activerecord-refined 0.9.0 → 0.10.1

data/lib/active_record/refined.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,72 @@
 
 module ActiveRecord
   module Refined
+    # What a symbol answers to inside a block.  A symbol names a column
+    # there -- `:age` is `"users"."age"` -- and the methods below build a
+    # condition, an expression or an ordering from it.  Every one of them is
+    # a refinement, so it exists inside a `where`, `select`, `having`,
+    # `order`, `group`, `joins`, `update_all` or `upsert_all` block and
+    # nowhere else.
+    #
+    # The comparisons and the rest of the conditions are listed under
+    # {AST::Predications}, the arithmetic under {AST::Arithmetics}; a number
+    # or a string in a block takes `as` too, for a literal in a select list
+    # -- `0.as(:depth)` -- and a number on the left of an operator builds the
+    # same expression a column on the left would.
+    #
+    # @example A column compared, aliased and ordered
+    #   Author.where { :age >= 18 }
+    #   Author.select { :name.as(:author) }
+    #   Author.order { :age.desc.nulls_last }
+    # @example A column of another table, and a collation
+    #   Author.joins(:posts) { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }
+    #   Author.where { :name.collate(:nocase) == "alice" }
     module BlockSyntax
+      # @!parse include AST::Predications
+      # @!parse include AST::Arithmetics
+
+      # @!method as(alias_name, quote: true)
+      #   The column under an alias: `AS "name"`.  The alias is quoted, so
+      #   the name asked for is the name that comes back on every adapter;
+      #   `quote: false` writes it bare, for a schema that wants the folding,
+      #   and then it has to be a plain name.
+      #   @param alias_name [Symbol, String]
+      #   @param quote [Boolean]
+      #   @return [AST::As]
+      #   @example
+      #     Author.select { :name.as(:author) }   # "authors"."name" AS "author"
+
+      # @!method asc
+      #   An ascending ordering, which takes `nulls_first` and `nulls_last`.
+      #   @return [AST::Ordering]
+      #   @example
+      #     Author.order { :country.asc.nulls_last }
+
+      # @!method desc
+      #   A descending ordering, which takes `nulls_first` and `nulls_last`.
+      #   @return [AST::Ordering]
+      #   @example
+      #     Post.order { :likes.desc }
+
+      # @!method collate(name)
+      #   The column under a collation, for a comparison or an ordering:
+      #   `"name" COLLATE nocase`.  The name is the database's own and not
+      #   portable; PostgreSQL quotes it, the others take it bare and refuse
+      #   one that is not a plain identifier.
+      #   @param name [Symbol, String] the collation's name
+      #   @return [AST::Collate]
+      #   @example
+      #     Author.where { :name.collate(:nocase) == "alice" }
+      #     Author.order { :name.collate(:"en-US-x-icu").asc }   # PostgreSQL
+
+      # @!method [](column_name)
+      #   A column of another table: `:posts[:author_id]` is
+      #   `"posts"."author_id"`, for a join condition or a query over a join.
+      #   @param column_name [Symbol]
+      #   @return [AST::Column]
+      #   @example
+      #     Author.joins(:posts) { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }
+
       refine Symbol do
         import_methods AST::Predications
         import_methods AST::Arithmetics
@@ -19,6 +84,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
           AST::Ordering.new(self, :desc)
         end
 
+        def collate(name)
+          AST::Collate.new(self, name)
+        end
+
         def [](column_name)
           AST::Column.new(self, column_name)
         end
@@ -46,93 +115,308 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
     end
 
+    # What a block can call: the aggregates, the functions, CASE, and the
+    # escape hatches.  A block is evaluated with one of these as `self`, so
+    # its methods are called bare -- `count(:*)`, `upper(:name)` -- and each
+    # gives back an expression that compares, aliases and orders like a
+    # column does (see {BlockSyntax}).
+    #
+    # Where a function is spelled differently from one database to the next,
+    # the method names the one meaning and the adapter gets its own
+    # spelling; where a database has no equivalent, the method raises
+    # `NotImplementedError` as the block is read, rather than leaving the
+    # database to reject the SQL.
+    #
+    # @example
+    #   Author.select { [upper(:name).as(:author), count(:*).as(:posts)] }
+    #   Author.having { count(:*) > 1 }
     class BlockContext
       # The model is only consulted to learn which adapter the query is being
       # built for, which is what decides how a scalar function is spelled.
+      # @api private
       def initialize(model)
         @model = model
       end
 
+      # @!group Aggregates
+
+      # @!method sum(column, distinct: false)
+      #   `SUM(column)`, or `SUM(DISTINCT column)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Aggregate]
+      # @!method avg(column, distinct: false)
+      #   `AVG(column)`, or `AVG(DISTINCT column)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Aggregate]
+      # @!method min(column)
+      #   `MIN(column)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Aggregate]
+      # @!method max(column)
+      #   `MAX(column)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Aggregate]
+      # @private
       AGGREGATE_FUNCTIONS = {
         sum: :sum, avg: :average, min: :minimum, max: :maximum,
       }.freeze
 
+      # count, sum and avg take distinct: true, for the aggregate over each
+      # value once; min and max would answer the same with or without it,
+      # so they take no such thing.
       AGGREGATE_FUNCTIONS.each do |name, arel_func|
-        define_method(name) { |column| AST::Aggregate.new(column, arel_func) }
+        if AST::Aggregate::DISTINCT_FUNCTIONS.include?(arel_func)
+          define_method(name) do |column, distinct: false|
+            AST::Aggregate.new(column, arel_func, distinct: distinct)
+          end
+        else
+          define_method(name) { |column| AST::Aggregate.new(column, arel_func) }
+        end
       end
 
+      # `COUNT(column)`; `:*` for `COUNT(*)`, `distinct: true` for
+      # `COUNT(DISTINCT column)`.  Every aggregate takes {AST::Aggregate#filter}
+      # for the rows it is taken over, and {AST::Windowing#over} for a window.
+      # @param column [Symbol, AST::Node, :*]
+      # @return [AST::Aggregate]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.group { :country }.having { count(:*) > 1 }
+      #   Post.select { count(:author_id, distinct: true) }
+      #   Author.select { count(:*).filter { :age < 50 }.as(:young) }
       def count(column, distinct: false)
         AST::Aggregate.new(column, :count, distinct: distinct)
       end
 
