sql(postgres): renumber $N of sql.unsafe fragments nested in tagged templates - #38220
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Status: fix pushed, review rounds addressed, rebased onto main, waiting on CI (head 29b46d6). Rebase note: the only conflict was in Reproduced against a local postgres with the released build: Verification: Review follow-ups since the first push (pre-rebase SHAs), each verified against a real server first:
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In `@src/js/internal/sql/shared.ts`:
- Around line 432-435: Update the nested SQL fragment handling around
offsetFragmentPlaceholders so the adapter hook runs for every string
subfragment, including fragments with zero bound values; preserve the existing
placeholder offset arguments and ensure an unsafe fragment such as
sql.unsafe("$1") without parameters raises SyntaxError. Add a regression case
covering this zero-parameter fragment.
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I re-reviewed at f6905d5 and found no further issues — both earlier lexer-divergence findings (bare-CR line-comment terminator, E'' continuation state) are addressed with real-server test coverage. Given this adds a hand-rolled PostgreSQL tokenizer on the query-construction path and the author explicitly flagged the > 0 guard on value-less fragments as a maintainer choice, a human sign-off would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
offsetParameterReferencesscanner against scan.l semantics: string constants (plain, E'', continuation with--between parts), dollar-quoting ($$/$tag$), quoted identifiers, nested block comments, identifiers containing$.normalizeQueryintegration: offset/count derivation frombinding_idx, recursion through template fragments, that identifier-typed and value-less fragments stay verbatim, and mysql/sqlite paths remain no-ops.- Out-of-range
$kthrows before any splice; error message pluralization. - Test file: container-backed postgres cases, server-less error cases don't dial, sqlite positional control.
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Overview
Fixes a silent wrong-parameter bug where sql.unsafe(text, params) nested inside a tagged template on postgres kept its own $1..$N numbering while its values were appended after the outer bindings. The fix adds an adapter hook offsetFragmentPlaceholders; postgres implements it as offsetParameterReferences, a ~150-line scanner that tokenizes the fragment the way the server does and shifts each $k by the number of prior bindings, throwing on out-of-range references. MySQL (via BaseSQLAdapter) and SQLite return the fragment unchanged since ? binds positionally. normalizeQuery in shared.ts gates the hook on string-typed sub-queries carrying values. A new test file exercises the fix against a real postgres container plus server-less error cases and an sqlite control; docs gain one example.
Security risks
This is SQL query rewriting on user-supplied sql.unsafe text — security-adjacent by nature. A scanner divergence from the server lexer can either (a) rewrite a $N that is actually inside a literal/comment, silently changing string content, or (b) miss a real $N, reintroducing the aliasing this PR fixes. Two such divergences were found and fixed in earlier review rounds (1ebec68, f6905d5). The blast radius is limited: the scanner runs only for nested sql.unsafe fragments that carry values — a path that was already producing wrong results — and out-of-range references throw rather than silently alias. No new injection surface is introduced (values are still bound, not interpolated), but the correctness of the tokenizer is load-bearing.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is a hand-rolled lexer that must match PostgreSQL's scan.l on every construct that can contain or abut a $: standard/escape/dollar-quoted strings, string-constant continuation, quoted identifiers, line and nested block comments, and identifiers with embedded $. The REVIEW.md guidance to derive protocol behavior from the spec and to be wary of hand-rolled security-sensitive parsing applies directly. That said, the implementation is careful, cites the server lexer productions in comments, and each edge case surfaced in review was verified against a live server before being fixed.
Other factors
- The author explicitly flagged the
sub_values_count > 0guard as a design choice for maintainers: value-lesssql.unsafefragments are spliced verbatim (preserving today's behavior and postgres.js compatibility) rather than scanned strictly. That's a reasonable default but is a user-facing semantic decision. - Test coverage is strong: 10/12 tests fail on main and pass with the fix; the lexer test asserts against a real server so any future scanner divergence on the covered constructs will surface.
- All prior review threads (mine, comment-cop, CodeRabbit) are resolved on the current head.
