArgIndex
+    where
+        missingParameters =
+            error $ "missing parameter(s) for " ++ (optionFlag optionDescription)
+
+addOptionArgsToMap ::
+    Map.Map OptionDescription [[String]] ->
+    OptionDescription ->
+    [String] ->
+    Map.Map OptionDescription [[String]]
+addOptionArgsToMap optArgMap opt args =
+    case (Map.lookup opt optArgMap) of
+        Nothing ->          Map.insert opt [args] optArgMap
+        Just currArgs ->    Map.insert opt (currArgs ++ [args]) optArgMap
+
+-- Test code
+{-
+byNameOption = OptionDescription
+    False       -- isRequired
+    "-by-name"  -- optionFlag
+    []          -- argumentNames
+    0           -- minArgumentCount
+    True        -- argumentCountIsFixed
+
+helpOption = OptionDescription
+    False       -- isRequired
+    "-help"     -- optionFlag
+    []          -- argumentNames
+    0           -- minArgumentCount
+    True        -- argumentCountIsFixed
+
+fancyPantsOption = OptionDescription
+    False           -- isRequired
+    "-fancy"        -- optionFlag
+    ["f1", "f2"]    -- argumentNames
+    2               -- minArgumentCount
+    False           -- argumentCountIsFixed
+
+cmdLineOps1 = [byNameOption, helpOption, fancyPantsOption]
+
+cmdLineDesc1 = CommandLineDescription
+    cmdLineOps1 -- options
+    1           -- minTailArgumentCount
+    "file/-"    -- tailArgumentNames
+    True        -- tailArgumentCountIsFixed
+cmdLine1 = ["-by-name", "-fancy", "f1arg", "f2arg", "-help", "-"]
+parsedCmd1 = extractOptions (options cmdLineDesc1) cmdLine1
+
+test1 = TestCase $ assertEqual
+    "options test" cmdLineOps1 (options cmdLineDesc1)
+-}
diff --git a/Util/IOUtil.hs b/Util/IOUtil.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Util/IOUtil.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+module Util.IOUtil (
+    bufferStdioToTempFile,
+    getContentsFromFileOrStdin,
+    getAll) where
+
+import System.Directory
+import System.IO
+
+bufferStdioToTempFile = do
+    stdioText <- getContents
+    tempDir <- getTemporaryDirectory
+    (tempFilePath, tempFileHandle) <- openTempFile tempDir "stdiobuffer.txt"
+    hPutStr tempFileHandle stdioText
+    hClose tempFileHandle
+    return tempFilePath
+
+getContentsFromFileOrStdin filePath = do
+    if filePath == "-"
+        then do
+            getContents
+        else do
+            handle <- openFile filePath ReadMode
+            hGetContents handle
+
+getAll [] = []
+getAll (x:xt) = do
+    y <- x
+    yt <- getAll xt
+    return (y:yt)
+
+-- | returns an infinite list of gets from a monad
+keepGetting getAction = do
+    headVal <- getAction
+    tailVal <- keepGetting getAction
+    return (headVal:tailVal)
diff --git a/Util/ListUtil.hs b/Util/ListUtil.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Util/ListUtil.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module Util.ListUtil (
+    cascadingOrder,
+    replaceAll) where
+
+import Data.List
+
+{-
+replace all instances of 'targetSublist' found in 'list' with
+'replacementList'
+-}
+replaceAll :: (Eq a) => [a] -> [a] -> [a] -> [a]
+replaceAll [] _ _ = []
+replaceAll list@(listHead:listTail) targetSublist replacementList =