-      # Rows gathered into one JSON document: json_arrayagg collects a value
-      # from each row into an array, json_objectagg a key and a value into an
-      # object.
+      # The rows of a group gathered into one JSON array, a value from each:
+      # `jsonb_agg` on PostgreSQL, `json_group_array` on SQLite,
+      # `JSON_ARRAYAGG` elsewhere.  What it gives is JSON, which compares
+      # as a dug value does.
+      # @return [AST::JsonAggregate]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.group { :author_id }.select { json_arrayagg(:title).as(:titles) }
       def json_arrayagg(value)
         AST::JsonAggregate.new(:arrayagg, [value])
       end
 
+      # The rows of a group gathered into one JSON object, a key and a value
+      # from each.
+      # @return [AST::JsonAggregate]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.select { json_objectagg(:title, :meta.dig(:stars)).as(:stars) }
       def json_objectagg(key, value)
         AST::JsonAggregate.new(:objectagg, [key, value])
       end
 
-      # A JSON document built in the row: json_array from the values given,
-      # json_object from a Ruby hash whose values are expressions.
+      # The strings of a group joined into one, a separator between:
+      # `STRING_AGG` on PostgreSQL and SQL Server, `group_concat` on SQLite,
+      # `GROUP_CONCAT` on MySQL, `LISTAGG` on Oracle.  Takes
+      # {AST::StringAggregate#order} for the order they are joined in.
+      # @param separator [String] the comma GROUP_CONCAT defaults to, unless given
+      # @return [AST::StringAggregate]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.group { :author_id }.
+      #     select { string_agg(:title, ", ").order(:title).as(:titles) }
+      def string_agg(value, separator = ",")
+        AST::StringAggregate.new(value, separator)
+      end
+
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group JSON
+
+      # A JSON array built in the row from the values given.
+      # @return [AST::JsonBuild]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.select { json_array(:title, :likes).as(:pair) }
       def json_array(*values)
         AST::JsonBuild.new(:array, values)
       end
 
+      # A JSON object built in the row from a hash whose values are
+      # expressions.
+      # @param pairs [Hash{Symbol, String => Object}]
+      # @return [AST::JsonBuild]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.select { json_object(title: :title, stars: :meta.dig(:stars)).as(:doc) }
       def json_object(pairs = {})
         AST::JsonBuild.new(:object, pairs)
       end
 
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Scalar functions
+
+      # @!method abs(x)
+      #   `ABS(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method acos(x)
+      #   `ACOS(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method asin(x)
+      #   `ASIN(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method atan(x)
+      #   `ATAN(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method atan2(y, x)
+      #   `ATAN2(y, x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method ceil(x)
+      #   `CEIL(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method coalesce(*values)
+      #   `COALESCE(a, b, ...)`: the first that is not NULL.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method concat(*strings)
+      #   `CONCAT(a, b, ...)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method cos(x)
+      #   `COS(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method exp(x)
+      #   `EXP(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method floor(x)
+      #   `FLOOR(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method length(string)
+      #   `LENGTH(string)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method ln(x)
+      #   `LN(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method log(base, x)
+      #   `LOG(base, x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method lower(string)
+      #   `LOWER(string)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method ltrim(string)
+      #   `LTRIM(string)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method mod(x, y)
+      #   `MOD(x, y)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method nullif(x, y)
+      #   `NULLIF(x, y)`: NULL where the two are equal, x otherwise.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method power(x, y)
+      #   `POWER(x, y)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method replace(string, from, to)
+      #   `REPLACE(string, from, to)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method round(x, places = 0)
+      #   `ROUND(x, places)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method rtrim(string)
+      #   `RTRIM(string)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method sign(x)
+      #   `SIGN(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method sin(x)
+      #   `SIN(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method sqrt(x)
+      #   `SQRT(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method substr(string, from, length = nil)
+      #   `SUBSTR(string, from, length)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method tan(x)
+      #   `TAN(x)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method trim(string)
+      #   `TRIM(string)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method upper(string)
+      #   `UPPER(string)`.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method degrees(x)
+      #   `DEGREES(x)`.  Oracle has none.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method radians(x)
+      #   `RADIANS(x)`.  Oracle has none.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method pi
+      #   `PI()`.  Oracle has none.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method char_length(string)
+      #   `CHAR_LENGTH(string)`: `LENGTH` on SQLite and Oracle, `LEN` on SQL Server.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method greatest(*values)
+      #   `GREATEST(a, b, ...)`: `MAX` on SQLite.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method least(*values)
+      #   `LEAST(a, b, ...)`: `MIN` on SQLite.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method log2(x)
+      #   `LOG2(x)`.  PostgreSQL and Oracle have none; `log(2, x)` is their spelling.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method log10(x)
+      #   `LOG10(x)`.  Oracle has none.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method trunc(x, places = 0)
+      #   `TRUNC(x, places)`: `TRUNCATE` on MySQL, which insists on the places.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method now
+      #   `NOW()`.  SQLite and Oracle have none; {#current_timestamp} reaches both.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method bit_and(column)
+      #   `BIT_AND(column)`, an aggregate.  PostgreSQL and MySQL have it.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method bit_or(column)
+      #   `BIT_OR(column)`, an aggregate.  PostgreSQL and MySQL have it.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method bit_xor(column)
+      #   `BIT_XOR(column)`, an aggregate.  PostgreSQL and MySQL have it.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method date_trunc(field, timestamp)
+      #   `date_trunc('day', timestamp)`.  PostgreSQL has it; the others do not.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method rand
+      #   `RAND()`, a random number per row: `RANDOM()` on PostgreSQL and SQLite.  Oracle and SQL Server have none.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      # @!method format(template, *values)
+      #   printf-style `FORMAT(template, ...)`.  PostgreSQL and SQLite have it; MySQL's FORMAT is a different function, reached through {#fn}.
+      #   @return [AST::Function]
+      #
       # Scalar functions, defined as real methods so that a typo is a
       # NoMethodError and a name Kernel also answers to (format, hash, test)
-      # cannot quietly mean something else.
-      #
-      # The value lists the adapters that differ: a string is what the
-      # function is called there, nil says the adapter has no equivalent.  An
-      # adapter that is not listed spells it like the method.  The families
-      # are what the entries key on, so trilogy reads the mysql column.
-      #
-      # Availability was checked by calling each one; the SQLite figures
-      # assume the math functions its build usually enables.
-      SCALAR_FUNCTIONS = {
-        abs: {}, acos: {}, asin: {}, atan: {}, atan2: {}, ceil: {},
-        coalesce: {}, concat: {}, cos: {}, degrees: {}, exp: {}, floor: {},
-        length: {}, ln: {}, log: {}, log10: {}, lower: {}, ltrim: {},
-        mod: {}, nullif: {}, pi: {}, power: {}, radians: {}, replace: {},
-        round: {}, rtrim: {}, sign: {}, sin: {}, sqrt: {}, substr: {},
-        tan: {}, trim: {}, upper: {},
-        char_length: { sqlite: "LENGTH" },
-        greatest: { sqlite: "MAX" },
-        least: { sqlite: "MIN" },
-        # PostgreSQL spells log2(x) as log(2, x), which no renaming carries.
-        log2: { postgresql: nil },
-        # MySQL's TRUNCATE insists on the second argument, where the others
-        # default it to zero; SQLite's trunc takes only the one.
-        trunc: { mysql: "TRUNCATE" },
-        now: { sqlite: nil },
-        # The bit aggregates, which PostgreSQL and MySQL spell alike and
-        # SQLite has none of.  PostgreSQL gained bit_xor in 14.
-        bit_and: { sqlite: nil }, bit_or: { sqlite: nil }, bit_xor: { sqlite: nil },
-        date_trunc: { sqlite: nil, mysql: nil },
-        # Named for Kernel#rand, which it also takes back: a block calling
-        # rand would otherwise get Ruby's and never reach the database.
-        rand: { sqlite: "RANDOM", postgresql: "RANDOM" },
-        # Two different functions share this name: printf formatting here, and
-        # on MySQL the one that puts separators in a number, which reads a
-        # printf template as the number zero rather than complaining.  The
-        # name keeps the one meaning; fn(:format, ...) reaches MySQL's.
-        format: { mysql: nil },
-      }.freeze
-
-      SCALAR_FUNCTIONS.each_key do |name|
+      # cannot quietly mean something else.  Where one is spelled other than as
+      # its plain upper-cased name, and where a family has no equivalent, is
+      # the dialect's to say; here is only the list of them.
+      # @private
+      SCALAR_FUNCTIONS = %i[
+        abs acos asin atan atan2 ceil coalesce concat cos exp floor length ln
+        log lower ltrim mod nullif power replace round rtrim sign sin sqrt
+        substr tan trim upper degrees radians pi char_length greatest least
+        log2 log10 trunc now bit_and bit_or bit_xor date_trunc rand format
+      ].freeze
+
+      SCALAR_FUNCTIONS.each do |name|
         define_method(name) do |*args|
-          AST::Function.new(function_name(name, SCALAR_FUNCTIONS), args)
+          AST::Function.new(dialect.function_name(name, @model), args)
         end
       end
 
