diff --git a/cmd/tools/vfmt.v b/cmd/tools/vfmt.v
index af6b95c289..453b892e43 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vfmt.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vfmt.v
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fn main() {
 	foptions := FormatOptions{
 		is_c: '-c' in args
 		is_l: '-l' in args
-		is_w: '-w' in args
+		is_w: '-ww' in args
 		is_diff: '-diff' in args
 		is_verbose: '-verbose' in args || '--verbose' in args
 		is_all: '-all' in args || '--all' in args
diff --git a/vlib/sqlite/sqlite.v b/vlib/sqlite/sqlite.v
index 53697f237a..faf3bec7cc 100644
--- a/vlib/sqlite/sqlite.v
+++ b/vlib/sqlite/sqlite.v
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ module sqlite
 #flag -lsqlite3
 #flag freebsd -I/usr/local/include
 #flag freebsd -Wl -L/usr/local/lib -lsqlite3
+//#flag linux -I @VROOT/thirdparty/sqlite
+//#flag @VROOT/thirdparty/sqlite/sqlite.c
+
+
 #include "sqlite3.h"
 
 struct C.sqlite3 {}
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 152928ef27..4d11a11091 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ import v.errors
 
 pub type TypeDecl = AliasTypeDecl | FnTypeDecl | SumTypeDecl
 
-pub type Expr = AnonFn | ArrayInit | AsCast | Assoc | BoolLiteral | CallExpr | CastExpr | CharLiteral |
-	ComptimeCall | ConcatExpr | EnumVal | FloatLiteral | Ident | IfExpr | IfGuardExpr | IndexExpr |
-	InfixExpr | IntegerLiteral | Likely | MapInit | MatchExpr | None | OrExpr | ParExpr | PostfixExpr |
-	PrefixExpr | RangeExpr | SelectorExpr | SizeOf | SqlExpr | StringInterLiteral | StringLiteral |
-	StructInit | Type | TypeOf
+pub type Expr = AnonFn | ArrayInit | AsCast | Assoc | BoolLiteral | CallExpr | CastExpr |
+	CharLiteral | ComptimeCall | ConcatExpr | EnumVal | FloatLiteral | Ident | IfExpr | IfGuardExpr |
+	IndexExpr | InfixExpr | IntegerLiteral | Likely | MapInit | MatchExpr | None | OrExpr |
+	ParExpr | PostfixExpr | PrefixExpr | RangeExpr | SelectorExpr | SizeOf | SqlExpr | StringInterLiteral |
+	StringLiteral | StructInit | Type | TypeOf
 
-pub type Stmt = AssertStmt | AssignStmt | Attr | Block | BranchStmt | Comment | CompIf | ConstDecl |
-	DeferStmt | EnumDecl | ExprStmt | FnDecl | ForCStmt | ForInStmt | ForStmt | GlobalDecl | GoStmt |
-	GotoLabel | GotoStmt | HashStmt | Import | InterfaceDecl | Module | Return | SqlInsertExpr |
-	StructDecl | TypeDecl | UnsafeStmt
+pub type Stmt = AssertStmt | AssignStmt | Attr | Block | BranchStmt | Comment | CompIf |
+	ConstDecl | DeferStmt | EnumDecl | ExprStmt | FnDecl | ForCStmt | ForInStmt | ForStmt |
+	GlobalDecl | GoStmt | GotoLabel | GotoStmt | HashStmt | Import | InterfaceDecl | Module |
+	Return | SqlInsertExpr | StructDecl | TypeDecl | UnsafeStmt
 
 pub type ScopeObject = ConstField | GlobalDecl | Var
 
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ pub enum SqlExprKind {
 */
 pub struct SqlInsertExpr {
 pub:
-	db_var_name     string // `db` in `sql db {`
+	db_expr    Expr // `db` in `sql db {`
 	table_name      string
 	object_var_name string // `user`
 	table_type      table.Type
@@ -817,14 +817,14 @@ pub:
 
 pub struct SqlExpr {
 pub:
-	typ         table.Type
-	is_count    bool
-	db_var_name string // `db` in `sql db {`
-	table_name  string
-	where_expr  Expr
-	has_where   bool
-	fields      []table.Field
-	is_array    bool
+	typ        table.Type
+	is_count   bool
+	db_expr    Expr // `db` in `sql db {`
+	table_name string
+	where_expr Expr
+	has_where  bool
+	fields     []table.Field
+	is_array   bool
 }
 
