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Summary

Legacy tables can contain text values in binary columns, or binary values in text columns. Copying those values into a rebuilt STRICT table fails, even when the affected column's type has not changed.

Cast copied values to the destination SQLite TEXT or BLOB type during table rebuilds. This fixes storage-type errors in text and binary columns in ALTER TABLE, OPTIMIZE TABLE, REPAIR TABLE, and the temporal-default upgrade. It also handles changes between text and binary column types.

Read column types from the main database. After USE information_schema, the rebuild looked up the columns in the current database and found none. OPTIMIZE TABLE, REPAIR TABLE, and DROP INDEX PRIMARY then replaced all column values with NULL.

Regression tests cover value preservation, renamed columns, temporary tables, rollback after a failed rebuild, rebuilds after USE information_schema, and legacy upgrades.

Fixes #546.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed table alterations and maintenance operations that could change or lose legacy text and binary values. These values are now preserved across rebuilds, including when column types change.
  • Improved reliability when a table rebuild fails, preserving the existing data and schema.

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Walkthrough

Table rebuilds now retrieve MySQL column types and use them to cast copied values to SQLite TEXT or BLOB where needed. New tests cover legacy values, rebuild operations, and temporal-default migration.

Changes: Legacy table rebuild

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build the typed copy query packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-mysql-on-sqlite.php, packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Translation_Tests.php	The rebuild path retrieves column names and data types, then casts copied values to TEXT or BLOB based on the destination column type. Translation test expectations include the added metadata lookup.
Verify legacy value preservation packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Table_Rebuild_Tests.php	Tests compare values and storage classes across rebuild operations, changed column types, and text-backed columns.
Cover rebuild contexts and migration packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Table_Rebuild_Tests.php	Tests cover qualified and temporary tables, failed rebuild cleanup and preservation, and temporal-default migration with upgraded or legacy metadata.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: nandan108

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 3f370

Rebuilding a UTF-16 database can change legacy binary values returned to applications. Preserve those values before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 34.62% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surv…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: fixing table rebuilds for legacy text and binary columns.
Linked Issues check		Issue #546 requires rebuilds to preserve legacy values when SQLite storage classes differ from declared types. The PR updates recreate_table_from_information_schema() to read destination DATA_TYPE…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed implementation supports the rebuild behavior required by issue #546. The metadata lookup correction prevents data loss during the same rebuild operations. The added tests verify the implem…

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Explanation

Issue #546 requires rebuilds to preserve legacy values when SQLite storage classes differ from declared types. The PR updates recreate_table_from_information_schema() to read destination DATA_TYPE and cast copied values to SQLite TEXT or BLOB. It also covers changed column types and main-database metadata lookup. The added tests cover ALTER TABLE, OPTIMIZE TABLE, REPAIR TABLE, DROP INDEX PRIMARY, temporary and qualified tables, rollback, and temporal-default migration. These changes satisfy the issue requirements.

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Explanation

The changed implementation supports the rebuild behavior required by issue #546. The metadata lookup correction prevents data loss during the same rebuild operations. The added tests verify the implementation, including legacy upgrades and failure rollback. No unrelated change is shown in the pull request summary.

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Docstring coverage is 34.62% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 26 functions across 3 files.

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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@packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-mysql-on-sqlite.php:
- Around line 5750-5761: Update the BLOB conversion in the select-list
construction so it accounts for the database encoding and preserves the UTF-8
bytes PDO exposes when a BLOB-declared column contains TEXT during a UTF-16
rebuild. Keep the existing BLOB behavior for values stored as BLOB and leave the
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