I kinda agree (about the free part), but I just wanted to say that if you are parsing sql strings you really should get an ORM. Plug in a well tested, optimise

I kinda agree (about the free part), but I just wanted to say that if you are parsing sql strings you really should get an ORM. Plug in a well tested, optimised library and never think about parsing sql strings again. It also makes things easier to test because you get nice separation of concerns.