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Fixes #839.

Preserves the leading slash when parsing SQLite database URLs so absolute paths resolve correctly.

Adds regression coverage for SQLite URL parsing and opening an existing database.

Validation:

  • Windows: cargo test -p dataprof-db --features sqlite (43 passed)
  • Linux: cargo test -p dataprof-db --features sqlite (43 passed before final test adjustment)
  • Linux: corrected absolute-path regression test (1 passed)
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • git diff --check

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • SQLite database URLs now retain the leading slash in absolute database paths, allowing connections to use the intended file.
    • SQLite connections no longer receive credentials from the environment, and URLs containing credentials or ports are rejected.
  • New Features
    • SQLite connections now support relative database paths and the sqlite::memory: URL.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for SQLite URL handling and in-memory connections.

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SQLite URL parsing now preserves leading slashes for absolute paths and extracts relative paths. Connector selection supports the explicit in-memory URL. SQLite URLs with credentials or ports return a configuration error. Tests cover these URL forms and connections.

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SQLite URL support

Layer / File(s) Summary
SQLite URL parsing
crates/dataprof-db/src/connection.rs
SQLite parsing retains leading slashes for absolute paths and derives relative database paths from the URL host. Tests check absolute and relative path parsing.
SQLite connector support
crates/dataprof-db/src/lib.rs, crates/dataprof-db/src/connectors/sqlite.rs, crates/dataprof-db/tests/column_order.rs
Connector selection accepts sqlite::memory: and skips environment credential injection for SQLite. The connector rejects URLs with credentials or ports. Tests cover absolute and relative database URLs, in-memory connections, and credential rejection.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium


Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e6e3c

Users choosing the explicit in-memory URL may get a file-backed database, and invalid SQLite forms provide limited guidance. These issues affect specific configurations; the bare-path behavior is already covered in Linux CI.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #839 requires SQLite URL semantics for absolute paths, relative paths, and sqlite::memory:. The current parser preserves absolute paths and maps sqlite://rel.sqlite to rel.sqlite. The chan… Update unsupported SQLite URL errors to include the received form and the supported alternative. Add a regression test that asserts both parts of the error message.
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: preserving leading slashes in SQLite database URLs.
Description check Passed The description explains the behavior change, references issue #839, and lists validation commands and results. It does not use the template headings or document reviewer notes, but it contains the cr…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes remain within issue #839. SQLite URL parsing, in-memory selection, credential and port rejection, environment credential handling, and the related regression tests support the required SQL…
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 13 functions across 4 files.

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Issue #839 requires SQLite URL semantics for absolute paths, relative paths, and sqlite::memory:. The current parser preserves absolute paths and maps sqlite://rel.sqlite to rel.sqlite. The changes add tests for absolute, relative, bare-path, and explicit in-memory connections. However, the unsupported credentials and port form returns SQLite URLs do not support credentials or ports without naming the received form or a supported alternative. The changes also do not add an assertion for that required error content.


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🟡 Minor · Return SQLite-specific diagnostics for unsupported forms. · connection.rs:55-57

crates/dataprof-db/src/connection.rs:55-57
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Return SQLite-specific diagnostics for unsupported forms.

Url::parse currently maps sqlite://[ to a generic error that omits the received form and a supported alternative. The parser also accepts valid SQLite URLs without a usable database path and defers the generic failure to SqliteConnector.

Add SQLite-specific handling after URL parsing. Preserve sqlite:///absolute, sqlite://relative, sqlite::memory:, and bare paths. For unsupported forms, return a DatabaseConfigError that includes the received form and a supported alternative.

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Review comment at @crates/dataprof-db/src/connection.rs around lines 55 - 57:
Update the SQLite connection-string handling around Url::parse to return
SQLite-specific DatabaseConfigError diagnostics for malformed or unsupported
SQLite forms, including the received form and a supported alternative. Validate
that parsed SQLite URLs have a usable database path, while preserving support
for sqlite:///absolute, sqlite://relative, sqlite::memory:, and bare paths.