- Known remaining divergence I'm aware of: servers running with
standard_conforming_strings = offtreat backslash as an escape in plain'...'too; the scanner assumes the defaulton. The author noted this as a reason to keep the scanner off value-less fragments. This is acceptable (the setting has beenonby default since PG 9.1 and Bun's own escaping elsewhere assumes it) but worth a maintainer's awareness.
…emplates A sql.unsafe(text, params) fragment numbers its placeholders from $1. When spliced into a tagged template, normalizeQuery appended its values after the values bound so far but left the text untouched, so on postgres the statement referenced the enclosing query's parameters and the fragment's own values were never read (or, for text parameters, postgres rejected the statement because nothing referenced them). normalizeQuery now asks the adapter to prepare a raw fragment's text before splicing it. The postgres adapter shifts every $k by the number of values already bound, skipping string literals, E'' strings, dollar-quoted strings, quoted identifiers, comments and identifiers that merely contain a $, and rejects a $k the fragment was not given a value for, since after shifting it would alias an outer value. The positional adapters (mysql, sqlite) return the text unchanged because "?" already binds by position.
… rationale to the throw
… the next line The server joins 'a' <newline> 'b' into one constant, and the continued parts keep the escaping rules of the first one, so in E'a' <newline> '\'x $1' the $1 is still inside the string. The scanner closed the escape string after the first part and read the continuation as a plain string, so the \' ended it early and the $1 got renumbered.
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Both earlier findings (bare-CR line-comment terminator and E'' escape state across string continuation) are now fixed with test coverage, and this pass found no further issues in the scanner. Given that this is a hand-written SQL tokenizer whose correctness directly affects which parameter a query reads, plus the open design choice on value-less fragments the author explicitly flagged for maintainer input, a human sign-off is still warranted.
What was reviewed:
offsetParameterReferencesagainst PostgreSQL's scan.l: string literals (', E', U&', B'/X', dollar-quoted), quoted identifiers, --/nested block comments, identifiers containing$, string-constant continuation with -- comments in the whitespace.normalizeQuerygating: only string-typed nested queries with values reach the scanner; template fragments and identifier queries unaffected.- MySQL/SQLite adapters return the fragment verbatim (positional
?needs no rewrite).
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Overview
The PR fixes silent parameter aliasing when a sql.unsafe(text, params) fragment is nested inside a tagged-template query on PostgreSQL: the fragment's $1..$N were spliced verbatim while its values were appended after the outer bindings, so $1 in the fragment aliased the outer query's first parameter. The fix adds an adapter hook offsetFragmentPlaceholders; PostgreSQL's implementation is a ~200-line scanner (offsetParameterReferences) that renumbers every live $k to $(k+offset) while leaving $k inside string literals, quoted identifiers, comments, and identifiers untouched. MySQL and SQLite return the text unchanged. normalizeQuery invokes the hook only for string-typed nested queries that carry at least one value. A new container-backed test file exercises the renumbering, the lexer edge cases, and the out-of-range error path.
Security risks
The scanner rewrites user-supplied SQL text and its output is sent to the server as the statement body. A tokenization divergence from the server's lexer can either (a) leave a live $k un-renumbered, reintroducing the silent wrong-parameter aliasing this PR fixes, or (b) renumber a $k that is actually string-literal content, silently altering data. Two such divergences were found in earlier passes (bare-CR comment terminator; E'' escape state across newline continuation) and both are now fixed with test columns. No injection surface is added — the scanner only rewrites digit runs after $ and cannot introduce text the fragment did not already contain. The out-of-range check turns a would-be alias into a SyntaxError. Remaining known limitation: the scanner assumes standard_conforming_strings=on (the server default since 9.1); the author acknowledged this and deliberately scoped the scanner to fragments that carry values so it does not touch paths that work today.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is a hand-rolled lexer for a subset of PostgreSQL's SQL grammar, in a builtin module, whose correctness governs which bound value a query predicate reads — the failure mode is a silent wrong-row read or write. REVIEW.md's guidance on deriving behavior from the spec applies directly; the two earlier findings were both scan.l divergences. The scanner now handles the cases I could enumerate, but a human familiar with the SQL layer should confirm the tokenization is complete enough and weigh the value-less-fragment design choice the author flagged.