 [inline]
@@ -879,7 +879,8 @@ pub fn (expr Expr) position() token.Position {
 		InfixExpr {
 			left_pos := expr.left.position()
 			right_pos := expr.right.position()
-			if left_pos.pos == 0 || right_pos.pos == 0 {
+			if left_pos.pos == 0 ||
+				right_pos.pos == 0 {
 				return expr.pos
 			}
 			return token.Position{
diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/cc.v b/vlib/v/builder/cc.v
index d3e014a795..1613bb32a2 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/cc.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/cc.v
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ fn (mut v Builder) cc() {
 		linker_flags << '-lm'
 	}
 	args := a.join(' ') + ' ' + linker_flags.join(' ')
+	if v.pref.is_verbose {
+		println('cc args=$args')
+		println(a)
+	}
 	start:
 	todo()
 	// TODO remove
@@ -512,7 +516,7 @@ fn (mut v Builder) cc() {
 	}
 }
 
-fn (mut c Builder) cc_linux_cross() {
+fn (mut b Builder) cc_linux_cross() {
 	parent_dir := os.home_dir() + '.vmodules'
 	sysroot := os.home_dir() + '.vmodules/linuxroot/'
 	if !os.is_dir(sysroot) {
@@ -526,17 +530,22 @@ fn (mut c Builder) cc_linux_cross() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	mut cc_args := '-fPIC -w -c -target x86_64-linux-gnu -c -o x.o $c.out_name_c -I $sysroot/include'
-	if c.pref.show_cc {
+	mut cc_args := '-fPIC -w -c -target x86_64-linux-gnu -c -o x.o $b.out_name_c -I $sysroot/include '
+	cflags := b.get_os_cflags()
+	cc_args += cflags.c_options_without_object_files()
+	if b.pref.show_cc {
 		println('cc $cc_args')
 	}
-	if os.system('cc $cc_args') != 0 {
-		println('Cross compilation for Linux failed. Make sure you have clang installed.')
+	cc_res := os.exec('cc $cc_args') or { return }
+	if cc_res.exit_code != 0 {
+		println('Cross compilation for Linux failed (first step, clang). Make sure you have clang installed.')
+		println(cc_res.output)
+		exit(1)
 	}
 
 	linker_args := [
 		'-L $sysroot/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/'
-		'--sysroot=$sysroot -v -o $c.pref.out_name -m elf_x86_64'
+		'--sysroot=$sysroot -v -o $b.pref.out_name -m elf_x86_64'
 		'-dynamic-linker /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2'
 		'$sysroot/crt1.o $sysroot/crti.o x.o'
 		//'SYSROOT/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6'
@@ -554,17 +563,16 @@ fn (mut c Builder) cc_linux_cross() {
 	cmd := '$sysroot/ld.lld ' + linker_args_str
 	//s = s.replace('SYSROOT', sysroot) // TODO $ inter bug
 	//s = s.replace('-o hi', '-o ' + c.pref.out_name)
-	if c.pref.show_cc {
+	if b.pref.show_cc {
 		println(cmd)
 	}
 	res :=	os.exec(cmd) or { return }
-	//println('output:')
-	//println(x.output)
 	if res.exit_code != 0 {
-		println('Cross compilation for Linux failed. Make sure you have clang installed.')
-		return
+		println('Cross compilation for Linux failed (second step, lld):')
+		println(res.output)
+		exit(1)
 	}
-	println(c.pref.out_name + ' has been successfully compiled')
+	println(b.pref.out_name + ' has been successfully compiled')
 }
 
