Statistics node: Extended Statistics support, completed (#9748, #2018) - #10310
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Follow-up work on Murtuza Zabuawala's Extended Statistics node, who has moved on, so the remaining review findings are addressed here. The schema diff integration could not work at all: get_sql_from_diff() read source_params, target_params and comp_status from its keyword arguments, none of which the schema diff engine passes, so every comparison involving a statistics object fell through to a subscript of None. It now follows the contract the engine actually uses, delegating to sql() and delete() so that check_precondition binds the connection to the side being generated, and honouring target_schema. The properties query joined pg_statistic_ext_data unconditionally, which only a superuser may read: not even pg_read_all_stats grants access, so the node failed outright for everybody else. The values ANALYZE collected are now selected only when has_table_privilege() says we may, and the dialog hides the Computed Statistics group when we may not. From PostgreSQL 15 that catalog holds a row per stxdinherit variant, which listed inheritance parents twice, so 15_plus takes the non-inherited row in preference to the inherited one a partitioned parent has. DROP STATISTICS took its CASCADE before the object name, which is a syntax error, so Drop (Cascade) could never have worked. Definitions mixing columns and expressions lost their columns, because the ON clause emitted one or the other: the SQL tab, and the CREATE schema diff generates, described only part of the object. The expression list is also no longer split on commas, which mangled anything with an argument list such as coalesce(col1, col2) and made the SQL preview disagree with what was executed; it is passed to the server as entered. Also: the statistics target is no longer silently ignored on PG 14 and 15, where the default template had no SET STATISTICS; an owner chosen at create time is applied rather than ignored; the reverse engineered SQL carries the owner and a non-default statistics target; a name omitted on PG 16+ no longer leaves the tree without the new node; the dialog seeds the schema from the tree rather than from the node's own label, defaults the owner, and requires a name only below PG 16; the expressions are visible in the Properties view; the ANALYZE values and the raw catalog columns are excluded from schema diff comparison, which otherwise reported identical objects as different; and request.form is copied before keys are added to it. Tests cover what was broken: the mixed definition round trip and the modified SQL, a comma bearing expression, a nameless create on PG 16+, cascade delete, the statistics target and the comment, and a schema diff test over two databases asserting that identical objects compare as identical whatever ANALYZE recorded, that the generated SQL describes columns and expressions alike, and that applying it settles every difference. A Jest spec covers the dialog schema. Redundant version buckets are removed: properties.sql was identical in three, and create.sql and update.sql duplicated in one apiece.
WalkthroughAdds PostgreSQL extended-statistics support to pgAdmin. The change includes browser and API operations, version-specific SQL templates, a Statistics dialog, schema-diff integration, documentation, and automated tests. ChangesPostgreSQL extended statistics
Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR can show stale columns for the selected table, reject valid single-expression statistics, and generate create statements from an unvalidated statistics target, which can lead to incorrect or failed database operations. These bounded correctness issues should be fixed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant StatisticsDialog
participant StatisticsView
participant PostgreSQL
User->>StatisticsDialog: enter statistics definition
StatisticsDialog->>StatisticsView: submit create or update request
StatisticsView->>PostgreSQL: execute generated statistics SQL
PostgreSQL-->>StatisticsView: return object metadata
StatisticsView-->>StatisticsDialog: return browser node and properties
StatisticsDialog-->>User: display saved statistics
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web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py (1)
464-502: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
stat_typesandcolumnsare not type-checked beforelen().If a client sends
stat_typesas a string,len(data.get('stat_types', []))is the string length, so the check at Line 495 passes and the template receives a value it cannot iterate as expected. The same applies tocolumnsat Line 464 and Line 484. Validate that both values are lists before you measure them.🛡️ Proposed hardening
- has_columns = 'columns' in data and len(data.get('columns', [])) > 0 + columns = data.get('columns') or [] + stat_types = data.get('stat_types') or [] + if not isinstance(columns, list) or not isinstance(stat_types, list): + return make_json_response( + status=400, + success=0, + errormsg=_( + "Columns and statistics types must be lists." + ) + ) + + has_columns = len(columns) > 0🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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93-133: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winClose the connection in a
finallyblock in every helper.
execute_statement(Lines 202-223) andcreate_statistics_with_expressions(Lines 290-330) close the connection in afinallyblock. The other helpers close it only on the success path, so a failing statement leaks a server connection for the rest of the run. A long negative-path suite can then exhaustmax_connections.Reuse
execute_statementfor the write helpers, and addfinally: connection.close()to the read helpers.Also applies to: 153-190, 345-364, 379-399, 415-436, 451-475
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37-47: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAwait the view helpers.
