[v14.0/forgejo] fix: use ALTER TABLE in SQLite DropTableColumns(), allowing unexpected database sources to work better in migrations (#10903)

**Backport:** https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/10888

The existing implementation of `DropTableColumns()` came from before SQLite had the ability to `ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN ...`.  It works by parsing the table definition and rewriting it without the columns that are to be dropped, but it will fail to do this correctly if the table definition is not in the exact expected format.  In #10887, a database that had probably come through some migration tool was not exactly formatted the way Forgejo expected, resulting in a migration failure.

This replaces `DropTableColumns()`'s hacky SQLite implementation with a more straightforward implementation.  Affected indexes touching the target fields are dropped, then the field is dropped.

DROP COLUMN is supported on SQLite since [3.35.0, 2021-03-12](https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_35_0.html).

## Checklist

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### Tests

- Existing `test-sqlite-migration` coverage is relied upon for this change.  During development it was proven to exercise the affected code -- in other words, multiple iterations of changes were required due to it failing as I worked on it.
- No coverage is added for "database with unexpected schema definition format" as the trigger issue for this change though, a point that can be raised if someone believes it is worthwhile.
- I added test coverage for Go changes...
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  - [ ] in the `tests/integration` directory if it involves interactions with a live Forgejo server.
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  - [ ] in `tests/e2e/*.test.e2e.js` if it requires interactions with a live Forgejo server (see also the [developer guide for JavaScript testing](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/tests/e2e/README.md#end-to-end-tests)).

### Documentation

- [ ] I created a pull request [to the documentation](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs) to explain to Forgejo users how to use this change.
- [x] I did not document these changes and I do not expect someone else to do it.

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Co-authored-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mathieu@fenniak.net>
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/10903
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mfenniak@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: forgejo-backport-action <forgejo-backport-action@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-committed-by: forgejo-backport-action <forgejo-backport-action@noreply.codeberg.org>
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forgejo-backport-action 2026-01-17 22:34:10 +01:00 committed by Mathieu Fenniak
parent ca46a3f68b
commit 16f98ebaec

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@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"reflect"
"regexp"
"slices"
"strings"
@ -469,74 +468,24 @@ func DropTableColumns(sess *xorm.Session, tableName string, columnNames ...strin
if err != nil {
return err
}
if len(indexRes) != 1 {
continue
containsDroppedColumn := false
for _, r := range indexRes {
indexCol := string(r["name"])
if slices.Contains(columnNames, indexCol) {
containsDroppedColumn = true
break
}
}
indexColumn := string(indexRes[0]["name"])
for _, name := range columnNames {
if name == indexColumn {
_, err := sess.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("DROP INDEX `%s`", indexName))
if err != nil {
return err
}
if containsDroppedColumn {
if _, err := sess.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("DROP INDEX `%s`", indexName)); err != nil {
return err
}
}
}
// Here we need to get the columns from the original table
sql := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name='%s' and type='table'", tableName)
res, err := sess.Query(sql)
if err != nil {
return err
}
tableSQL := string(res[0]["sql"])
// Get the string offset for column definitions: `CREATE TABLE ( column-definitions... )`
columnDefinitionsIndex := strings.Index(tableSQL, "(")
if columnDefinitionsIndex < 0 {
return errors.New("couldn't find column definitions")
}
// Separate out the column definitions
tableSQL = tableSQL[columnDefinitionsIndex:]
// Remove the required columnNames
for _, name := range columnNames {
tableSQL = regexp.MustCompile(regexp.QuoteMeta("`"+name+"`")+"[^`,)]*?[,)]").ReplaceAllString(tableSQL, "")
}
// Ensure the query is ended properly
tableSQL = strings.TrimSpace(tableSQL)
if tableSQL[len(tableSQL)-1] != ')' {
if tableSQL[len(tableSQL)-1] == ',' {
tableSQL = tableSQL[:len(tableSQL)-1]
for _, col := range columnNames {
if _, err := sess.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE `%s` DROP COLUMN `%s`", tableName, col)); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("drop table `%s` column %s encountered error: %w", tableName, col, err)
}
tableSQL += ")"
}
// Find all the columns in the table
columns := regexp.MustCompile("`([^`]*)`").FindAllString(tableSQL, -1)
tableSQL = fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE `new_%s_new` ", tableName) + tableSQL
if _, err := sess.Exec(tableSQL); err != nil {
return err
}
// Now restore the data
columnsSeparated := strings.Join(columns, ",")
insertSQL := fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO `new_%s_new` (%s) SELECT %s FROM %s", tableName, columnsSeparated, columnsSeparated, tableName)
if _, err := sess.Exec(insertSQL); err != nil {
return err
}
// Now drop the old table
if _, err := sess.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("DROP TABLE `%s`", tableName)); err != nil {
return err
}
// Rename the table
if _, err := sess.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE `new_%s_new` RENAME TO `%s`", tableName, tableName)); err != nil {
return err
}
case setting.Database.Type.IsPostgreSQL():