 fn (mut c Builder) cc_windows_cross() {
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 04115ededb..9973aac9f7 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -143,11 +143,14 @@ fn (mut c Checker) check_file_in_main(file ast.File) bool {
 					c.warn('const $no_pub_in_main_warning', stmt.pos)
 				}
 			}
+			/*
+			// TODO not a Stmt
 			ast.ConstField {
 				if stmt.is_pub {
 					c.warn('const field `$stmt.name` $no_pub_in_main_warning', stmt.pos)
 				}
 			}
+			*/
 			ast.EnumDecl {
 				if stmt.is_pub {
 					c.warn('enum `$stmt.name` $no_pub_in_main_warning', stmt.pos)
@@ -1206,7 +1209,6 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) selector_expr(mut selector_expr ast.SelectorExpr) table.T
 		return table.void_type
 	}
 	selector_expr.expr_type = typ
-	// println('sel expr line_nr=$selector_expr.pos.line_nr typ=$selector_expr.expr_type')
 	sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(c.unwrap_generic(typ))
 	field_name := selector_expr.field_name
 	// variadic
@@ -1795,6 +1797,9 @@ fn (mut c Checker) stmt(node ast.Stmt) {
 			c.return_stmt(mut it)
 			c.scope_returns = true
 		}
+		ast.SqlInsertExpr {
+			c.sql_insert_expr(node)
+		}
 		ast.StructDecl {
 			c.struct_decl(it)
 		}
@@ -1932,7 +1937,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) expr(node ast.Expr) table.Type {
 			if node.is_vweb {
 				// TODO assoc parser bug
 				pref := *c.pref
-				pref2 := {pref|is_vweb: true} 
+				pref2 := {pref|is_vweb: true}
 				mut c2 := new_checker(c.table, pref2)
 				c2.check(node.vweb_tmpl)
 				c.warnings << c2.warnings
@@ -2023,9 +2028,6 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) expr(node ast.Expr) table.Type {
 		ast.SqlExpr {
 			return c.sql_expr(node)
 		}
-		ast.SqlInsertExpr {
-			return c.sql_insert_expr(node)
-		}
 		ast.StringLiteral {
 			if node.language == .c {
 				return table.byteptr_type
@@ -2225,8 +2227,11 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) match_expr(mut node ast.MatchExpr) table.Type {
 			if node.is_sum_type || node.is_interface {
 				ok := if cond_type_sym.kind == .sum_type {
 					// TODO verify sum type
-					true // c.check_types(typ, cond_type)
+					//true // c.check_types(typ, cond_type)
+					info := cond_type_sym.info as table.SumType
+					typ in info.variants
 				} else {
+					// interface match
 					c.type_implements(typ, cond_type, node.pos)
 				}
 				if !ok {
@@ -2625,10 +2630,12 @@ fn (mut c Checker) sql_expr(node ast.SqlExpr) table.Type {
 	if node.has_where {
 		c.expr(node.where_expr)
 	}
+	c.expr(node.db_expr)
 	return node.typ
 }
 
 fn (mut c Checker) sql_insert_expr(node ast.SqlInsertExpr) table.Type {
+	c.expr(node.db_expr)
 	return table.void_type
 }
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v b/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v
index 19e8a655bc..9f63c191fc 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/js/js.v
@@ -601,9 +601,6 @@ fn (mut g JsGen) expr(node ast.Expr) {
 		ast.SqlExpr{
 			// TODO
 		}
-		ast.SqlInsertExpr{
-			// TODO
-		}
 		ast.StringInterLiteral {
 			g.gen_string_inter_literal(it)
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/sql.v b/vlib/v/gen/sql.v
index ec29f99ed5..d34ec6312c 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/sql.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/sql.v
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ fn (mut g Gen) sql_insert_expr(node ast.SqlInsertExpr) {
 	g.writeln('\n\t// sql insert')
 	db_name := g.new_tmp_var()
 	g.sql_stmt_name = g.new_tmp_var()
-	g.writeln('${dbtype}__DB $db_name = $node.db_var_name;')
+	g.write('${dbtype}__DB $db_name = ')
+	g.expr(node.db_expr)
+	g.writeln(';')
 	mut q := 'insert into $node.table_name ('
 	for i, field in fields {
 		if field.name == 'id' {
@@ -95,7 +97,9 @@ fn (mut g Gen) sql_select_expr(node ast.SqlExpr) {
 	db_name := g.new_tmp_var()
 	g.writeln('\n\t// sql select')
 	// g.write('${dbtype}__DB $db_name = *(${dbtype}__DB*)${node.db_var_name}.data;')
-	g.writeln('${dbtype}__DB $db_name = $node.db_var_name;')
+	g.write('${dbtype}__DB $db_name = ') // $node.db_var_name;')
+	g.expr(node.db_expr)
+	g.writeln(';')
 	// g.write('sqlite3_stmt* $g.sql_stmt_name = ${dbtype}__DB_init_stmt(*(${dbtype}__DB*)${node.db_var_name}.data, tos_lit("$q')
 	g.write('sqlite3_stmt* $g.sql_stmt_name = ${dbtype}__DB_init_stmt($db_name, tos_lit("$q')
 	if node.has_where && node.where_expr is ast.InfixExpr {
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v b/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
index fe494923fc..e47caca449 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import v.vmod
 import v.table
 import vweb.tmpl
 