Make each test callback
asyncand awaitgetCreateView,getEditView, andgetPropertiesView. Unawaited calls can leave asynchronousactwork pending after the test ends.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/en_US/statistics_dialog.rst`:
- Line 12: Update the PostgreSQL version statement in the extended statistics
documentation to reflect that CREATE STATISTICS requires PostgreSQL 10 or later;
mention PostgreSQL 14 only if the dialog’s product support intentionally imposes
that separate minimum.
- Around line 60-64: Update the statistics dialog documentation to describe
visibility using the current role’s access to pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data:
show the Computed Statistics group when has_ext_data_access permits access, and
hide it otherwise, rather than limiting visibility to superusers.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.js`:
- Around line 103-109: Update getNodeAjaxOptions so useCache:false bypasses both
cache reads and cache writes, ensuring table#get_columns data is always fetched
for the current table when caching is disabled. Preserve existing cache behavior
when useCache is enabled and keep the statistics.js caller unchanged.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.ui.js`:
- Line 167: Update the validation associated with the noEmpty option so an empty
stat_types value is accepted for single-expression statistics, while remaining
required for multivariate statistics. Preserve the PostgreSQL-compatible
template behavior and add test coverage for the empty-stat_types univariate
expression path.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/16_plus/create.sql`:
- Around line 16-20: Validate stattarget in the create endpoint before calling
execute_scalar so only integer values reach the SQL templates;
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/16_plus/create.sql
lines 16-20 requires no direct change because endpoint validation protects its
interpolation. In
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/update.sql
lines 20-25 and
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/17_plus/update.sql
lines 20-25, handle the string DEFAULT before numeric conversion so the
PostgreSQL 17+ DEFAULT branch remains reachable.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/create.sql`:
- Around line 15-18: Update the ALTER STATISTICS template to validate that
data.stattarget is an integer and render it using integer conversion before
inserting it into the SET STATISTICS clause, while preserving the existing
defined, non-null, and non-negative-sentinel checks.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_delete.py`:
- Around line 164-166: Update tearDown in test_statistics_delete.py lines
164-166, test_statistics_delete_multiple.py lines 123-125,
test_statistics_get.py lines 155-157, and test_statistics_put.py lines 124-126
to call statistics_utils.drop_table_for_statistics with the existing server,
database, schema, and table attributes before
database_utils.disconnect_database.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_get.py`:
- Around line 135-149: Update the request setup in the test around
statistics_utils.api_get so get_call is not executed before the mocking_required
branch. Lazily invoke the appropriate list or detail API call within the active
patch when mocking is required, and otherwise invoke it once in the non-mocked
path, ensuring no request is issued twice.
In `@web/pgadmin/tools/schema_diff/tests/test_schema_diff_statistics.py`:
- Around line 251-261: Update tearDown to close each connection opened by
utils.get_db_connection after utils.drop_database completes, following the
existing connection-cleanup pattern used by execute_sql. Keep the per-database
cleanup loop and ensure cleanup occurs for every connection.
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Nitpick comments:
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py`:
- Around line 464-502: Validate that data['columns'] and data['stat_types'] are
lists before calling len() or passing them to later processing, and return the
existing 400 validation response for invalid types. Update the checks around
has_columns and the minimum-column/statistics-type validations while preserving
the current behavior for valid list inputs.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/utils.py`:
- Around line 93-133: Ensure every database helper closes its connection in a
finally block, including the affected read helpers and the helper shown here, so
cleanup also occurs when execution fails. Reuse execute_statement for write
helpers, and preserve the existing cleanup behavior in
create_statistics_with_expressions while applying the same pattern to the other
affected helpers.
In `@web/regression/javascript/schema_ui_files/statistics.ui.spec.js`:
- Around line 37-47: Update the create, edit, and properties test callbacks to
be async and await their respective getCreateView, getEditView, and
getPropertiesView helper calls, ensuring all asynchronous view work completes
before each test finishes.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Correct the PostgreSQL version statement.
