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 In March 2015 we've also written a short paper outlining discussing some development details and the integration into our database Hyrise. You can find the paper [here](http://torpedro.com/paper/HyriseSQL-03-2015.pdf).
 
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 ### General Usage
 
 **Prerequisites:**
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 ```
 make 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. See [`hyrise/src/lib/access/sql/SQLQueryParser.cpp`](https://github.com/hyrise/hyrise/blob/master/src/lib/access/sql/SQLQueryParser.cpp) for how it's used in Hyrise.
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+To use the SQL Parser in your own code, you need to include `SQLParser.h` and build+link all the source files from the parser within your project. See [`hyrise/src/lib/access/sql/SQLQueryParser.cpp`](https://github.com/hyrise/hyrise/blob/master/src/lib/access/sql/SQLQueryParser.cpp) for how it's used in Hyrise.
 
 **Important:** Run tests and add tests for new features.
 ```
 make test
 ```
 
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 ### Contributers
 
 The following people contributed to HYRISE sql-parser in various forms.
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 * Pedro Flemming ([@torpedro](https://github.com/torpedro))
 * David Schwalb ([@schwald](https://github.com/schwald))
 
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+#### How to contribute
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+We strongly encourage you to contribute to this project! If you want to contribute to this project there are several options. If you've noticed a bug or would like an improvement let us know by creating a [new issue](https://github.com/hyrise/sql-parser/issues). If you want to develop a new feature yourself or just improve the quality of the system, feel free to fork the reposistory and implement your changes. Open a pull request as soon as your done and we will look over it. If we think it's good then your pull request will be merged into this repository.
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 ### License
 
 HYRISE sql-parser is licensed as open source after the OpenSource "Licence of the Hasso-Plattner Institute" declared in the LICENSE file of this project.