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Review comments at @crates/dataprof-db/src/connection.rs:
- Around line 75-76: Update the SQLite URL handling in the connection parser so
`sqlite://data.db` uses the URL authority as the relative database filename when
the path is empty. Add a regression test confirming this URL produces a database
path accepted by `SqliteConnector::get_db_path()`.

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Review comments at @crates/dataprof-db/src/connection.rs:
- Around line 55-57: Update the SQLite connection-string handling around
Url::parse to return SQLite-specific DatabaseConfigError diagnostics for
malformed or unsupported SQLite forms, including the received form and a
supported alternative. Validate that parsed SQLite URLs have a usable database
path, while preserving support for sqlite:///absolute, sqlite://relative,
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Thanks for this, but i have a concern that i'm showing below inline

Comment thread crates/dataprof-db/src/connection.rs Outdated
database: if url.path().len() > 1 {
Some(url.path().trim_start_matches('/').to_string())
Some(if url.scheme() == "sqlite" {
url.path().to_string()

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With the default config (load_credentials_from_env: true, which Python's analyze_database and the facade's .connection_string() use), the string is rebuilt by to_original_string(), which prepends / to database. That now gives sqlite:////C:/...: on Windows sqlx receives //C:/... (a UNC path) and fails with unable to open database file, where master opened the file. On Linux it works only because // resolves to /.

SQLite has no credentials to merge, so skipping the credential step for the sqlite scheme in apply_environment_configuration would avoid the round trip.

format!("sqlite://{}", path)
};
let mut connector = connect(&url).await;

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connect sets load_credentials_from_env: false, so this test skips the path users hit. Could it also go through create_connector with the default config?

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password: url.password().map(|s| s.to_string()),
database: if url.path().len() > 1 {
Some(url.path().trim_start_matches('/').to_string())
Some(if url.scheme() == "sqlite" {

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nit: Fixes #839 will close the issue, but sqlite://rel.sqlite still fails with No database path specified (CodeRabbit's note). Either cover it here or switch to Part of #839.

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I’m pretty new.

I understand not every change is correct, and passing tests doesn’t mean every dependency has been checked.

I appreciate the review and the explanation. I’m here to learn, and I’d rather have a mistake caught and corrected than leave something broken behind.

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I’m pretty new.

I understand not every change is correct, and passing tests doesn’t mean every dependency has been checked.

I appreciate the review and the explanation. I’m here to learn, and I’d rather have a mistake caught and corrected than leave something broken behind.

Can you please address the highlighted points of the review? we'd like to have this merged

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Review comments at @crates/dataprof-db/src/connectors/sqlite.rs:
- Line 51: Update the error message in the SQLite URL validation path to
identify the rejected form and include a supported URL example such as
sqlite:///absolute/path or sqlite://relative.db. Do not include the raw URL or
any credentials in the message.

Review comments at @crates/dataprof-db/src/lib.rs:
- Line 109: Update SqliteConnector::connect to treat the parsed path
"sqlite::memory:" as an in-memory database, alongside ":memory:", rather than
constructing a file-backed URL. Extend the regression test to query PRAGMA
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|| connection_info.port.is_some())
{
return Err(DataProfilerError::DatabaseConfigError {
message: "SQLite URLs do not support credentials or ports".to_string(),

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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git show e6e3cee4e1fc1ce35a260bbae5d4fadf22ab22b5:crates/dataprof-db/src/connectors/sqlite.rs | nl -ba | sed -n '1,125p'
rg -n 'DatabaseConfigError|SQLite URLs do not support|to_string\\(\\)|format!.*error' crates/dataprof-db/src

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Name the rejected form without exposing credentials.

This error must identify the rejected SQLite URL form and provide a supported alternative. Do not include the raw URL, because it can contain credentials. Use a redacted form or the parsed components, followed by an example such as sqlite:///absolute/path or sqlite://relative.db.

