feat: implement -j raw-errors flag for ODBC sqlcmd compatibility

cmd/sqlcmd/sqlcmd.go

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type SQLCmdArguments struct {
 	ChangePasswordAndExit       string
 	TraceFile                   string
 	ServerNameOverride          string
+	RawErrors                   bool
 	// Keep Help at the end of the list
 	Help bool
 }
@@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ func setFlags(rootCmd *cobra.Command, args *SQLCmdArguments) {
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVar(&args.DriverLoggingLevel, "driver-logging-level", 0, localizer.Sprintf("Level of mssql driver messages to print"))
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&args.ExitOnError, "exit-on-error", "b", false, localizer.Sprintf("Specifies that sqlcmd exits and returns a %s value when an error occurs", localizer.DosErrorLevel))
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&args.ErrorLevel, "error-level", "m", 0, localizer.Sprintf("Controls which error messages are sent to %s. Messages that have severity level greater than or equal to this level are sent", localizer.StdoutName))
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&args.RawErrors, "raw-errors", "j", false, localizer.Sprintf("Do not strip the \"mssql: \" prefix from error messages"))
 
 	//Need to decide on short of Header , as "h" is already used in help command in Cobra
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&args.Headers, "headers", "h", 0, localizer.Sprintf("Specifies the number of rows to print between the column headings. Use -h-1 to specify that headers not be printed"))
@@ -862,7 +864,7 @@ func run(vars *sqlcmd.Variables, args *SQLCmdArguments) (int, error) {
 	}
 
 	s.Connect = &connectConfig
-	s.Format = sqlcmd.NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter(args.TrimSpaces, args.getControlCharacterBehavior())
+	s.Format = sqlcmd.NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter(args.TrimSpaces, args.getControlCharacterBehavior(), sqlcmd.WithRawErrors(args.RawErrors))
 	if args.OutputFile != "" {
 		err = s.RunCommand(s.Cmd["OUT"], []string{args.OutputFile})
 		if err != nil {

cmd/sqlcmd/sqlcmd_test.go

@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ func TestValidCommandLineToArgsConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		{[]string{"-N", "true", "-J", "/path/to/cert2.pem"}, func(args SQLCmdArguments) bool {
 			return args.EncryptConnection == "true" && args.ServerCertificate == "/path/to/cert2.pem"
 		}},
+		{[]string{"-j"}, func(args SQLCmdArguments) bool {
+			return args.RawErrors
+		}},
+		{[]string{"--raw-errors"}, func(args SQLCmdArguments) bool {
+			return args.RawErrors
+		}},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range commands {

pkg/sqlcmd/format.go

@@ -85,16 +85,35 @@ type sqlCmdFormatterType struct {
 	maxColNameLen        int
 	colorizer            color.Colorizer
 	xml                  bool
+	rawErrors            bool
 }
 
-// NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter returns a Formatter that mimics the original ODBC-based sqlcmd formatter
-func NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter(removeTrailingSpaces bool, ccb ControlCharacterBehavior) Formatter {
-	return &sqlCmdFormatterType{
+// FormatterOption customizes the default formatter built by NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter.
+// Use the provided With* constructors (e.g. WithRawErrors) to supply options.
+type FormatterOption func(*sqlCmdFormatterType)
+
+// WithRawErrors controls AddError prefix handling: when raw is true, AddError
+// keeps the "mssql: " prefix that go-mssqldb adds to error text instead of
+// stripping it.
+func WithRawErrors(raw bool) FormatterOption {
+	return func(f *sqlCmdFormatterType) { f.rawErrors = raw }
+}
+
+// NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter returns a Formatter that mimics the original ODBC-based sqlcmd formatter.
+// Any FormatterOption values passed via opts (e.g. WithRawErrors) are applied to the new formatter.
+func NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter(removeTrailingSpaces bool, ccb ControlCharacterBehavior, opts ...FormatterOption) Formatter {
+	f := &sqlCmdFormatterType{
 		removeTrailingSpaces: removeTrailingSpaces,
 		format:               "horizontal",
 		colorizer:            color.New(false),
 		ccb:                  ccb,
 	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		if opt != nil {
+			opt(f)
+		}
+	}
+	return f
 }
 
 // Adds the given string to the current line, wrapping it based on the screen width setting
@@ -228,7 +247,9 @@ func (f *sqlCmdFormatterType) AddError(err error) {
 			} else {
 				b.WriteString(localizer.Sprintf("Msg %#v, Level %d, State %d, Server %s, Line %#v%s", e.Number, e.Class, e.State, e.ServerName, e.LineNo, SqlcmdEol))
 			}
-			msg = strings.TrimPrefix(msg, "mssql: ")
+			if !f.rawErrors {
+				msg = strings.TrimPrefix(msg, "mssql: ")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if print {

pkg/sqlcmd/format_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	mssql "github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb"
 	"github.com/microsoft/go-sqlcmd/internal/color"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -162,3 +163,28 @@ func TestFormatterXmlMode(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "runSqlCmd returned error")
 	assert.Equal(t, `<sys.databases name="master"/>`+SqlcmdEol, buf.buf.String())
 }
+
+func TestAddErrorStripsMssqlPrefixByDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	out, errOut := new(strings.Builder), new(strings.Builder)
+	f := NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter(false, ControlIgnore)
+	f.BeginBatch("", InitializeVariables(false), out, errOut)
+
+	f.AddError(mssql.Error{Number: 50000, State: 1, Class: 16, Message: "Something failed", ServerName: "server", LineNo: 7})
+
+	got := errOut.String()
+	assert.Contains(t, got, "Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Server server, Line 7")
+	assert.Contains(t, got, "Something failed")
+	assert.NotContains(t, got, "mssql:")
+}
+
+func TestAddErrorWithRawErrorsKeepsMssqlPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	out, errOut := new(strings.Builder), new(strings.Builder)
+	f := NewSQLCmdDefaultFormatter(false, ControlIgnore, WithRawErrors(true))
+	f.BeginBatch("", InitializeVariables(false), out, errOut)
+
+	f.AddError(mssql.Error{Number: 50000, State: 1, Class: 16, Message: "Something failed", ServerName: "server", LineNo: 7})
+
+	got := errOut.String()
+	assert.Contains(t, got, "Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Server server, Line 7")
+	assert.Contains(t, got, "mssql: Something failed")
+}