PostgreSQL introduced CREATE STATISTICS in PostgreSQL 10. PostgreSQL 14 added expression statistics. State a pgAdmin product minimum separately if this dialog intentionally supports only PostgreSQL 14 or later. (postgresql.org)
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In `@docs/en_US/statistics_dialog.rst` at line 12, Update the PostgreSQL version
statement in the extended statistics documentation to reflect that CREATE
STATISTICS requires PostgreSQL 10 or later; mention PostgreSQL 14 only if the
dialog’s product support intentionally imposes that separate minimum.
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| When you open the dialog on an existing statistics object, the *Properties* | ||
| view also reports the statistics target and, for superusers, the values that | ||
| ``ANALYZE`` has collected. Those values are held in | ||
| ``pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data``, which only a superuser may read, so the | ||
| *Computed Statistics* group is hidden for everybody else. |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Describe computed-statistics visibility by privilege.
The dialog uses has_ext_data_access, not a superuser flag. A role with granted access can read the catalog. State that pgAdmin shows the group when the current role has access, and hides it otherwise. PostgreSQL documents that pg_statistic_ext_data is not publicly readable. (postgresql.org)
Proposed fix
- view also reports the statistics target and, for superusers, the values that
+ view also reports the statistics target and, for roles with access, the values that
``ANALYZE`` has collected. Those values are held in
- ``pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data``, which only a superuser may read, so the
- *Computed Statistics* group is hidden for everybody else.
+ ``pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data``, which is not publicly readable, so the
+ *Computed Statistics* group is hidden when the current role lacks access.📝 Committable suggestion
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| When you open the dialog on an existing statistics object, the *Properties* | |
| view also reports the statistics target and, for superusers, the values that | |
| ``ANALYZE`` has collected. Those values are held in | |
| ``pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data``, which only a superuser may read, so the | |
| *Computed Statistics* group is hidden for everybody else. | |
| When you open the dialog on an existing statistics object, the *Properties* | |
| view also reports the statistics target and, for roles with access, the values that | |
| ``ANALYZE`` has collected. Those values are held in | |
| ``pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data``, which is not publicly readable, so the | |
| *Computed Statistics* group is hidden when the current role lacks access. |
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In `@docs/en_US/statistics_dialog.rst` around lines 60 - 64, Update the statistics
dialog documentation to describe visibility using the current role’s access to
pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data: show the Computed Statistics group when
has_ext_data_access permits access, and hide it otherwise, rather than limiting
visibility to superusers.
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| return getNodeAjaxOptions('get_columns', pgBrowser.Nodes['table'], treeNodeInfo, itemNodeData, {urlParams: params, useCache:false}, (rows)=>{ | ||
| return rows.map((r)=>({ | ||
| 'value': r.name, | ||
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| 'label': r.name, | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Make useCache:false bypass cache reads.
getNodeAjaxOptions reads table#get_columns from cache before it checks useCache. Its cache key does not include tid. If another table populated that entry, this dialog can show that table’s columns after the user selects a different table.
Update the helper so useCache:false skips both cache reads and writes.
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- if (_.isUndefined(data) || _.isNull(data)) {
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.js`
around lines 103 - 109, Update getNodeAjaxOptions so useCache:false bypasses
both cache reads and cache writes, ensuring table#get_columns data is always
fetched for the current table when caching is disabled. Preserve existing cache
behavior when useCache is enabled and keep the statistics.js caller unchanged.
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| {label: gettext('MCV (Most Common Values)'), value: 'mcv'}, | ||
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| noEmpty: true, |
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PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS single expression statistics kinds syntax
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In PostgreSQL, the CREATE STATISTICS command distinguishes between univariate expression statistics and multivariate statistics, impacting how statistics kinds are applied [1]. When creating statistics for a single expression, the following syntax is used: CREATE STATISTICS [ IF NOT EXISTS ] statistics_name ON ( expression) FROM table_name; For this specific form, you cannot specify statistics kinds (such as ndistinct, dependencies, or mcv), because those kinds are reserved for multivariate statistics [1]. Univariate expression statistics are collected automatically to provide optimization benefits similar to an expression index without the overhead of index maintenance [1][2]. If you need to use specific multivariate statistics kinds, you must use the second form of the command, which supports multiple columns and/or expressions [1]: CREATE STATISTICS [ IF NOT EXISTS ] statistics_name [ ( statistics_kind [,... ]) ] ON { column_name | ( expression) }, { column_name | ( expression) } [,...] FROM table_name; In this second form, if you omit the statistics_kind clause, all supported kinds (ndistinct, dependencies, and mcv) are included by default [1]. Even when using this multivariate form, univariate expression statistics are still automatically generated for any expressions included in your list [1][2].