+    if targetSublist `isPrefixOf` list then
+        let remainingList = drop (length targetSublist) list
+        in  replacementList ++ (replaceAll remainingList targetSublist replacementList)
+    else
+        listHead:(replaceAll listTail targetSublist replacementList)
+
+-- | applies a cascading order logic where 1st non-equal ordering defines
+--   the ordering for the list. If they're all equal (or the list is empty)
+--   then return EQ
+cascadingOrder :: [Ordering] -> Ordering
+cascadingOrder [] = EQ
+cascadingOrder (LT:_) = LT
+cascadingOrder (GT:_) = GT
+cascadingOrder (EQ:tailOrders) = cascadingOrder tailOrders
diff --git a/csvtopretty.hs b/csvtopretty.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csvtopretty.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Directory
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    
+    if (length args) /= 1
+        then do
+            hPutStrLn stderr $
+                    "ERROR: program requires a single command line argument " ++
+                    "(filename or '-')"
+            exitFailure
+        else do
+            let fileArg = head args
+                useStdio = (fileArg == "-")
+            
+            file <- if useStdio then bufferStdioToTempFile else return fileArg
+            
+            handle1 <- openFile file ReadMode
+            contents1 <- hGetContents handle1
+            handle2 <- openFile file ReadMode
+            contents2 <- hGetContents handle2
+            
+            let table1 = parseTable csvFormat contents1
+                columnWidths = maxTableColumnWidths table1
+                table2 = parseTable csvFormat contents2
+                prettyTableText = formatTableWithWidths "|" columnWidths table2
+            
+            putStr prettyTableText
+            hClose handle1
+            hClose handle2
+            if useStdio then removeFile file else return ()
diff --git a/csvtotab.hs b/csvtotab.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csvtotab.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    
+    if (length args) /= 1
+        then do
+            hPutStrLn stderr $
+                    "ERROR: program requires a single command line argument " ++
+                    "(filename or '-')"
+            exitFailure
+        else do
+            contents <- getContentsFromFileOrStdin (last args)
+            
+            let table = parseTable csvFormat contents
+                tabDelimitedText = formatTable tabDelimitedFormat table
+            putStr tabDelimitedText
diff --git a/examples/create-view-metricstats.bash b/examples/create-view-metricstats.bash
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/create-view-metricstats.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# replicating 1st CREATE VIEW from
+# http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/dm/sql_examples.htm
+#
+# CREATE VIEW METRIC_STATS (ID, MONTH, TEMP_C, RAIN_C) AS
+# SELECT ID,
+# MONTH,
+# (TEMP_F - 32) * 5 /9,
+# RAIN_I * 0.3937
+# FROM STATS;
+
+# After redirecting to metric_stats.csv we can simply use that as a table.
+# So, that's as close as TxtSushi gets to creating a view :-)