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Datetime value functions
+
+      # @!method current_timestamp(precision = nil)
+      #   `CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`, the server's clock in the session's zone; the
+      #   portable spelling of what {#now} means.  A precision --
+      #   `current_timestamp(3)` -- goes into parentheses, which SQLite and
+      #   SQL Server refuse.
+      #   @return [AST::DatetimeValueFunction]
+      #   @example
+      #     Post.where { :published_at <= current_timestamp }
+      #     Post.where { :created_at > current_timestamp - 7.days }
+      # @!method current_time(precision = nil)
+      #   `CURRENT_TIME`.  SQL Server has none.
+      #   @return [AST::DatetimeValueFunction]
+      # @!method localtime(precision = nil)
+      #   `LOCALTIME`.  SQLite and SQL Server have none.
+      #   @return [AST::DatetimeValueFunction]
+      # @!method localtimestamp(precision = nil)
+      #   `LOCALTIMESTAMP`.  SQLite and SQL Server have none.
+      #   @return [AST::DatetimeValueFunction]
+      #
       # The datetime value functions, as the SQL grammar calls them.  These
       # the grammar has bare -- PostgreSQL and SQLite reject them written with
       # parentheses -- and the one thing that does go into parentheses is an
@@ -140,27 +424,28 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # takes and SQLite never accepts.  The table reads like
       # SCALAR_FUNCTIONS; current_timestamp is the portable spelling of what
       # now means, reaching SQLite where now does not.
-      DATETIME_VALUE_FUNCTIONS = {
-        current_date: {},
-        current_time: {},
-        current_timestamp: {},
-        localtime: { sqlite: nil },
-        localtimestamp: { sqlite: nil },
-      }.freeze
-
+      # @private
+      DATETIME_VALUE_FUNCTIONS = %i[
+        current_date current_time current_timestamp localtime localtimestamp
+      ].freeze
+
+      # `CURRENT_DATE`, today in the session's zone -- UTC where Active
+      # Record has set it so.  Takes no precision.  SQL Server has none.
+      # @return [AST::DatetimeValueFunction]
+      # @example
+      #   Task.where { :due_on < current_date }
       def current_date
-        AST::DatetimeValueFunction.new(
-          function_name(:current_date, DATETIME_VALUE_FUNCTIONS))
+        AST::DatetimeValueFunction.new(dialect.function_name(:current_date, @model))
       end
 