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--- "a/crates/dataprof-db/src/connectors/sqlite.rs"
+++ "b/crates/dataprof-db/src/connectors/sqlite.rs"
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@
                 || connection_info.port.is_some())
         {
             return Err(DataProfilerError::DatabaseConfigError {
-                message: "SQLite URLs do not support credentials or ports".to_string(),
+                message: format!(
+                    "Unsupported SQLite URL form: credentials or ports are not supported; \
+                     use sqlite:///absolute/path or sqlite://relative.db"
+                ),
             });
         }
 
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message: "SQLite URLs do not support credentials or ports".to_string(),
message: format!(
"Unsupported SQLite URL form: credentials or ports are not supported; \
use sqlite:///absolute/path or sqlite://relative.db"
),
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Update the error message in the SQLite URL validation path to identify the
rejected form and include a supported URL example such as
sqlite:///absolute/path or sqlite://relative.db. Do not include the raw URL or
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|| connection_str.ends_with(".db")
|| connection_str.ends_with(".sqlite")
|| connection_str == ":memory:"
|| connection_str == "sqlite::memory:"

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Preserve the in-memory SQLite URL.

ConnectionInfo::parse stores sqlite::memory: as a file path. SqliteConnector::connect then passes sqlite://sqlite::memory: to SQLx because it only special-cases the path :memory:. This does not preserve the configured in-memory form and can create a file-backed database.

Handle sqlite::memory: as an in-memory URL, and extend the regression test with PRAGMA database_list so it distinguishes an in-memory database from a file named sqlite::memory:.

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-            let connection_string = if db_path == ":memory:" {
+            let connection_string = if db_path == ":memory:" || db_path == "sqlite::memory:" {
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Update SqliteConnector::connect to treat the parsed path "sqlite::memory:" as an
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Thanks, the three points from the last round are fixed, and each new test fails without its part of the fix. Three small suggestions inline; I applied them together locally and cargo fmt, cargo clippy (1.98) and cargo test -p dataprof-db --features sqlite pass.

Outside the diff:

  • docs/guides/database-connectors.md, SQLite section: add sqlite://relative/path.db and sqlite::memory: next to the existing forms.
  • PR description: mention that SQLite URLs with credentials or a port are now rejected. It is a behaviour change, so it belongs there.
  • CodeRabbit's sqlite::memory: comment can be resolved without changes: sqlx strips sqlite:// and then sqlite:, so sqlite://sqlite::memory: ends up as :memory:.

Query parameters (?mode=ro) are dropped on this path too, but that predates this PR and is tracked in #912; no need to handle it here.

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match url.host_str() {
Some(host) if !host.is_empty() => Some(format!("{}{}", host, url.path())),

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sqlite://C:/path still becomes C/path: url reads C as the host. sqlx reads this form as C:/path, so matching it keeps both sides in agreement:

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match url.host_str() {
Some(host) if !host.is_empty() => Some(format!("{}{}", host, url.path())),
match url.host_str() {
// `sqlite://C:/path`: `url` reads the drive letter as a host.
Some(drive)
if drive.len() == 1
&& connection_string.starts_with(&format!("sqlite://{drive}:")) =>
{
Some(format!("{drive}:{}", url.path()))
}
Some(host) if !host.is_empty() => Some(format!("{}{}", host, url.path())),

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}

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A guard for it (fails today with C/data/db.sqlite):

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}
}
}
#[test]
fn test_parse_sqlite_drive_letter_url() {
let info = ConnectionInfo::parse("sqlite://C:/data/db.sqlite").unwrap();
assert_eq!(info.database, Some("C:/data/db.sqlite".to_string()));
}
}

|| connection_info.port.is_some())
{
return Err(DataProfilerError::DatabaseConfigError {
message: "SQLite URLs do not support credentials or ports".to_string(),

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#839 asks that a rejected form names the one to use. Keep the raw URL out, since it may carry a password:

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message: "SQLite URLs do not support credentials or ports".to_string(),
message: "SQLite URLs take no credentials or port; use sqlite:///absolute/path.db, sqlite://relative/path.db or a plain file path".to_string(),

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Hi @Deathburgerz013 , sorry to bother you but this is a needed fix and 0.13 is 10 days away from releasing.

I'll take care of it in a few days if changes ain't applied, thanks for your time !

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Closing this one: #990 passes SQLite URLs to sqlx unchanged, which fixes #839 together with #912, so the path handling here is no longer needed. Thanks for the work, @Deathburgerz013. The check that rejects credentials and ports on SQLite URLs is a good idea and may come back as a follow-up.

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