+../dist/build/tssql/tssql -table STATS stats.csv \
+'SELECT ID, MONTH, (TEMP_F - 32) * 5 /9, RAIN_I * 0.3937 FROM STATS' \
+> metric_stats.csv
diff --git a/examples/example1.csv b/examples/example1.csv
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example1.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+"id","some val","other val"
+12,43,"hello 33"
+13,44,"hello 34"
+14,45,"hello 35"
+15,46,"hello 36"
+16,47,"hello 37"
+17,48,"hello 38"
+18,49,"hello 39"
+19,50,"hello 40"
+20,51,"hello 41"
+21,52,"hello 42"
+22,53,"hello 43"
+23,54,"hello 44"
+24,55,"hello 45"
+25,56,"hello 46"
+26,57,"hello 47"
+27,58,"hello 48"
+28,59,"hello 49"
+29,60,"hello 50"
+30,61,"hello 51"
+31,62,"hello 52"
+32,63,"hello 53"
+33,64,"hello 54"
+34,65,"hello 55"
+35,66,"hello 56"
+36,67,"hello 57"
+37,68,"hello 58"
+38,69,"hello 59"
+39,70,"hello 60"
+40,71,"hello 61"
+41,72,"hello 62"
+42,73,"hello 63"
+43,74,"hello 64"
+44,75,"hello 65"
+45,76,"hello 66"
+46,77,"hello 67"
+47,78,"hello 68"
+48,79,"hello 69"
+49,80,"hello 70"
+50,81,"hello 71"
+51,82,"hello 72"
+52,83,"hello 73"
+53,84,"hello 74"
+54,85,"hello 75"
+55,86,"hello 76"
+56,87,"hello 77"
+57,43,"hello 78"
+58,43,"hello 79"
+59,43,"hello 80"
+60,43,"hello 81"
+61,43,"hello 82"
+62,43,"hello 83"
+63,43,"hello 84"
+64,43,"hello 85"
+65,44,"hello 86"
+66,44,"hello 87"
+67,44,"hello 88"
+68,44,"hello 89"
+69,44,"hello 90"
+70,44,"hello 91"
+71,44,"hello 92"
+72,43,"hello 93"
+73,43,"hello 94"
+74,43,"hello 95"
+75,43,"hello 96"
+76,43,"hello 97"
+77,43,"hello 98"
+78,43,"hello 99"
+79,43,"hello 100"
+80,43,"hello 101"
+81,43,"hello 102"
+82,43,"hello 103"
+83,43,"hello 104"
+84,43,"hello 105"
+85,43,"hello 106"
+86,43,"hello 107"
+87,43,"hello 108"
+88,44,"hello 109"
+89,44,"hello 110"
+90,44,"hello 111"
+91,44,"hello 112"
+92,44,"hello 113"
+93,44,"hello 114"
+94,44,"hello 115"
+95,43,"hello 116"
+96,43,"hello 117"
+97,43,"hello 118"
+98,43,"hello 119"
+99,43,"hello 120"
+100,43,"hello 121"
+101,43,"hello 122"
+102,43,"hello 123"
+103,43,"hello 124"
+104,43,"hello 125"
+105,43,"hello 126"
+106,43,"hello 127"
+107,43,"hello 128"
+108,43,"hello 129"
+109,43,"hello 130"
+110,43,"hello 131"
+111,43,"hello 132"
+112,43,"hello 133"
+113,43,"hello 134"
+114,43,"hello 135"
+115,43,"hello 136"
+116,43,"hello 137"
+117,43,"hello 138"
+118,43,"hello 139"
+119,43,"hello 140"
+120,43,"hello 141"
+121,43,"hello 142"
+122,43,"hello 143"
+123,43,"hello 144"
+124,43,"hello 145"
+125,43,"hello 146"
+126,43,"hello 147"
+127,43,"hello 148"
+128,43,"hello 149"
+129,43,"hello 150"
+130,43,"hello 151"
+131,43,"hello 152"
+132,43,"hello 153"
+133,43,"hello 154"
+134,43,"hello 155"
+135,43,"hello 156"
+136,43,"hello 157"
+137,43,"hello 158"
+138,43,"hello 159"
+139,43,"hello 160"
+140,43,"hello 161"
+141,43,"hello 162"
+142,43,"hello 163"
+143,43,"hello 164"
+144,43,"hello 165"
+145,43,"hello 166"
+146,43,"hello 167"
+147,43,"hello 168"
+148,43,"hello 169"
+149,43,"hello 170"
+150,43,"hello 171"
+151,43,"hello 172"
+152,43,"hello 173"
+153,43,"hello 174"
+154,43,"hello 175"
+155,43,"hello 176"
+156,43,"hello 177"
+157,43,"hello 178"
+158,43,"hello 179"
+159,43,"hello 180"
+160,43,"hello 181"