-      (DATETIME_VALUE_FUNCTIONS.keys - [:current_date]).each do |name|
+      (DATETIME_VALUE_FUNCTIONS - [:current_date]).each do |name|
         define_method(name) do |precision = nil|
           # Built first so that a precision of the wrong type is an
           # ArgumentError on every adapter, before SQLite gets to say it takes
           # none at all.
           node = AST::DatetimeValueFunction.new(
-            function_name(name, DATETIME_VALUE_FUNCTIONS), precision)
-          if precision && adapter_family == :sqlite
+            dialect.function_name(name, @model), precision)
+          if precision && !dialect.datetime_precision_supported?
             raise NotImplementedError,
               "#{name} takes no precision on #{@model.connection_db_config.adapter}"
           end
@@ -168,48 +453,109 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
-      # EXTRACT(field FROM expr).  The field is a keyword, not a value, so it
-      # has to be a plain name; the node checks it.  SQLite spells all of
-      # this as strftime formats, which no renaming carries, so it raises
-      # there -- after the node is built, so that a bad field is an
-      # ArgumentError on every adapter.
+      # `EXTRACT(field FROM expr)`: a year, a month, a day of a date.  The
+      # field is a keyword and has to be a plain name.  SQLite and SQL Server
+      # have none.
+      # @param field [Symbol, String] `:year`, `:month`, `:day`, `:hour`, ...
+      # @return [AST::Extract]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.where { extract(:year, :created_at) == 2026 }
+      #
+      # The field is a keyword, not a value, so it has to be a plain name;
+      # the node checks it.  SQLite spells all of this as strftime formats,
+      # which no renaming carries, so it raises there -- after the node is
+      # built, so that a bad field is an ArgumentError on every adapter.
       def extract(field, expr)
         node = AST::Extract.new(field, expr)
-        if adapter_family == :sqlite
+        unless dialect.extract_supported?
           raise NotImplementedError,
             "extract has no equivalent on #{@model.connection_db_config.adapter}"
         end
         node
       end
 
-      # GROUP BY GROUPING SETS / ROLLUP / CUBE.  PostgreSQL has all three;
-      # the MySQL family has WITH ROLLUP, which says rollup and only rollup,
-      # trailing the group list -- the node spells it there.  Arel has the
-      # nodes and writes them for PostgreSQL alone, so what it would raise
-      # elsewhere says nothing; this says it here, as extract does, while
-      # the block is being read.
-      #
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Grouping
+
+      # `GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ((a), (b), ())`: several groupings in one
+      # query, an empty set for the grand total.  PostgreSQL has it; the
+      # others do not.
+      # @param sets [Array<Array<Symbol, AST::Node>>]
+      # @return [AST::GroupingSets]
+      # @example
       #   Sale.group { grouping_sets([:region], [:product], []) }
-      #   Sale.group { rollup(:region, :product) }
+      #
+      # Arel has the nodes and writes them for PostgreSQL alone, so what it
+      # would raise elsewhere says nothing; this says it here, as extract
+      # does, while the block is being read.
       def grouping_sets(*sets)
         grouping(:grouping_sets, sets)
       end
 
+      # `GROUP BY ROLLUP (a, b)`: subtotals up the list and a grand total.
+      # PostgreSQL has it, and the MySQL family as `WITH ROLLUP` trailing
+      # the group list, which the node spells there.
+      # @return [AST::GroupingSets]
+      # @example
+      #   Sale.group { rollup(:region, :product) }
       def rollup(*columns)
         grouping(:rollup, columns)
       end
 
+      # `GROUP BY CUBE (a, b)`: every subtotal there is.  PostgreSQL has it;
+      # the others do not.
+      # @return [AST::GroupingSets]
+      # @example
+      #   Sale.group { cube(:region, :product) }
       def cube(*columns)
         grouping(:cube, columns)
       end
 
-      # CAST(expr AS type).  The type is the adapter's own name for it,
-      # checked for shape by the node; whether it exists is the database's to
-      # say.
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Conversions
+
+      # `CAST(expr AS type)`.  The type is the adapter's own name for it --
+      # `decimal(10,2)`, `double precision` -- and has to look like one;
+      # whether it exists is the database's to say.
+      # @param type [Symbol, String]
+      # @return [AST::Cast]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.select { cast(:price, "decimal(10,2)").as(:price) }
       def cast(expr, type)
         AST::Cast.new(expr, type)
       end
 
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Window functions
+
+      # @!method row_number
+      #   `ROW_NUMBER()`.  Means nothing without {AST::Windowing#over}, and
+      #   says so.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      #   @example
+      #     Author.select { row_number.over.partition(:country).order(:age.desc).as(:rank) }
+      # @!method rank
+      #   `RANK()`; needs `over`.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      # @!method dense_rank
+      #   `DENSE_RANK()`; needs `over`.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      # @!method percent_rank
+      #   `PERCENT_RANK()`; needs `over`.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      # @!method cume_dist
+      #   `CUME_DIST()`; needs `over`.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      # @!method ntile(buckets)
+      #   `NTILE(buckets)`; needs `over`.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      # @!method first_value(expr)
+      #   `FIRST_VALUE(expr)`; needs `over`.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      # @!method last_value(expr)
+      #   `LAST_VALUE(expr)`; needs `over`.
+      #   @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      #
       # The functions that only mean anything with a window.  Every adapter
       # that has window functions at all spells these the same -- PostgreSQL,
       # MySQL 8, SQLite 3.25 -- so unlike the scalar functions there is nothing
@@ -222,122 +568,193 @@ module ActiveRecord
         define_method(name) { |arg| AST::WindowFunction.new(name.to_s.upcase, [arg]) }
       end
 
+      # `NTH_VALUE(expr, nth)`; needs `over`.
+      # @return [AST::WindowFunction]
       def nth_value(expr, nth)
         AST::WindowFunction.new("NTH_VALUE", [expr, nth])
       end
 
+      # `LAG(expr, offset, default)`: the value `offset` rows before this
+      # one; needs `over`.
+      # @return [AST::WindowFunction]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.select { (:likes - lag(:likes).over.order(:created_at)).as(:gain) }
+      #
       # The offset is written out rather than left to default, so that a
       # default value cannot end up where the offset belongs.
       def lag(expr, offset = 1, default = nil)
         AST::WindowFunction.new("LAG", default.nil? ? [expr, offset] : [expr, offset, default])
       end
 