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- 1: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createstatistics.html
- 2: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/sql-createstatistics.html
Allow empty stat_types for a single expression.
The templates omit the statistics-kind clause when stat_types is empty, but the UI and backend reject that state. PostgreSQL requires this form for univariate expression statistics. Apply the type requirement only to multivariate statistics and add coverage for this path.
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.ui.js`
at line 167, Update the validation associated with the noEmpty option so an
empty stat_types value is accepted for single-expression statistics, while
remaining required for multivariate statistics. Preserve the
PostgreSQL-compatible template behavior and add test coverage for the
empty-stat_types univariate expression path.
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printf '%s\n' '--- all stattarget references in statistics code and templates ---'
rg -n -C 4 --glob '*.py' --glob '*.js' --glob '*.sql' \
'\bstattarget\b|SET STATISTICS' \
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant tests ---'
rg -n -C 5 --glob '*.py' --glob '*.js' \
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'get_SQL\(|_CREATE_SQL|_UPDATE_SQL|def (create|update|post|put)|request\.json|request\.form' \
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics
printf '%s\n' '--- statistics tests and fixtures ---'
find web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics -maxdepth 4 -type f \
\( -name '*test*.py' -o -name '*.json' \) -print
printf '%s\n' '--- all statistics SQL templates ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- update and SQL-generation tests ---'
sed -n '1,260p' web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_add.py
sed -n '1,300p' web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_put.py
sed -n '1,300p' web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_sql.py
printf '%s\n' '--- create template variants ---'
cat -n web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/create.sql
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root = Path("web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics")
source = (root / "__init__.py").read_text()
templates = {
str(p.relative_to(root)): p.read_text()
for p in (root / "templates/statistics/sql").rglob("*.sql")
}
print("update normalizes stattarget before rendering:",
"data['stattarget'] = int(data['stattarget'])" in source)
for value in [100, "100", "DEFAULT", "100; DROP SCHEMA public;--"]:
try:
normalized = int(value)
result = f"accepted as {normalized}"
except (ValueError, TypeError):
result = "rejected with 400"
print(f"update input {value!r}: {result}")
for path, text in sorted(templates.items()):
if "SET STATISTICS {{ data.stattarget }}" in text:
print(f"raw stattarget substitution: {path}")
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Validate stattarget before rendering create SQL.
The create endpoint passes request data directly to default/create.sql and 16_plus/create.sql, where stattarget is inserted into SQL without validation. Reject non-integer values before calling execute_scalar.
The update path already converts numeric values. Handle 'DEFAULT' before that conversion so the PostgreSQL 17+ DEFAULT branch remains reachable.
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/16_plus/create.sql`
around lines 16 - 20, Validate stattarget in the create endpoint before
calling execute_scalar so only integer values reach the SQL templates;
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/16_plus/create.sql
lines 16-20 requires no direct change because endpoint validation protects its
interpolation. In
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/update.sql
lines 20-25 and
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/17_plus/update.sql
lines 20-25, handle the string DEFAULT before numeric conversion so the
PostgreSQL 17+ DEFAULT branch remains reachable.
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| {% if data.stattarget is defined and data.stattarget is not none and data.stattarget != -1 %} | ||
|
|
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| ALTER STATISTICS {{ conn|qtIdent(data.schema, data.name) }} | ||
| SET STATISTICS {{ data.stattarget }}; |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Render stattarget as an integer.
Line 18 inserts data.stattarget directly into SQL. Validate the request value as an integer. Render the value with an integer conversion as defense in depth.
Proposed fix
ALTER STATISTICS {{ conn|qtIdent(data.schema, data.name) }}
- SET STATISTICS {{ data.stattarget }};
+ SET STATISTICS {{ data.stattarget|int }};Based on learnings: any ALTER STATISTICS ... SET STATISTICS value must be cast or validated as an integer.
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| {% if data.stattarget is defined and data.stattarget is not none and data.stattarget != -1 %} | |
| ALTER STATISTICS {{ conn|qtIdent(data.schema, data.name) }} | |
| SET STATISTICS {{ data.stattarget }}; | |
| {% if data.stattarget is defined and data.stattarget is not none and data.stattarget != -1 %} | |
| ALTER STATISTICS {{ conn|qtIdent(data.schema, data.name) }} | |
| SET STATISTICS {{ data.stattarget|int }}; |
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minimal, and validate.