+161,43,"hello 182"
+162,43,"hello 183"
+163,43,"hello 184"
+164,43,"hello 185"
+165,43,"hello 186"
+166,43,"hello 187"
+167,43,"hello 188"
+168,43,"hello 189"
+169,43,"hello 190"
+170,43,"hello 191"
+171,43,"hello 192"
+172,43,"hello 193"
+173,43,"hello 194"
+174,43,"hello 195"
+175,43,"hello 196"
+176,43,"hello 197"
+177,43,"hello 198"
+178,43,"hello 199"
+179,43,"hello 200"
+180,43,"hello 201"
+181,43,"hello 202"
+182,43,"hello 203"
+183,43,"hello 204"
+184,43,"hello 205"
+185,43,"hello 206"
+186,43,"hello 207"
+187,43,"hello 208"
+188,43,"hello 209"
+189,43,"hello 210"
+190,43,"hello 211"
+191,43,"hello 212"
+192,43,"hello 213"
+193,43,"hello 214"
+194,43,"hello 215"
+195,43,"hello 216"
+196,43,"hello 217"
+197,43,"hello 218"
+198,43,"hello 219"
+199,43,"hello 220"
+200,43,"hello 221"
+201,43,"hello 222"
+202,43,"hello 223"
+203,43,"hello 224"
+204,43,"hello 225"
+205,43,"hello 226"
+206,43,"hello 227"
+207,43,"hello 228"
+208,43,"hello 229"
+209,43,"hello 230"
+210,43,"hello 231"
+211,43,"hello 232"
+212,43,"hello 233"
+213,43,"hello 234"
+214,43,"hello 235"
+215,43,"hello 236"
+216,43,"hello 237"
+217,43,"hello 238"
+218,43,"hello 239"
+219,43,"hello 240"
+220,43,"hello 241"
+221,43,"hello 242"
+222,43,"hello 243"
+223,43,"hello 244"
+224,43,"hello 245"
+225,43,"hello 246"
+226,43,"hello 247"
+227,43,"hello 248"
+228,43,"hello 249"
+229,43,"hello 250"
+230,43,"hello 251"
+231,43,"hello 252"
+232,43,"hello 253"
+233,43,"hello 254"
+234,43,"hello 255"
+235,43,"hello 256"
+236,43,"hello 257"
+237,43,"hello 258"
+238,43,"hello 259"
+239,43,"hello 260"
+240,43,"hello 261"
+241,43,"hello 262"
+242,43,"hello 263"
+243,43,"hello 264"
+244,43,"hello 265"
+245,43,"hello 266"
+246,43,"hello 267"
+247,43,"hello '268"""
+248,"this 
+-- has 
+a couple of newlines","hello 269"
+249,43,"hello 270"
+250,43,"hello 271"
diff --git a/examples/example2.csv b/examples/example2.csv
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example2.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"id2","some val","other val"
+244,"some","hello 265"
+245,"other","hello 266"
+246,"values","hello 267"
+247,"than","hello '268"""
+248,"example","hello 269"
+249,"number","hello 270"
+250,"one","hello 271"
diff --git a/examples/join-stats-station.bash b/examples/join-stats-station.bash
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/join-stats-station.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# replicating JOIN from
+# http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/dm/sql_examples.htm
+#
+# SELECT LAT_N, CITY, TEMP_F
+# FROM STATS, STATION
+# WHERE MONTH = 7
+# AND STATS.ID = STATION.ID
+# ORDER BY TEMP_F;
+
+../dist/build/tssql/tssql -table STATION station.csv -table STATS stats.csv \
+'SELECT LAT_N, CITY, TEMP_F FROM STATS JOIN STATION ON STATS.ID = STATION.ID
+WHERE MONTH = 7 ORDER BY TEMP_F' \
+| ../dist/build/csvtopretty/csvtopretty -
diff --git a/examples/kitchen-sink.bash b/examples/kitchen-sink.bash
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kitchen-sink.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Our kitchen sink example to exercise all of the TxtSushi functionality as
+# we can in one SELECT.