+      # `LEAD(expr, offset, default)`: the value `offset` rows after this
+      # one; needs `over`.
+      # @return [AST::WindowFunction]
       def lead(expr, offset = 1, default = nil)
         AST::WindowFunction.new("LEAD", default.nil? ? [expr, offset] : [expr, offset, default])
       end
 
-      # Escape hatch for functions without a method of their own.  The name is
-      # emitted as written, so a case-sensitive one can be spelled exactly,
-      # and for that reason it has to be a plain name, optionally qualified by
-      # a schema; anything else is refused rather than written into the SQL.
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Escape hatches
+
+      # Any function by name: `fn(:date_part, "year", :created_at)`.  The name
+      # is written as given -- so a case-sensitive one can be spelled exactly
+      # -- and has to be a plain name, optionally qualified by a schema;
+      # the arguments are quoted as values unless they are columns or
+      # expressions.
+      # @param name [Symbol, String]
+      # @return [AST::Function]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.select { fn(:date_part, "year", :created_at).as(:year) }
+      #
+      # The name is emitted as written, so a case-sensitive one can be
+      # spelled exactly, and for that reason it has to be a plain name,
+      # optionally qualified by a schema; anything else is refused rather
+      # than written into the SQL.
       def fn(name, *args)
         AST::Function.new(
           AST.check_name(name, AST::FUNCTION_NAME, "function name").to_s, args)
       end
 
-      # The same escape hatch for operators: op("&&", :tags, "{ruby,sql}").
+      # Any binary operator by its spelling: `op("&&", :tags, "{ruby,sql}")`.
+      # The operator has to be made of operator characters; the operands are
+      # quoted as values unless they are columns or expressions, and
+      # parenthesized, since the operator's precedence is not known.
+      # @param operator [String]
+      # @return [AST::Operation]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.where { op("&&", :tags, "{ruby,sql}") }   # PostgreSQL arrays
       def op(operator, left, right)
         AST::Operation.new(operator, left, right)
       end
 
-      # BIT_COUNT.  MySQL counts the bits of a number; PostgreSQL counts those
-      # of a bit string, so the argument is cast, and to bit(64) because that
-      # is what makes a negative come back as MySQL has it -- 64 bits of two's
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Bits
+
+      # `BIT_COUNT(expr)`, the bits set in a number.  MySQL and PostgreSQL
+      # have it; SQLite, Oracle and SQL Server do not.
+      # @return [AST::Function]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.select { bit_count(:flags).as(:set) }
+      #
+      # MySQL counts the bits of a number; PostgreSQL counts those of a bit
+      # string, so the argument is cast, and to bit(64) because that is what
+      # makes a negative come back as MySQL has it -- 64 bits of two's
       # complement rather than as many as the column happens to be wide.
       def bit_count(expr)
-        case adapter_family
-        when :mysql then AST::Function.new("BIT_COUNT", [expr])
-        when :postgresql
-          AST::Function.new("BIT_COUNT", [AST::Cast.new(expr, "bit(64)")])
-        else
-          raise NotImplementedError,
-            "bit_count has no equivalent on #{@model.connection_db_config.adapter}"
-        end
+        dialect.bit_count(expr, @model)
       end
 
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Subqueries
+
+      # `EXISTS (subquery)`.  The subquery is a relation, which may refer to
+      # the outer row through a qualified column.
+      # @param relation [ActiveRecord::Relation]
+      # @return [AST::Exists]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.where { exists?(Post.where { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }) }
       def exists?(relation)
         AST::Exists.new(relation)
       end
 
-      # ANY and ALL quantify a comparison over a subquery, which is what a
-      # scalar subquery cannot do: it has to return the one row.
-      #
+      # `ANY (subquery)`, on the right of a comparison: true of the rows the
+      # comparison holds for any row of the subquery.  SQLite has none.
+      # @param relation [ActiveRecord::Relation]
+      # @return [AST::Quantified]
+      # @example
       #   Post.where { :likes > any(Post.published.select(:likes)) }
-      #   Post.where { :likes >= all(Post.select(:likes)) }
       #
-      # `== any` is IN and `!= all` is NOT IN, so what these add is the four
+      # ANY and ALL quantify a comparison over a subquery, which is what a
+      # scalar subquery cannot do: it has to return the one row.  `== any`
+      # is IN and `!= all` is NOT IN, so what these add is the four
       # comparisons IN has no spelling for.
       def any(relation)
         quantified("ANY", relation)
       end
 
+      # `ALL (subquery)`, on the right of a comparison: true of the rows the
+      # comparison holds for every row of the subquery.  SQLite has none.
+      # @param relation [ActiveRecord::Relation]
+      # @return [AST::Quantified]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.where { :likes >= all(Post.select(:likes)) }
       def all(relation)
         quantified("ALL", relation)
       end
 
-      # SQL as written, asked for by name:
-      #
-      #   where { sql("length(name) > ?", 10) }
-      #
-      # The one way a string means SQL inside a block.  ? and :name
-      # placeholders take quoted values, through sanitize_sql_array.
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group Escape hatches
+
+      # SQL as written, the one way a string means SQL inside a block.  `?`
+      # and `:name` placeholders take quoted values, as `where` takes them.
+      # @param statement [String]
+      # @return [AST::Sql]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.where { sql("length(title) > ?", 10) }
+      #   Post.select { sql("count(*) FILTER (WHERE score > 0) AS positive") }
       def sql(statement, *binds)
         AST::Sql.new(statement, binds)
       end
 
-      # A literal where an expression is expected, quoted like any other value:
-      #
-      #   select { [:id, value(0).as(:depth)] }
-      #
-      # Numbers and strings have a shorthand -- `0.as(:depth)` -- so this is
-      # the spelling for the rest: true, nil, a date.
+      # A literal where an expression is expected, quoted like any other
+      # value.  A number or a string takes `as` for itself -- `0.as(:depth)`
+      # -- so this is the spelling for the rest: `true`, `nil`, a date.
+      # @return [AST::Value]
+      # @example
+      #   Node.select { [:id, value(0).as(:depth)] }
+      #   Post.select { [:title, value(nil).as(:score)] }
       def value(literal)
         AST::Value.new(literal)
       end
 