+// #flag darwin -I.
 const (
-	supported_platforms = ['windows', 'mac', 'macos', 'darwin', 'linux', 'freebsd', 'openbsd',
+	supported_platforms  = ['windows', 'mac', 'macos', 'darwin', 'linux', 'freebsd', 'openbsd',
 		'netbsd', 'dragonfly', 'android', 'js', 'solaris', 'haiku', 'linux_or_macos']
 	supported_ccompilers = ['tinyc', 'clang', 'mingw', 'msvc', 'gcc']
 )
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) resolve_vroot(flag string) string {
 	vmod_file_location := mcache.get_by_folder(p.file_name_dir)
 	if vmod_file_location.vmod_file.len == 0 {
 		// There was no actual v.mod file found.
-		p.error('To use @VROOT, you need' + ' to have a "v.mod" file in ${p.file_name_dir},' +
+		p.error('To use @VROOT, you need' + ' to have a "v.mod" file in $p.file_name_dir,' +
 			' or in one of its parent folders.')
 	}
 	vmod_path := vmod_file_location.vmod_folder
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) hash() ast.HashStmt {
 		}
 		for deprecated in ['@VMOD', '@VMODULE', '@VPATH', '@VLIB_PATH'] {
 			if flag.contains(deprecated) {
-				p.error('${deprecated} had been deprecated, use @VROOT instead.')
+				p.error('$deprecated had been deprecated, use @VROOT instead.')
 			}
 		}
 		// println('adding flag "$flag"')
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) vweb() ast.ComptimeCall {
 	mut file := parse_text(v_code, p.table, p.pref, scope, p.global_scope)
 	if p.pref.is_verbose {
 		println('\n\n')
-		println('>>> vweb template for ${path}:')
+		println('>>> vweb template for $path:')
 		println(v_code)
 		println('>>> end of vweb template END')
 		println('\n\n')
@@ -156,20 +157,20 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comp_if() ast.Stmt {
 	val := p.check_name()
 	mut stmts := []ast.Stmt{}
 	mut skip := false
-
 	if val in supported_platforms {
 		os := os_from_string(val)
-		if (!is_not && os != p.pref.os) || (is_not && os == p.pref.os) {
+		if (!is_not && os != p.pref.os) ||
+			(is_not && os == p.pref.os) {
 			skip = true
 		}
 	} else if val in supported_ccompilers {
 		cc := cc_from_string(val)
 		user_cc := cc_from_string(p.pref.ccompiler)
-		if (!is_not && cc != user_cc) || (is_not && cc == user_cc) {
+		if (!is_not && cc != user_cc) ||
+			(is_not && cc == user_cc) {
 			skip = true
 		}
 	}
-
 	// `$if os {` or `$if compiler {` for a different target, skip everything inside
 	// to avoid compilation errors (like including <windows.h> or calling WinAPI fns
 	// on non-Windows systems)
@@ -196,8 +197,9 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comp_if() ast.Stmt {
 			}
 			p.next()
 		}
-	} else { skip = false }
-
+	} else {
+		skip = false
+	}
 	mut is_opt := false
 	if p.tok.kind == .question {
 		p.next()
@@ -213,7 +215,8 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comp_if() ast.Stmt {
 		val: val
 		stmts: stmts
 	}
-	if p.tok.kind == .dollar && p.peek_tok.kind == .key_else {
+	if p.tok.kind == .dollar &&
+		p.peek_tok.kind == .key_else {
 		p.next()
 		p.next()
 		node.has_else = true
@@ -282,13 +285,25 @@ fn os_from_string(os string) pref.OS {
 