+# NOTE: the "+ 0" is needed to coerce id to an integer. Otherwise it is
+# sorted as text which is not what we want
+../dist/build/tssql/tssql \
+'select `example1.csv`.*, `example2.csv`.`other val`, `example2.csv`.id2
+from `example1.csv` join `example2.csv` on `example1.csv`.id = `example2.csv`.id2
+where `other val` <> "hello 269" and id2 > 246
+order by id + 0 asc' \
+| ../dist/build/csvtopretty/csvtopretty -
diff --git a/examples/query-mgi-markers.bash b/examples/query-mgi-markers.bash
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/query-mgi-markers.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# An example of using TxtSushi to query one of the MGI (mouse genome informatics)
+# database reports
+
+wget -q -O - ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/MRK_List2.rpt | tabtocsv - \
+| tssql -table mgi - \
+'select `MGI Accession ID`, Symbol, Chr, trim(`cM Position`)
+from mgi where (Chr = 1 or Chr = 8 or Chr = 19) and trim(`cM Position`) = "N/A"
+order by Chr+0, Symbol' \
+| csvtopretty -
+
diff --git a/examples/select-station.bash b/examples/select-station.bash
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/select-station.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# replicating SELECT from
+# http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/dm/sql_examples.htm
+#
+# SELECT * FROM STATION
+# WHERE LAT_N > 39.7
+
+../dist/build/tssql/tssql -table STATION station.csv \
+'SELECT * FROM STATION WHERE LAT_N > 39.7' \
+| ../dist/build/csvtopretty/csvtopretty -
diff --git a/examples/station.csv b/examples/station.csv
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/station.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ID,CITY,STATE,LAT_N,LONG_W
+13,Phoenix,AZ,33,112
+44,Denver,CO,40,105
+66,Caribou,ME,47,68
diff --git a/examples/stats.csv b/examples/stats.csv
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stats.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ID,MONTH,TEMP_F,RAIN_I
+13,1,57.4,0.31
+13,7,91.7,5.15
+44,1,27.3,0.18
+44,7,74.8,2.11
+66,1,6.7,2.1
+66,7,65.8,4.52
diff --git a/joincol.hs b/joincol.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/joincol.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Directory
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import TxtSushi.Transform
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+closeAll [] = do return ()
+closeAll (handle:tail) = do
+    hClose handle
+    closeAll tail
+
+removeAll [] = do return ()
+removeAll (file:tail) = do
+    removeFile file
+    removeAll tail
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    
+    let lenArgs = length args
+    
+    if lenArgs < 4 || odd lenArgs
+        then do
+            hPutStrLn stderr $
+                    "ERROR: program requires at least four arguments " ++
+                    "(two or more join column arguments and two filenames), " ++
+                    "also the argument count should be even"
+            exitFailure
+        else do
+            let lenNonFileArgs = (lenArgs - 2)
+                (nonFileArgs, fileName1:fileName2:[]) = splitAt lenNonFileArgs args
+                allJoinIndices = map read nonFileArgs :: [Int]
+                table1ColIndices = [allJoinIndices !! i | i <- [0, 2 .. (lenNonFileArgs - 1)]]
+                table2ColIndices = [allJoinIndices !! i | i <- [1, 3 .. (lenNonFileArgs - 1)]]
+                zippedColumnIndices = zip table1ColIndices table2ColIndices
+            
+            contents1 <- getContentsFromFileOrStdin fileName1
+            contents2 <- getContentsFromFileOrStdin fileName2
+            
+            let table1 = parseTable csvFormat contents1
+                table2 = parseTable csvFormat contents2
+            
+            (partialSortTables1, partialSortFileHandles1, partialSortFiles1) <- fileBasedSortTable table1ColIndices table1
+            (partialSortTables2, partialSortFileHandles2, partialSortFiles2) <- fileBasedSortTable table2ColIndices table2
+            
+            let sortedTable1 = mergeAllBy (rowComparison table1ColIndices) partialSortTables1
+                sortedTable2 = mergeAllBy (rowComparison table2ColIndices) partialSortTables2
+                joinedTable = joinPresortedTables zippedColumnIndices sortedTable1 sortedTable2
+                joinedTableText = formatTable csvFormat joinedTable
+            
+            putStr joinedTableText
+            
+            closeAll $ partialSortFileHandles1 ++ partialSortFileHandles2