-      # The row an upsert could not insert, for the block upsert_all takes.
-      # PostgreSQL and SQLite give it a name; MySQL spells the same thing
-      # VALUES(column), which takes the column bare.
+      # The row an upsert could not insert, in the block `upsert_all` takes:
+      # `"excluded"."column"` on PostgreSQL and SQLite, `VALUES(column)` on
+      # MySQL.
+      # @param column [Symbol]
+      # @return [AST::Node]
+      # @example
+      #   Tally.upsert_all(rows, unique_by: :page) { { hits: :hits + excluded(:hits) } }
       def excluded(column)
-        return AST::Column.new(:excluded, column) unless adapter_family == :mysql
-
-        quoted = @model.with_connection { |c| c.quote_column_name(column) }
-        AST::Function.new("VALUES", [Arel::Nodes::SqlLiteral.new(quoted)])
+        dialect.excluded(column, @model)
       end
 
-      # CASE.  `case` is a keyword, so Ruby only reaches this one through the
-      # receiver -- `self.case` -- which is why the two shapes have shorthands
-      # that do not need it: `:age.when(...)` for the form with an operand, and
-      # `case_when` for the form where each when carries its own condition.
-      #
+      # @!endgroup
+      # @!group CASE
+
+      # `CASE`, in either shape: with an operand each `when` is compared
+      # against, or without one, each `when` carrying its own condition.
+      # `case` is a keyword, so this one is reached as `self.case`; the
+      # shorthands `:age.when(...)` and {#case_when} need no receiver.
+      # @return [AST::Case]
+      # @example
       #   self.case(:age).when(10).then(1).else(0)
       #   self.case.when { :age >= 60 }.then { :age - 60 }
       def case(operand = nil)
         AST::Case.new(operand)
       end
 
-      # The searched CASE, started at its first when:
-      #
-      #   case_when { :age >= 60 }.then { :age - 60 }.else(0)
+      # The searched `CASE`, started at its first `when`: each `when` is a
+      # condition, as a value or a block, and `then` and `else` give the
+      # values.
+      # @return [AST::Case::When]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.select { case_when { :age >= 60 }.then("senior").else("adult").as(:band) }
+      #   Author.select { sum(case_when { :age >= 60 }.then(1).else(0)).as(:seniors) }
       def case_when(value = nil, &block)
         AST::Case.new.when(value, &block)
       end
 
       private
+        # @!endgroup
+        #
+        # The group closes here rather than above `private`: a comment on
+        # that line belongs to the `private` call, which reads no
+        # directives, and the group would run on into the next module.
+        #
         # SQLite is the one adapter with no quantifier at all, and what it says
         # when it meets one is a syntax error at the SELECT.
         def quantified(kind, relation)
-          if adapter_family == :sqlite
+          unless dialect.quantifiers_supported?
             raise NotImplementedError,
               "#{kind} has no equivalent on #{@model.connection_db_config.adapter}"
           end
@@ -346,27 +763,39 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         def grouping(kind, sets)
           node = AST::GroupingSets.new(kind, sets)
-          return node if adapter_family == :postgresql
-          return node if kind == :rollup && adapter_family == :mysql
+          return node if dialect.grouping_supported?(kind)
 
           raise NotImplementedError,
             "#{kind} has no equivalent on #{@model.connection_db_config.adapter}"
         end
 
-        def function_name(name, functions)
-          spellings = functions.fetch(name)
-          return name.to_s.upcase unless spellings.key?(adapter_family)
-          spellings.fetch(adapter_family) ||
-            raise(NotImplementedError,
-                  "#{name} has no equivalent on #{@model.connection_db_config.adapter}")
-        end
-
-        def adapter_family
-          @adapter_family ||= AST.adapter_family(@model)
+        def dialect
+          @dialect ||= Dialect.for(@model)
         end
     end
 
+    # The relation methods a block reaches, prepended to Active Record's
+    # own: `where`, `select`, `having`, `order` and `group` take a block
+    # beside what they take already, the joins take one for the ON, and
+    # `from`, `from_cte`, `distinct_on` and `lateral` are here for what
+    # Active Record has no spelling for.  Without a block each is Active
+    # Record's own.
+    #
+    # @example
+    #   Author.
+    #     joins(:posts) { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }.
+    #     where { :posts[:published] == true }.
+    #     group { :authors[:id] }.
+    #     having { count(:posts[:id]) > 1 }.
+    #     order { count(:posts[:id]).desc }.
+    #     select { [:name, count(:posts[:id]).as(:post_count)] }
     module QueryMethods
+      # `WHERE`, from a block: a condition built with the comparisons of
+      # {BlockSyntax}, combined with `&`, `|` and `!`.
+      # @yieldreturn [AST::Predicate]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.where { :age >= 18 & :country.in?(%w[JP US]) }
+      #   Author.where { !:name.like?("A%") }
       def where(opts = nil, *rest, &block)
         if block
           super(to_arel_condition(evaluate_block(&block)))
@@ -375,6 +804,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      # `SELECT`, from a block: an expression, or an array of them, each
+      # aliased with `as` or left to its own name.
+      # @yieldreturn [Symbol, AST::Node, Array<Symbol, AST::Node>]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.select { [:name, upper(:name).as(:shouted), count(:*).as(:n)] }
       def select(*fields, &block)
         if block
           super(*to_arel_fields(evaluate_block(&block)), &nil)
@@ -383,6 +817,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      # `HAVING`, from a block: a condition over the aggregates of a group.
+      # @yieldreturn [AST::Predicate]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.group { :country }.having { count(:*) > 1 }
       def having(opts = nil, *rest, &block)
         if block
           super(to_arel_condition(evaluate_block(&block)))
@@ -391,6 +829,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      # `ORDER BY`, from a block: an ordering, or an array of them --
+      # `:age.desc`, `count(:*).desc.nulls_last`, or a bare column.
+      # @yieldreturn [Symbol, AST::Node, Array<Symbol, AST::Node>]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.order { [:country.asc.nulls_last, :age.desc] }
       def order(*args, &block)
         if block
           super(*to_arel_fields(evaluate_block(&block)), &nil)
@@ -399,6 +842,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      # `GROUP BY`, from a block: a column or an expression, an array of
+      # them, or one of {BlockContext#grouping_sets}, {BlockContext#rollup}
+      # and {BlockContext#cube}.
+      # @yieldreturn [Symbol, AST::Node, Array<Symbol, AST::Node>]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.group { date_trunc("day", :created_at) }.select { [date_trunc("day", :created_at).as(:day), count(:*)] }
       def group(*args, &block)
         if block
           result = evaluate_block(&block)
@@ -409,9 +858,17 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
-      # A symbol names a table, which Active Record's own from only takes as a
-      # string.  With `as` it is selected under another name; when that name
-      # is the model's own, from_cte says the same thing without repeating it.
+      # `FROM`, with a table named as a symbol and, with `as:`, selected
+      # under another name; anything else is Active Record's own `from`.
+      # @param value [Symbol, String, ActiveRecord::Relation]
+      # @param as [Symbol, nil] the name the table is selected under
+      # @example
+      #   Post.from(:archived_posts, as: :posts)
+      #
+      # A symbol names a table, which Active Record's own from only takes as
+      # a string.  With `as` it is selected under another name; when that
+      # name is the model's own, from_cte says the same thing without
+      # repeating it.
       def from(value, subquery_name = nil, as: nil)
         unless value.is_a?(Symbol)
           if as
@@ -424,12 +881,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
         super(arel_table, subquery_name)
       end
 