 // Helper function to convert string names to CC enum
 pub fn cc_from_string(cc_str string) pref.CompilerType {
-	if cc_str.len == 0 { return .gcc }
+	if cc_str.len == 0 {
+		return .gcc
+	}
 	cc := cc_str.replace('\\', '/').split('/').last().all_before('.')
-	if 'tcc'   in cc { return .tinyc }
-	if 'tinyc' in cc { return .tinyc }
-	if 'clang' in cc { return .clang }
-	if 'mingw' in cc { return .mingw }
-	if 'msvc'  in cc { return .msvc  }
+	if 'tcc' in cc {
+		return .tinyc
+	}
+	if 'tinyc' in cc {
+		return .tinyc
+	}
+	if 'clang' in cc {
+		return .clang
+	}
+	if 'mingw' in cc {
+		return .mingw
+	}
+	if 'msvc' in cc {
+		return .msvc
+	}
 	return .gcc
 }
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/if.v b/vlib/v/parser/if.v
index a1ca04c6cf..ceee463488 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/if.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/if.v
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) match_expr() ast.MatchExpr {
 				p.parse_type()
 			}
 			is_sum_type = true
-				
+
 		} else {
 			// Expression match
 			for {
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) match_expr() ast.MatchExpr {
 		len: match_last_pos.pos - match_first_pos.pos + match_last_pos.len
 	}
 	p.check(.rcbr)
+	//return ast.StructInit{}
 	return ast.MatchExpr{
 		branches: branches
 		cond: cond
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 42308f2724..dbd50af7fb 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -333,7 +333,11 @@ fn (mut p Parser) check(expected token.Kind) {
 	// p.next()
 	// }
 	if p.tok.kind != expected {
-		p.error('unexpected `$p.tok.kind.str()`, expecting `$expected.str()`')
+		if p.tok.kind == .name {
+			p.error('unexpected name `$p.tok.lit`, expecting `$expected.str()`')
+		} else {
+			p.error('unexpected `$p.tok.kind.str()`, expecting `$expected.str()`')
+		}
 	}
 	p.next()
 }
@@ -907,7 +911,7 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) name_expr() ast.Expr {
 			node = p.call_expr(language, mod)
 		}
 	} else if p.peek_tok.kind == .lcbr && !p.inside_match && !p.inside_match_case && !p.inside_if &&
-		!p.inside_for {
+		!p.inside_for { // && (p.tok.lit[0].is_capital() || p.builtin_mod) {
 		return p.struct_init(false) // short_syntax: false
 	} else if p.peek_tok.kind == .dot && (p.tok.lit[0].is_capital() && !known_var && language ==
 		.v) {
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v b/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v
index 457d6e70c4..f0e73bd60e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/pratt.v
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) expr(precedence int) ast.Expr {
 		}
 		.name {
 			if p.tok.lit == 'sql' && p.peek_tok.kind == .name {
+				p.inside_match = true // reuse the same var for perf instead of inside_sql TODO rename
 				node = p.sql_expr()
+				p.inside_match = false
 			} else {
 				node = p.name_expr()
 				p.is_stmt_ident = is_stmt_ident
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/sql.v b/vlib/v/parser/sql.v
index c973b3241e..1316b2ef00 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/sql.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/sql.v
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import v.table
 fn (mut p Parser) sql_expr() ast.Expr {
 	// `sql db {`
 	p.check_name()
-	db_var_name := p.check_name()
+	db_expr := p.expr(0)
 	p.check(.lcbr)
 	// kind := ast.SqlExprKind.select_
 	//
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ fn (mut p Parser) sql_expr() ast.Expr {
 	sym := p.table.get_type_symbol(table_type)
 	table_name := sym.name
 	mut where_expr := ast.Expr{}
-	has_where := p.tok.kind == .name && p.tok.lit == 'where'
+	has_where := p.tok.kind == .name &&
+		p.tok.lit == 'where'
 	mut query_one := false // one object is returned, not an array
 	if has_where {
 		p.next()
@@ -63,19 +64,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) sql_expr() ast.Expr {
 	// get only string and int fields
 	// mut fields := []Var
 	info := sym.info as table.Struct
-	fields := info.fields.filter(it.typ in [table.string_type, table.int_type, table.bool_type])
-	/*
-	for i, field in info.fields {
-        if !(field.typ in ['string', 'int', 'bool']) {
-                println('orm: skipping $field.name')
-                continue
-        }
-        if field.attr.contains('skip') {
-                continue
-        }
-        fields << field
-}
-	*/
+	fields := info.fields.filter(it.typ in [table.string_type, table.int_type, table.bool_type] && 'skip' !in it.attrs)
 	if fields.len == 0 {
 		p.error('V orm: select: empty fields in `$table_name`')
 	}
@@ -96,7 +85,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) sql_expr() ast.Expr {
 	return ast.SqlExpr{
 		is_count: is_count
 		typ: typ
-		db_var_name: db_var_name
+		db_expr: db_expr
 		table_name: table_name
 		where_expr: where_expr
 		has_where: has_where
@@ -106,9 +95,12 @@ fn (mut p Parser) sql_expr() ast.Expr {
 }
 
 fn (mut p Parser) sql_insert_expr() ast.SqlInsertExpr {
+	p.inside_match = true
+	defer { p.inside_match = false }
 	// `sql db {`
 	p.check_name()
-	db_var_name := p.check_name()
+	db_expr := p.expr(0)
+	//println(typeof(db_expr))
 	p.check(.lcbr)
 	// kind := ast.SqlExprKind.select_
 	//
@@ -130,7 +122,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) sql_insert_expr() ast.SqlInsertExpr {
 	table_name := sym.name
 	p.check(.rcbr)
 	return ast.SqlInsertExpr{
-		db_var_name: db_var_name
+		db_expr: db_expr
 		table_name: table_name
 		table_type: table_type
 		object_var_name: object_var_name