+            removeAll $ partialSortFiles1 ++ partialSortFiles2
+            
+            return ()
diff --git a/selectcol.hs b/selectcol.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selectcol.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import TxtSushi.Transform
+import Util.CommandLineArgument
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+{-
+byNameOption = OptionDescription
+    False       -- isRequired
+    "-by-name"  -- optionFlag
+    []          -- argumentNames
+    0           -- minArgumentCount
+    True        -- argumentCountIsFixed
+
+helpOption = OptionDescription
+    False       -- isRequired
+    "-help"     -- optionFlag
+    []          -- argumentNames
+    0           -- minArgumentCount
+    True        -- argumentCountIsFixed
+
+options = [helpOption, byNameOption]
+-}
+
+--toColumnIndices optionMap [] = 
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    progName <- getProgName
+    
+    if (length args) <= 1
+        then do
+            error $ progName ++ " requires at least two arguments " ++
+                    "(one column argument and a filename or '-')"
+        else do
+            let argCount = length args
+                (argsWithoutFile, [fileName]) = splitAt (argCount - 1) args
+                --(optionsMap, tailArgs) = extractOptions options argsWithoutFile
+                colIndices = map read (init args) :: [Int]
+            
+            contents <- getContentsFromFileOrStdin fileName
+            
+            let table = parseTable csvFormat contents
+                subsetTable = selectColumns colIndices table
+                subsetTableText = formatTable csvFormat subsetTable
+            putStr subsetTableText
+            return ()
diff --git a/selectcolname.hs b/selectcolname.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selectcolname.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import TxtSushi.Transform
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+maybeIndexToIndexOrError :: [String] -> [Maybe Int] -> [Int]
+maybeIndexToIndexOrError [] [] = []
+maybeIndexToIndexOrError (name:namesTail) (Nothing:indexTail) =
+    error $ "Could not find column header named \"" ++ name ++ "\""
+maybeIndexToIndexOrError (name:namesTail) ((Just index):indexTail) =
+    index:(maybeIndexToIndexOrError namesTail indexTail)
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    
+    if (length args) <= 1
+        then do
+            hPutStrLn stderr $
+                    "ERROR: program requires at least two arguments " ++
+                    "(one column name argument and a filename or '-')"
+            exitFailure
+        else do
+            contents <- getContentsFromFileOrStdin (last args)
+            
+            let argsWithoutFile = init args
+                colNames = init args
+                table = parseTable csvFormat contents
+                header = head table
+                maybeColIndices = [elemIndex name header | name <- colNames]
+                colIndices = maybeIndexToIndexOrError colNames maybeColIndices
+                subsetTable = selectColumns colIndices table
+                subsetTableText = formatTable csvFormat subsetTable
+            putStr subsetTableText
+            return ()
diff --git a/sortcol.hs b/sortcol.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sortcol.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Directory
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import TxtSushi.Transform
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+closeAll [] = do return ()
+closeAll (handle:tail) = do
+    hClose handle
+    closeAll tail
+
+removeAll [] = do return ()
+removeAll (file:tail) = do
+    removeFile file
+    removeAll tail
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    
+    if (length args) <= 1
+        then do
+            hPutStrLn stderr $
+                    "ERROR: program requires at least two arguments " ++
+                    "(one column argument and a filename or '-')"
+            exitFailure
+        else do
+            contents <- getContentsFromFileOrStdin (last args)
+            
+            let argsWithoutFile = init args
+                colIndices = map read (init args) :: [Int]
+                table = parseTable csvFormat contents
+            
+            (partialSortTables, partialSortFileHandles, partialSortFiles) <- fileBasedSortTable colIndices table
+            
