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 This is a SQL Parser for C++. It parses the given SQL query into C++ objects.
 It is developed for integration in hyrise (https://github.com/hyrise/hyrise).
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+## Usage
+
+**Prerequisites:**
+* bison (https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/)
+* flex (http://flex.sourceforge.net/)
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+To create the full parser code run `make build`. The parser library code is created in `build/`.
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+To use the SQL Parser in your own code, you only need to include `SQLParser.h` and build+link all the source files from the parser with your project.
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