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/create.sql`
around lines 15 - 18, Update the ALTER STATISTICS template to validate that
data.stattarget is an integer and render it using integer conversion before
inserting it into the SET STATISTICS clause, while preserving the existing
defined, non-null, and non-negative-sentinel checks.
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| def tearDown(self): | ||
| # Disconnect the database | ||
| database_utils.disconnect_database(self, self.server_id, self.db_id) |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Four statistics test cases create a table in setUp and never drop it. Each setUp calls statistics_utils.create_table_for_statistics in the shared test schema, but tearDown only disconnects the database. Only test_statistics_add.py drops the table. The leftover tables and their statistics objects accumulate in the shared schema and can affect later list-based assertions.
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_delete.py#L164-L166: callstatistics_utils.drop_table_for_statistics(self.server, self.db_name, self.schema_name, self.table_name)before the disconnect.web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_delete_multiple.py#L123-L125: add the samedrop_table_for_statisticscall before the disconnect.web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_get.py#L155-L157: add the samedrop_table_for_statisticscall before the disconnect.web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_put.py#L124-L126: add the samedrop_table_for_statisticscall before the disconnect.
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_delete.py`
around lines 164 - 166, Update tearDown in test_statistics_delete.py lines
164-166, test_statistics_delete_multiple.py lines 123-125,
test_statistics_get.py lines 155-157, and test_statistics_put.py lines 124-126
to call statistics_utils.drop_table_for_statistics with the existing server,
database, schema, and table attributes before
database_utils.disconnect_database.
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| get_call = ( | ||
| statistics_utils.api_get(self, '') | ||
| if self.is_list else statistics_utils.api_get(self) | ||
| ) | ||
| if self.mocking_required: | ||
| with patch( | ||
| self.mock_data["function_name"], | ||
| side_effect=[eval(self.mock_data["return_value"])] | ||
| ): | ||
| response = ( | ||
| statistics_utils.api_get(self, '') | ||
| if self.is_list else statistics_utils.api_get(self) | ||
| ) | ||
| else: | ||
| response = get_call |
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get_call runs the request before the patch is applied.
Line 135 evaluates the API call eagerly. When self.mocking_required is true, the test therefore issues one unpatched request, discards its response, and then issues a second request inside the patch. The discarded request hits the real backend. Build the call lazily so it runs exactly once.
🐛 Proposed fix
- get_call = (
- statistics_utils.api_get(self, '')
- if self.is_list else statistics_utils.api_get(self)
- )
+ def get_call():
+ if self.is_list:
+ return statistics_utils.api_get(self, '')
+ return statistics_utils.api_get(self)
+
if self.mocking_required:
with patch(
self.mock_data["function_name"],
side_effect=[eval(self.mock_data["return_value"])]
):
- response = (
- statistics_utils.api_get(self, '')
- if self.is_list else statistics_utils.api_get(self)
- )
+ response = get_call()
else:
- response = get_call
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| get_call = ( | |
| statistics_utils.api_get(self, '') | |
| if self.is_list else statistics_utils.api_get(self) | |
| ) | |
| if self.mocking_required: | |
| with patch( | |
| self.mock_data["function_name"], | |
| side_effect=[eval(self.mock_data["return_value"])] | |
| ): | |
| response = ( | |
| statistics_utils.api_get(self, '') | |
| if self.is_list else statistics_utils.api_get(self) | |
| ) | |
| else: | |
| response = get_call | |
| def get_call(): | |
| if self.is_list: | |
| return statistics_utils.api_get(self, '') | |
| return statistics_utils.api_get(self) | |
| if self.mocking_required: | |
| with patch( | |
| self.mock_data["function_name"], | |
| side_effect=[eval(self.mock_data["return_value"])] | |
| ): | |
| response = get_call() | |
| else: | |
| response = get_call() |
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[info] 141-141: use of eval can be insecure
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Note: [CWE-94] Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection').
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_get.py`
around lines 135 - 149, Update the request setup in the test around
statistics_utils.api_get so get_call is not executed before the mocking_required
branch. Lazily invoke the appropriate list or detail API call within the active
patch when mocking is required, and otherwise invoke it once in the non-mocked
path, ensuring no request is issued twice.
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| def tearDown(self): | ||
| """This function drops the added databases""" | ||
| super().tearDown() | ||
| for db_name in (self.src_database, self.tar_database): | ||
| connection = utils.get_db_connection(self.server['db'], | ||
| self.server['username'], | ||
| self.server['db_password'], | ||
| self.server['host'], | ||
| self.server['port'], | ||
| self.server['sslmode']) | ||
| utils.drop_database(connection, db_name) |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Close each connection in tearDown.