-      # Selects a CTE in place of the model's own table.  The alias is not a
-      # choice -- Active Record keeps qualifying columns with the table name,
-      # so the model's is the only name that works -- which is why it is
-      # taken from the model rather than asked for:
-      # with_recursive(tree: [...]).from_cte(:tree)
+      # Selects a CTE in place of the model's own table, under the model's
+      # own name, so that the columns Active Record qualifies still resolve.
+      # The name has to be one `with` or `with_recursive` declares.
+      # @param name [Symbol] the CTE's name
+      # @example
+      #   Node.with_recursive(tree: [Node.where { :id == 1 }, Node.joins(...)]).from_cte(:tree)
       #
+      # The alias is not a choice -- Active Record keeps qualifying columns
+      # with the table name, so the model's is the only name that works --
+      # which is why it is taken from the model rather than asked for.
       # The name is checked against what `with` declares, so that a typo is
       # not a query against a table nobody has.  Checked when the SQL is
       # built, since the CTE may be declared after this in the chain, or by a
@@ -443,28 +904,31 @@ module ActiveRecord
         relation
       end
 
+      # @private
       def from_cte_value
         @values[:from_cte]
       end
 
+      # @private
       def from_cte_value=(name)
         assert_modifiable!
         @values[:from_cte] = name
       end
 
-      # DISTINCT ON (...), which keeps the first row of each group the order
-      # brings up.  PostgreSQL has it and the others do not; Arel carries the
-      # node and refuses to write it elsewhere, the way it does a regexp, so
-      # there is nothing for this to check:
-      #
-      #   Post.distinct_on { :author }.order { [:author, :likes.desc] }
+      # `SELECT DISTINCT ON (columns)`: the first row of each group the
+      # order brings up.  PostgreSQL has it; the portable shape is a
+      # `row_number` window in a subquery.
+      # @param columns [Array<Symbol>] the columns, unless a block gives them
+      # @example
+      #   Post.distinct_on { :author_id }.order { [:author_id, :likes.desc] }
       #
-      # The portable shape is a row_number window in a subquery, which the
-      # README shows.
+      # Arel carries the node and refuses to write it elsewhere, the way it
+      # does a regexp, so there is nothing for this to check.
       def distinct_on(*columns, &block)
         spawn.distinct_on!(*columns, &block)
       end
 
+      # {#distinct_on} on the relation itself.
       def distinct_on!(*columns, &block)
         columns = Array(evaluate_block(&block)) if block
         if columns.empty?
@@ -476,39 +940,54 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       # Active Record generates these for the values it knows about; this one
       # is ours, and lives in the same place so that it survives a spawn.
+      # @private
       def distinct_on_values
         @values.fetch(:distinct_on, ActiveRecord::QueryMethods::FROZEN_EMPTY_ARRAY)
       end
 
+      # @private
       def distinct_on_values=(columns)
         assert_modifiable!
         @values[:distinct_on] = columns
       end
 
-      # Marks the relation for a lateral join, which lets it see the row being
-      # joined to -- the top few rows of each group, and the like.  In SQL the
-      # keyword modifies the subquery, not the join, so it is said on the
-      # relation: left_outer_joins(top_post.lateral, as: :top).
+      # Marks the relation for a `LATERAL` join, which lets the subquery see
+      # the row it is joined to -- the top few rows of each group, and the
+      # like.  Said on the relation, since in SQL the keyword modifies the
+      # subquery rather than the join.  SQLite and MariaDB have none.
+      # @example
+      #   top = Post.where { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }.order { :likes.desc }.limit(1)
+      #   Author.left_outer_joins(top.lateral, as: :top) { true }.select { [:name, :top[:title]] }
       def lateral
         spawn.lateral!
       end
 
+      # {#lateral} on the relation itself.
       def lateral!
         self.lateral_value = true
         self
       end
 
+      # @private
       def lateral_value
         @values[:lateral]
       end
 
+      # @private
       def lateral_value=(value)
         assert_modifiable!
         @values[:lateral] = value
       end
 
