diff --git a/scripts/ddl2cpp b/scripts/ddl2cpp
index c368338f..ec26dd26 100755
--- a/scripts/ddl2cpp
+++ b/scripts/ddl2cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ ERROR_STRANGE_PARSING = 20
 
 
 from pyparsing import CaselessLiteral, Literal, SkipTo, restOfLine, oneOf, ZeroOrMore, Optional, Combine, Suppress, \
-    WordStart, WordEnd, Word, alphas, alphanums, nums, QuotedString, nestedExpr, MatchFirst, OneOrMore, delimitedList, Or, Group, ParseException
+    WordStart, WordEnd, Word, alphas, alphanums, nums, QuotedString, nestedExpr, MatchFirst, OneOrMore, delimitedList, \
+    Or, Group, ParseException
+
 
 # HELPERS
 
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ def repl_func(m):
   else:
     return m.group(1) + m.group(2).upper()
 
+
 def repl_func_for_args(m):
   if m.group(1) == '-':
     return m.group(2).upper()
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ def help_message():
         if argument == '-help':
             continue
         arg_string = arg_string + ' [-[no]'+argument+'] ' + optionalArgs[argument] + '\n'
-    print('Usage: ddl2cpp [-help] ' + arg_string + ' <path to ddl> <path to target (without extension, e.g. /tmp/MyTable)> <namespace>')
+    print('Usage: ddl2cpp [-help] ' + arg_string +
+          ' <path to ddl> <path to target (without extension, e.g. /tmp/MyTable)> <namespace>')
     sys.exit(0)
 
 optionalArgs = {
@@ -139,6 +143,11 @@ NAMESPACE = 'sqlpp'
 def ddlWord(string):
     return WordStart(alphanums + "_") + CaselessLiteral(string) + WordEnd(alphanums + "_")
 
+# This function should be refactored if we find some database function which needs parameters
+# Right now it works only for something like NOW() in MySQL default field value
+def ddlFunctionWord(string):
+    return CaselessLiteral(string) + OneOrMore("(") + ZeroOrMore(" ") + OneOrMore(")")
+
 ddlString   = Or([QuotedString("'"), QuotedString("\"", escQuote='""'), QuotedString("`")])
 negativeSign = Literal('-')
 ddlNum     = Combine(Optional(negativeSign) + Word(nums + "."))
@@ -157,6 +166,14 @@ ddlConstraint = Or([
         ddlWord("INDEX"),
         ddlWord("UNIQUE"),
         ])
+ddlColumn   = Group(Optional(ddlConstraint).setResultsName("isConstraint") + OneOrMore(MatchFirst([ddlNotNull, ddlAutoValue, ddlDefaultValue, ddlFunctionWord("NOW"), ddlTerm, ddlNum, ddlColumnComment, ddlString, ddlArguments])))
+createTable = Group(ddlWord("CREATE") + ddlWord("TABLE") + ddlName.setResultsName("tableName") + "(" + Group(delimitedList(ddlColumn)).setResultsName("columns") + ")").setResultsName("create")
+
+
+ddl = ZeroOrMore(Suppress(SkipTo(createTable, False)) + createTable)
+
+ddlComment = oneOf(["--", "#"]) + restOfLine
+ddl.ignore(ddlComment)
 
 # MAP SQL TYPES
 types = {
@@ -205,6 +222,7 @@ if warnOnParse:
 
 
 # PROCESS DDL
+tableCreations = ddl.parseFile(pathToDdl)
 
 header = open(pathToHeader, 'w')
 print('// generated by ' + ' '.join(sys.argv), file=header)