Fix collation/ctype query error for non-default LC_COLLATE (#9798) - #10040
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Fixes a PostgreSQL 16+ / 17+ SQL-template bug that could raise “more than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression” when a database has non-default LC_COLLATE/LC_CTYPE, preventing pgAdmin from populating/unlocking the collation/ctype fields in the database create/edit UI.
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- Rewrote
get_ctypes.sqlfor PG 16+ and 17+ to return rows via guardedUNIONselects (instead of a scalar subquery in aCASEexpression). - Added a 9.16 release note entry referencing Issue #9798.
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| web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/templates/databases/sql/16_plus/get_ctypes.sql | Avoids scalar-subquery multi-row errors by returning locale/ctype values as a simple row set. |
| web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/templates/databases/sql/17_plus/get_ctypes.sql | Same fix as 16+, using the PG 17+ column layout. |
| docs/en_US/release_notes_9_16.rst | Documents the bug fix in the 9.16 release notes. |
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The 16_plus fix is correct (PG16 has no builtin provider, so <> 'i' ≡ = 'c' in practice). The 17_plus fix is wrong:
SELECT datlocale AS cname … WHERE datlocprovider = 'i'
UNION
SELECT datcollate AS cname … WHERE datlocprovider <> 'i'
UNION
SELECT datctype AS cname … WHERE datlocprovider <> 'i'PG17's datlocprovider has three values: 'c' (libc), 'i' (icu), 'b' (builtin). <> 'i' matches both libc AND builtin. For a builtin-provider database, the locale lives in datlocale — but the locale branch is guarded by = 'i', so datlocale is omitted entirely and datcollate / datctype get returned instead.
The existing properties.sql for 17_plus already treats ICU and builtin identically (reads datlocale for both); this fix should mirror that:
SELECT datlocale … WHERE datlocprovider IN ('i', 'b')
UNION
SELECT datcollate … WHERE datlocprovider = 'c'
UNION
SELECT datctype … WHERE datlocprovider = 'c'Also: no resql test was added for the bug case (libc DB where datcollate != datctype, e.g. en_US.UTF-8 / C) — the regression that prompted #6481 has no automated coverage.
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- Around line 136-138: Update the test setup around _create_database so it skips
only when self.template_encoding is unsupported by ICU, rather than skipping all
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| self._create_database( | ||
| "LOCALE_PROVIDER icu ICU_LOCALE 'en-GB' LC_COLLATE '%s' " | ||
| "LC_CTYPE '%s'" % (self.template_collate, self.template_collate)) |
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🌐 Web query:
Official PostgreSQL documentation: Does CREATE DATABASE with LOCALE_PROVIDER icu require UTF-8 encoding in PostgreSQL 16 and PostgreSQL 17?
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No, CREATE DATABASE with LOCALE_PROVIDER icu does not strictly require UTF-8 encoding in PostgreSQL 16 or 17 [1][2][3][4]. However, it is strongly recommended, and there are important compatibility requirements [1][5]. According to the official PostgreSQL documentation, the character set encoding of a database must be compatible with its locale settings (specifically LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE) [1][2][3][4]. 1. General Compatibility: For any locale provider (including icu), if the locale is C or POSIX, any database encoding is permitted [1][2][3][4]. 2. ICU Constraints: If a non-C/POSIX locale is used, PostgreSQL requires the database encoding to be compatible with the selected locale [1][2][3][4]. While ICU is designed to handle Unicode data, it can technically be used with other encodings if they are compatible with the chosen ICU locale [1]. 3. Recommended Practice: Using UTF-8 is the standard best practice when using the ICU locale provider to ensure full compatibility and consistent behavior across different environments [5]. 4. Enforced Restrictions: PostgreSQL will prevent the creation of a database if the specified encoding is fundamentally incompatible with the ICU provider or the chosen locale [1][6]. For example, SQL_ASCII is not supported with the ICU provider [6]. In summary, while UTF-8 is not a technical requirement for every possible ICU locale configuration, it is the only encoding guaranteed to be broadly compatible and is the recommended default for databases using the ICU provider [1][5].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/multibyte.html
- 2: https://manpages.opensuse.org/Tumbleweed/postgresql16/CREATE_DATABASE.7pg16.en.html
- 3: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createdatabase.html
- 4: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/sql-createdatabase.html
- 5: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/latest/guides/locale-and-encoding-settings
- 6: https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/207cb2ab/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl
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🌐 Web query:
site:postgresql.org/docs/16 site:postgresql.org/docs/17 PostgreSQL ICU locale provider encoding UTF8 CREATE DATABASE exact documentation
💡 Result:
When creating a PostgreSQL database with the ICU locale provider, you can use the CREATE DATABASE command to specify the locale provider and the ICU locale. While the UTF8 encoding is highly recommended and widely compatible with ICU, there is no strict requirement that ICU must use UTF8; however, some encodings are not supported by ICU [1][2][3]. To create a database using the ICU locale provider, use the following syntax [4]: CREATE DATABASE database_name WITH LOCALE_PROVIDER = 'icu' ICU_LOCALE = 'en-US' ENCODING = 'UTF8'; Key technical details: 1. Locale Provider: You must explicitly set LOCALE_PROVIDER = 'icu' [4]. This requires that your PostgreSQL server was built with ICU support [5][6][3]. 2. ICU Locale: Use the ICU_LOCALE parameter to specify the desired ICU locale (typically in BCP 47 language tag format) [4][3]. 3. Encoding Compatibility: While ICU provides collation and character classification independent of the operating system, it does not support every possible server-side encoding [1][3]. If you choose an encoding that is incompatible with ICU, you will encounter errors when attempting to use ICU-based collations [3]. UTF8 is the standard and most compatible choice [1]. 4. Default Behavior: If you do not specify an encoding, the database will default to the template database's encoding. If you are creating a new database cluster or template where the ICU provider is the default, UTF8 is often the chosen default [6]. Always ensure your chosen encoding is compatible with ICU by checking the PostgreSQL documentation regarding character set support [1][2].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/multibyte.html
- 2: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/multibyte.html
- 3: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/collation.html
- 4: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-createdatabase.html
- 5: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/locale.html
- 6: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/app-initdb.html
🌐 Web query:
site:postgresql.org/docs/16/sql-createdatabase.html "ICU" "encoding" "UTF8"
💡 Result:
The PostgreSQL 16 CREATE DATABASE documentation indicates that ICU collations are encoding-independent, but ICU does not support every encoding. In practice, UTF8 is the recommended encoding when using ICU; unsupported encodings cause database creation to fail. (postgresql.org)
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Skip only ICU-unsupported encodings.
TEMPLATE template0 inherits template0's encoding. PostgreSQL supports ICU with many non-UTF8 encodings, but rejects encodings that ICU does not support. Guard self.template_encoding against ICU support instead of skipping every non-UTF8 encoding.
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/tests/test_db_get_ctypes.py`
around lines 136 - 138, Update the test setup around _create_database so it
skips only when self.template_encoding is unsupported by ICU, rather than
skipping all non-UTF8 encodings. Preserve coverage for PostgreSQL-supported
non-UTF8 ICU encodings and continue creating the database for supported values.
…rg#9798 get_ctypes.sql for PG 16+/17+ wrapped a multi-row UNION inside a scalar subquery in a CASE ELSE branch. When the database is not ICU-based and datcollate != datctype (e.g. LC_COLLATE=C with a different ctype), the scalar subquery returned two rows -> "more than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression", which locked the collation input. Rewrite as a flat UNION of guarded SELECTs returning cname rows, matching how the handler already consumes the result (a list of rows). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
PostgreSQL 17 added a third value to datlocprovider, 'b' for the builtin provider, so testing for <> 'i' lumps builtin in with libc. A builtin database keeps its locale in datlocale exactly as an ICU one does, and the datcollate and datctype it carries are merely inherited from its template, so the dialog offered a locale the database does not collate with and omitted the one it does. Verified against PostgreSQL 18: a database created with BUILTIN_LOCALE 'C.UTF-8' from an en_GB.UTF-8 template reported en_GB.UTF-8 before this change and C.UTF-8 after it. This matches 17_plus/properties.sql, which already reads datlocale for both providers. The 16_plus template keeps <> 'i' because PostgreSQL 16 has only the two providers, so there is nothing else for it to match. Tests run the versioned template against a database created with each provider in turn, which also covers the bucket selection, and assert that a libc database reports both its collation and its character type even when they differ, the case that pgadmin-org#9798 came from.
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Fixes #9798.
Creating/editing a database with a non-default
LC_COLLATE/LC_CTYPE(e.g.LC_COLLATE=C) failed withmore than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression, which locked the collation input.Root cause:
get_ctypes.sql(PG 16+ and 17+) wrapped a multi-rowUNIONinside a scalar subquery in aCASE ... ELSEbranch. For a non-ICU database wheredatcollate != datctype, that branch returns two rows → scalar-subquery error.Fix: rewrite as a flat
UNIONof guardedSELECTs returningcnamerows (keyed ondatlocprovider), which is exactly what theget_ctypeshandler already expects (it iteratesrset['rows']). This mirrors the pre-16defaulttemplate's flat shape.Changes
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