Other factors
- The author explicitly noted the
> 0gate on value-less fragments as a maintainer decision (one-line change to make it strict). - CI on the head commit shows failures (Build #94909); worth confirming they are unrelated before merge.
- Tests are container-backed against real PostgreSQL and include a SQLite positional control; the two lexer fixes each added a column to the real-server lexer test.
- All prior review threads (mine, comment-cop, CodeRabbit) are resolved.
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sql.unsafe(text, params)fragment nested in a tagged template keeps its own$1..$Nnumbering while its values are appended after the outer ones, so the statement reads the wrong parameters:could not determine data type of parameter $2, since nothing references the trailing parameter.normalizeQuery(src/js/internal/sql/shared.ts, thevalue instanceof Querybranch) recurses into the nested query, which for a string-typed query returns its text verbatim, then pushes the nested values and advancesbinding_idx. Nothing rewrites the$kinside the spliced text. Nested template fragments are unaffected because their placeholders are generated frombinding_idxin the first place.?binds by position, and the fragment's values are pushed exactly where its text is spliced.Fix
normalizeQuerynow passes a string-typed nested query that carries values through a new adapter hook,offsetFragmentPlaceholders(text, offset, count), before splicing it.offsetis the number of values bound ahead of it (binding_idx - 1),countthe number of values the fragment carries. Fragments without values (and identifier queries) are still spliced verbatim.$1in one refers to the enclosing query's value as it always has (and as it does in postgres.js), and it keeps the new scanner off the paths that work today. Making such fragments strict instead (any$kthrows) is a one-line change, dropping the> 0innormalizeQuery, if that is preferred.BaseSQLAdapter(mysql) andSQLiteAdapterreturn the text unchanged.PostgresAdapterrewrites every$kto$(k + offset)with a small scanner (offsetParameterReferencesinsrc/js/internal/sql/postgres.ts) that follows the server's lexer, so$kinside'...'andE'...'literals (including constants continued on the next line, which keep the first part's escaping),$$...$$/$tag$...$tag$strings,"..."identifiers,--comments (ended by\nor\r, as on the server) and nested/* */comments, and identifiers that merely contain a dollar sign (col$1) is left as written. Rewriting those would silently change data, andsql.unsafeis exactly where such text shows up.$koutside1..countis rejected withSyntaxError: Nested sql.unsafe fragment references $2 but was given 1 parameter. Once shifted, such a reference would alias one of the enclosing query's values. This also turns code that worked around the old behaviour by pre-numbering its fragments into a clear error instead of a silently changed query.sql.unsafequeries are untouched.test/js/sql/sql-nested-unsafe-params.test.ts(real postgres viadescribeWithContainer, plus server-less checks for the error and an sqlite positional control). On the unfixed build 10 of its 12 tests fail (the two controls pass); with the fix all 12 pass.test/js/sql/sql.test.ts(run against a local postgres),sql-helpers-validation.test.ts,sqlite-sql.test.tsandsql-prepare-false.test.tshave the same results before and after the change.Background
sql\...`builds aQueryholding the template strings and values; nothing is sent until it is awaited. At that pointnormalizeQuerywalks the strings, appends a placeholder per value (adapter.placeholder(binding_idx++),$Non postgres,?` elsewhere) and collects the values into one flat array that is bound to the statement.Queryused as a value inside another template is a fragment:normalizeQueryrecurses into it with the currentbinding_idx, so template fragments are numbered continuously with the outer query.sql.unsafe(text, params)creates aQuerywhose "strings" is the raw text itself, which the recursion returns as-is; that raw text is what this change renumbers.$1,$2, ...) and infers each parameter's type from where it is used, which is why an unreferenced string parameter makes the Parse step fail while an unreferenced integer parameter is accepted and the statement runs with the wrong predicate.$$...$$,$tag$...$tag$) is postgres' alternative string-literal syntax, common in function bodies; the tag may not start with a digit, which is what distinguishes it from a$1parameter reference.[review] gate passed · iteration 0 · 5 files touched
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