-      # `as` names the table within the query, which is what makes a self
-      # join expressible: joins(:employees, as: :managers) { ... }.
+      # `INNER JOIN`, with the `ON` from a block: `joins(:posts) { ... }`
+      # joins the table named, `joins(relation) { ... }` a subquery -- a
+      # lateral one when the relation is marked {#lateral}.  `as:` names the
+      # table within the query, which is what makes a self join expressible.
+      # Without a block it is Active Record's own `joins`.
+      # @param as [Symbol, nil]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.joins(:posts) { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }
+      #   Employee.joins(:employees, as: :managers) { :managers[:id] == :employees[:manager_id] }
       def joins(*args, as: nil, &block)
         if args.first.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Relation)
           super(build_lateral_join(args.first, Arel::Nodes::InnerJoin, as, &block))
@@ -520,6 +999,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      # `LEFT OUTER JOIN`, as {#joins} takes it.
+      # @param as [Symbol, nil]
+      # @example
+      #   Author.left_outer_joins(:posts) { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }
       def left_outer_joins(*args, as: nil, &block)
         if args.first.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Relation)
           joins(build_lateral_join(args.first, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin, as, &block))
@@ -531,6 +1014,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      # `RIGHT OUTER JOIN`, as {#joins} takes it, of a table or a relation;
+      # an association name is not among what it takes.
+      # @param as [Symbol, nil]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.right_outer_joins(:authors) { :posts[:author_id] == :authors[:id] }
+      #
       # The other two outer joins, which Active Record has no method for and
       # Arel has the nodes for.  The rules are joins': the block is the ON,
       # `as` names the table within the query, a relation marked `lateral`
@@ -541,16 +1030,19 @@ module ActiveRecord
                     args, as, &block)
       end
 
+      # `FULL OUTER JOIN`, as {#right_outer_joins} takes it.  The MySQL
+      # family has none.
+      # @param as [Symbol, nil]
       def full_outer_joins(*args, as: nil, &block)
         check_full_outer_support
         outer_joins(:full_outer_joins, Arel::Nodes::FullOuterJoin,
                     args, as, &block)
       end
 
-      # CROSS JOIN: every row of one table against every row of the other, so
-      # unlike the joins above there is no condition to give and no block to
-      # write it in.
-      #
+      # `CROSS JOIN`: every row of one table against every row of the
+      # other, so there is no condition to give and no block to write it in.
+      # @param as [Symbol, nil]
+      # @example
       #   Post.cross_joins(:authors)
       #   Post.cross_joins(:posts, as: :others)
       def cross_joins(*args, as: nil, &block)
@@ -599,7 +1091,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           entries = Array(result)
           return if entries.size == 1
           return unless entries.any? { |node| node.is_a?(AST::GroupingSets) }
-          return unless AST.adapter_family(klass) == :mysql
+          return unless Dialect.for(klass).grouping_by_with_rollup?
 
           raise ArgumentError,
             "WITH ROLLUP takes the whole group list; group by the rollup alone"
@@ -621,7 +1113,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
         # whose meaning turns on where it stands is how an interpolation
         # becomes an injection.
         def to_arel_fields(result)
-          Array(result).map do |node|
+          fields =
+            if result.nil? then []
+            elsif result.is_a?(::Array) then result
+            else [result]
+            end
+          fields.map do |node|
             if node.is_a?(::String) && !node.is_a?(Arel::Nodes::SqlLiteral)
               raise ArgumentError,
                 "#{node.inspect} could mean SQL or a string; " \
@@ -666,26 +1163,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
           join_class.new(aliased, Arel::Nodes::On.new(on))
         end
 
-        # PostgreSQL has LATERAL and so does MySQL, from 8.0.14.  SQLite has
-        # none, and neither has MariaDB, which answers to the same adapter as
-        # MySQL.  An adapter nobody has classified is left to say for itself.
         def check_lateral_support
-          case AST.adapter_family(klass)
-          when :sqlite
-            refuse_lateral("sqlite3")
-          when :mysql
-            refuse_lateral("MariaDB") if klass.with_connection { |c| c.mariadb? }
-          end
-        end
-
-        def refuse_lateral(database)
-          raise NotImplementedError, "a lateral join has no equivalent on #{database}"
+          Dialect.for(klass).check_lateral(klass)
         end
 
-        # MySQL has no FULL OUTER JOIN, and neither has MariaDB; SQLite has had
-        # one since 3.39 and PostgreSQL always.
         def check_full_outer_support
-          return unless AST.adapter_family(klass) == :mysql
+          return if Dialect.for(klass).full_outer_join_supported?
           raise NotImplementedError, "a full outer join has no equivalent on MySQL"
         end
 
@@ -725,11 +1208,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # QueryMethods.  What a block adds here is the one thing their arguments
     # cannot carry: a value worked out from the row rather than given.
     module Writes
-      # `update_all(likes: :likes)` sets the column to the symbol; the block
-      # reads a symbol as the column it names, as every other block here does,
-      # which is what lets the new value be built from the old:
-      #
-      #   Post.where { ... }.update_all { { likes: :likes + 1 } }
+      # `UPDATE`, from a block that gives a hash of column to value, where a
+      # value may be an expression built from the row: `{ likes: :likes + 1 }`.
+      # Without a block it is Active Record's own, where `likes: :likes`
+      # sets the column to the symbol.
+      # @yieldreturn [Hash{Symbol => Object}]
+      # @example
+      #   Post.where { :published == true }.update_all { { likes: :likes + 1 } }
+      #   Post.update_all { { title: upper(:title) } }
       def update_all(updates = nil, &block)
         return super(updates) unless block
         if updates
@@ -742,13 +1228,17 @@ module ActiveRecord
         super(result.transform_values { |value| to_arel_field(value) })
       end
 
+      # `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE`, with a block for what happens to
+      # a row that is already there: a hash of column to value, where
+      # {BlockContext#excluded} is the row that could not be inserted.  Takes
+      # the block or `on_duplicate:`, not both.
+      # @yieldreturn [Hash{Symbol => Object}]
+      # @example
+      #   Tally.upsert_all(rows, unique_by: :page) { { hits: :hits + excluded(:hits) } }
+      #
       # upsert_all's on_duplicate takes SQL text and nothing else, so this is
       # the one place the DSL writes the SQL out itself rather than handing
-      # Arel a tree.  `excluded` is the row that could not be inserted:
-      #
-      #   Post.upsert_all(rows, unique_by: :title) {
-      #     { likes: :likes + excluded(:likes) }
-      #   }
+      # Arel a tree.
       def upsert_all(attributes, **options, &block)
         return super(attributes, **options) unless block
         if options.key?(:on_duplicate)