fix: drop stmt cache after schema-changing Exec - #1449
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Cached SELECT * kept pre-ALTER column metadata because execNoArgs never invalidated the cache. Flush on DDL so the next prepare sees the new schema. Fixes mattn#1447
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe statement cache now detects schema-changing SQL, closes cached statements after execution, and clears metadata when statements are reused. Tests cover cache invalidation after ChangesStatement cache schema invalidation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change clears cached statements for directly executed schema-changing SQL, but prepared DDL and comment-prefixed DDL can still bypass invalidation, allowing cached queries to use stale column metadata. That creates a bounded correctness risk for cache-enabled connections and requires follow-up before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant exec
participant SQLiteConn
participant stmtCache
exec->>SQLiteConn: execute SQL and close statement
SQLiteConn->>SQLiteConn: schemaChangingQuery(current)
SQLiteConn->>stmtCache: dropStmtCacheIfSchemaChanged(current)
stmtCache-->>SQLiteConn: close cached statements
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In `@sqlite3.go`:
- Line 2015: Update schemaChangingQuery to consume leading block (/* ... */) and
line (-- ...) SQL comments, in addition to whitespace, before extracting and
matching the first keyword. Ensure commented DDL triggers cache invalidation,
and add regression coverage for both comment styles.
- Line 984: Update SQLiteStmt.Exec to invalidate the connection statement cache
after successful execution of prepared DDL, ensuring schema changes are handled
like the existing dropStmtCacheIfSchemaChanged path. Add a regression test
covering cached-query reuse after Prepare("ALTER TABLE ...").Exec(...), and
verify the query uses refreshed schema metadata.
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| current := query | ||
| tail := s.(*SQLiteStmt).t | ||
| s.Close() | ||
| c.dropStmtCacheIfSchemaChanged(current) |
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printf '%s\n' '--- cache ownership and statement lifecycle ---'
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Handle schema changes from prepared statements.
SQLiteStmt.Exec does not invalidate the connection statement cache after successful prepared DDL. Cached queries can then reuse stale schema metadata. Invalidate the cache for prepared DDL and add a regression test for cached-query reuse after Prepare("ALTER TABLE ...").Exec(...).
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In `@sqlite3.go` at line 984, Update SQLiteStmt.Exec to invalidate the connection
statement cache after successful execution of prepared DDL, ensuring schema
changes are handled like the existing dropStmtCacheIfSchemaChanged path. Add a
regression test covering cached-query reuse after Prepare("ALTER TABLE
...").Exec(...), and verify the query uses refreshed schema metadata.
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| q := strings.TrimSpace(query) |
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sed -n '2310,2425p' sqlite3.go
printf '%s\n' '--- schema/cache tests and SQLite comment handling references ---'
rg -n -C 5 'dropStmtCacheIfSchemaChanged|stmtCache|ALTER TABLE|CREATE TABLE|/\*|-- ' --glob '*.go' --glob '*_test.go' .Repository: mattn/go-sqlite3
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SQLite documentation SQL comments before statement keyword /* */ -- comments
💡 Result:
In SQLite, SQL comments (both -- and /* */ styles) are treated as whitespace by the parser [1][2]. Because they are equivalent to whitespace, they can be placed anywhere that whitespace is permitted, including before, after, or between SQL statement keywords [1][2]. According to the official SQLite documentation: - SQL comments (--) begin with two consecutive dash characters and extend to the end of the line [1][3]. - C-style comments (/* */) begin with /* and extend to the next */ pair [1][2]. - Comments can appear anywhere whitespace is allowed, such as inside expressions or in the middle of SQL statements, and they do not nest [1][2]. Consequently, placing a comment before a statement keyword is syntactically valid in SQLite. For example, a query such as: /* comment */ SELECT * FROM table; is perfectly acceptable to the SQLite parser [1][2].
Citations:
- 1: https://sqlite.org/lang_comment.html
- 2: https://www2.sqlite.org/draft/matrix/lang_comment.html
- 3: https://devdoc.net/database/sqlite-3.0.7.2/lang_comment.html
Skip SQL comments before matching the schema keyword.
SQLite permits leading /* ... */ and -- ... comments, but schemaChangingQuery only trims whitespace. Commented DDL therefore bypasses cache invalidation, and a cached SELECT * can retain stale column metadata. Consume leading SQL comments before extracting the first keyword. Add regressions for both comment styles.
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In `@sqlite3.go` at line 2015, Update schemaChangingQuery to consume leading block
(/* ... */) and line (-- ...) SQL comments, in addition to whitespace, before
extracting and matching the first keyword. Ensure commented DDL triggers cache
invalidation, and add regression coverage for both comment styles.
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Summary
With
_stmt_cache_sizeenabled,SELECT * FROM tis cached.ALTER TABLEgoes throughexecNoArgs, which never touches that cache, so the nextSELECT *still reports the pre-ALTER columns even though SQLite has already added the new one.Drop the cache after schema-changing SQL (
ALTER,CREATE,DROP,ATTACH,DETACH,REINDEX,VACUUM). Ordinary DML is left alone so a hotSELECTstill reuses the handle.Fixes #1447
Test plan
TestStmtCacheExpiredAfterAlter:SELECT *,ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN,SELECT *returns both columnsTestStmtCacheSurvivesInsert: parameterizedINSERTdoes not evict the cachedSELECTTestStmtCache*still pass (CGO_ENABLED=1 go test -run TestStmtCache .)