+            let sortedTable     = mergeAllBy (rowComparison colIndices) partialSortTables
+                sortedTableText = formatTable csvFormat sortedTable
+            
+            putStr sortedTableText
+            
+            closeAll partialSortFileHandles
+            removeAll partialSortFiles
+            
+            return ()
diff --git a/tabtocsv.hs b/tabtocsv.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tabtocsv.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    
+    if (length args) /= 1
+        then do
+            hPutStrLn stderr $
+                    "ERROR: program requires a single command line argument " ++
+                    "(filename or '-')"
+            exitFailure
+        else do
+            contents <- getContentsFromFileOrStdin (last args)
+            
+            let table = parseTable tabDelimitedFormat contents
+                csvText = formatTable csvFormat table
+            putStr csvText
diff --git a/tabtopretty.hs b/tabtopretty.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tabtopretty.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import Data.List
+import System.Directory
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    
+    if (length args) /= 1
+        then do
+            hPutStrLn stderr $
+                    "ERROR: program requires a single command line argument " ++
+                    "(filename or '-')"
+            exitFailure
+        else do
+            let fileArg = head args
+                useStdio = (fileArg == "-")
+            
+            file <- if useStdio then bufferStdioToTempFile else return fileArg
+            
+            handle1 <- openFile file ReadMode
+            contents1 <- hGetContents handle1
+            handle2 <- openFile file ReadMode
+            contents2 <- hGetContents handle2
+            
+            let table1 = parseTable tabDelimitedFormat contents1
+                columnWidths = maxTableColumnWidths table1
+                table2 = parseTable tabDelimitedFormat contents2
+                prettyTableText = formatTableWithWidths "|" columnWidths table2
+            
+            putStr prettyTableText
+            hClose handle1
+            hClose handle2
+            if useStdio then removeFile file else return ()
diff --git a/tssql.hs b/tssql.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tssql.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Copyright   :  (c) Keith Sheppard 2009
+-- License     :  GPL3 or greater
+-- Maintainer  :  keithshep@gmail.com
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+--
+-- Main entry point for the TxtSushi SQL command line
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import Data.List
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO
+
+import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
+
+import TxtSushi.IO
+import TxtSushi.SQLExecution
+import TxtSushi.SQLParser
+import TxtSushi.Transform
+import Util.CommandLineArgument
+import Util.IOUtil
+
+helpOption = OptionDescription {
+    isRequired              = False,
+    optionFlag              = "-help",
+    argumentNames           = [],
+    minArgumentCount        = 0,
+    argumentCountIsFixed    = True}
+
+tableDefOption = OptionDescription {
+    isRequired              = False,
+    optionFlag              = "-table",
+    argumentNames           = ["CSV-file-name", "table-name"],
+    minArgumentCount        = 2,
+    argumentCountIsFixed    = True}
+
+turtleSqlOpts = [helpOption, tableDefOption]
+
+sqlCmdLine = CommandLineDescription {
+    options                     = turtleSqlOpts,
+    minTailArgumentCount        = 1,
+    tailArgumentNames           = ["SQL-select-statement"],
+    tailArgumentCountIsFixed    = True}
+
+validateTableNames :: [String] -> [String] -> Bool
+validateTableNames [] _ = True
+validateTableNames (argTblHead:argTblTail) selectTbls =
+    if argTblHead `elem` selectTbls then
+        validateTableNames argTblTail selectTbls
+    else
+        error $ "The given table name \"" ++ argTblHead ++
+                "\" does not appear in the SELECT statement"
+
+tableArgsToMap [] = Map.empty
+tableArgsToMap (currTableArgs:tailTableArgs) =
+    case currTableArgs of
+        [fileName, tableName] ->
+            Map.insert fileName tableName (tableArgsToMap tailTableArgs)
+        otherwise ->
+            error $ "the \"" ++ (optionFlag tableDefOption) ++
+                    "\" option should have exactly two arguments"
+
+unwrapMapList [] = return []
+unwrapMapList ((key, value):mapTail) = do
+    unwrappedValue <- value
+    unwrappedTail <- unwrapMapList mapTail
+    return $ (key, unwrappedValue):unwrappedTail
+
+printUsage progName =
+    putStrLn $ "Usage: " ++ progName ++ " " ++ formatCommandLine sqlCmdLine
+
+main = do
+    args <- getArgs
+    progName <- getProgName
+    
+    let (argMap, argTail) = extractCommandLineArguments sqlCmdLine args
+        showHelp = Map.member helpOption argMap || length argTail /= 1
+        parseOutcome = parse parseSelectStatement "" (head argTail)
+    
+    if showHelp then printUsage progName else
+        case parseOutcome of
+            Left  err        -> print err
+            Right selectStmt ->
+                let
+                    -- create a table file map from the user args
+                    tableArgs = Map.findWithDefault [] tableDefOption argMap
+                    tableArgMap = tableArgsToMap tableArgs
+                    
+                    -- get a default table to file map from the select statement
+                    selectTblNames = allMaybeTableNames (maybeFromTable selectStmt)
+                    defaultTblMap = Map.fromList (zip selectTblNames selectTblNames)
+                    
+                    -- join the two with arg values taking precidence over
+                    -- the default values
+                    finalTblFileMap = tableArgMap `Map.union` defaultTblMap
+                in
+                    -- turn the files into strings
+                    if validateTableNames (Map.keys tableArgMap) selectTblNames
+                        then do
+                            let contentsMap = Map.map getContentsFromFileOrStdin finalTblFileMap
+                            
+                            unwrappedContents <- unwrapMapList $ Map.toList contentsMap
+                            
+                            let unwrappedContentsMap = Map.fromList unwrappedContents
+                                textTableMap = Map.map (parseTable csvFormat) unwrappedContentsMap
+                                dbTableMap = Map.mapWithKey textTableToDatabaseTable textTableMap
+                                selectedDbTable = select selectStmt dbTableMap
+                                selectedTxtTable = databaseTableToTextTable selectedDbTable
+                            
+                            putStr $ formatTable csvFormat selectedTxtTable
+                        else
+                            exitFailure
diff --git a/txt-sushi.cabal b/txt-sushi.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/txt-sushi.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Name:                txt-sushi
+Version:             0.1
+Synopsis:            A collection of command line utilities for processing text tables
+Description:
+    TxtSushi is a collection of command line utilities for processing
+    comma-separated and tab-delimited files (AKA flat files, spreadsheets).
+    By focusing exclusively on processing text files with a tabular structure,
+    TxtSushi simplifies common tasks like filtering, joining and transformation
+    that would take some effort to accomplish with a more powerful scripting
+    language. TxtSushi's homepage is <http://keithsheppard.name/txt-sushi>.
+License:             GPL
+License-File:        COPYING
+Author:              Keith Sheppard
+Maintainer:          keithshep@gmail.com
+Build-Type:          Simple
+Category:            Utils, Text, Database
+Cabal-Version:       >=1.2
+
+Executable tssql
+  Main-Is:          tssql.hs
+  Build-Depends:    base,haskell98,directory,containers,parsec
+  
+  -- creates highly optimized code (slow compile)
+  GHC-Options:      -O2 -fvia-C
+  
+  -- combine the following with the +RTS -xc -RTS runtime option for stack taces
+  --GHC-Options:      -prof -auto-all
+
+Executable csvtotab
+  Main-Is:          csvtotab.hs
+  Build-Depends:    base,haskell98,directory,containers
+  GHC-Options:      -O2 -fvia-C
+
+Executable tabtocsv
+  Main-Is:          tabtocsv.hs
+  Build-Depends:    base,haskell98,directory,containers
+  GHC-Options:      -O2 -fvia-C
+
+Executable csvtopretty
+  Main-Is:          csvtopretty.hs
+  Build-Depends:    base,haskell98,directory,containers
+  GHC-Options:      -O2 -fvia-C
+
+Executable tabtopretty
+  Main-Is:          tabtopretty.hs
+  Build-Depends:    base,haskell98,directory,containers
+  GHC-Options:      -O2 -fvia-C