The loop opens one connection per database and never closes it. Two connections leak per run of this test. execute_sql closes its connection at Line 130, so follow the same pattern here.
🧹 Proposed fix
for db_name in (self.src_database, self.tar_database):
connection = utils.get_db_connection(self.server['db'],
self.server['username'],
self.server['db_password'],
self.server['host'],
self.server['port'],
self.server['sslmode'])
- utils.drop_database(connection, db_name)
+ try:
+ utils.drop_database(connection, db_name)
+ finally:
+ connection.close()📝 Committable suggestion
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| def tearDown(self): | |
| """This function drops the added databases""" | |
| super().tearDown() | |
| for db_name in (self.src_database, self.tar_database): | |
| connection = utils.get_db_connection(self.server['db'], | |
| self.server['username'], | |
| self.server['db_password'], | |
| self.server['host'], | |
| self.server['port'], | |
| self.server['sslmode']) | |
| utils.drop_database(connection, db_name) | |
| def tearDown(self): | |
| """This function drops the added databases""" | |
| super().tearDown() | |
| for db_name in (self.src_database, self.tar_database): | |
| connection = utils.get_db_connection(self.server['db'], | |
| self.server['username'], | |
| self.server['db_password'], | |
| self.server['host'], | |
| self.server['port'], | |
| self.server['sslmode']) | |
| try: | |
| utils.drop_database(connection, db_name) | |
| finally: | |
| connection.close() |
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In `@web/pgadmin/tools/schema_diff/tests/test_schema_diff_statistics.py` around
lines 251 - 261, Update tearDown to close each connection opened by
utils.get_db_connection after utils.drop_database completes, following the
existing connection-cleanup pattern used by execute_sql. Keep the per-database
cleanup loop and ensure cleanup occurs for every connection.
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Fixes #2018, and continues #9748: Murtuza Zabuawala wrote the Statistics
node, and has since moved on, so this carries his work to completion with
his commits preserved and the review findings addressed on top.
What was wrong
The schema diff integration could not work at all.
get_sql_from_diff()read
source_params,target_paramsandcomp_statusfrom its keywordarguments, and the engine passes none of those, so every comparison
involving a statistics object fell through to subscripting
None. It nowfollows the contract
directory_compareandcompareactually use,delegating to
sql()anddelete()socheck_preconditionbinds theconnection to the side being generated, and honouring
target_schema.The properties query joined
pg_statistic_ext_dataunconditionally,which only a superuser may read: not even
pg_read_all_statsgrantsaccess to it, so the node failed outright for anybody else. The values
ANALYZEcollected are now selected only whenhas_table_privilege()says we may, and the dialog hides the Computed Statistics group when we
may not. From PostgreSQL 15 that catalog holds one row per
stxdinheritvariant, which listed inheritance parents twice, so the
15_plusbucketprefers the non-inherited row and falls back to the inherited one that is
all a partitioned parent has.
DROP STATISTICSplacedCASCADEbefore the object name, which is asyntax error, so Drop (Cascade) could never have worked.
Definitions mixing columns and expressions lost their columns, because
the
ONclause emitted one or the other: both the SQL tab and theCREATEthat schema diff generates described only part of the object.The expression list is also no longer split on commas, which mangled
anything with an argument list such as
coalesce(col1, col2)and madethe SQL preview disagree with what was executed; it goes to the server as
entered.
Smaller things in the same pass: the statistics target was silently
ignored on PG 14 and 15, whose
update.sqlhad noSET STATISTICS; anowner chosen at create time was ignored; the reverse engineered SQL
carried neither the owner nor a non-default statistics target; a name
omitted on PG 16+ left the tree without the new node; the dialog seeded
Schema from the node's own label, so creating from the collection
prefilled it with "Statistics"; the expressions were not visible in the
Properties view; the
ANALYZEvalues and raw catalog columns took partin schema diff comparison, reporting identical objects as different; and
request.formwas mutated in place.Tests
Everything that was broken now has coverage: the mixed definition round
trip and the modified SQL, an expression containing a comma, a nameless
create on PG 16+, cascade delete, the statistics target and the comment,
and a two-database schema diff test asserting that identical objects
compare as identical whatever
ANALYZErecorded, that the generated SQLdescribes columns and expressions alike, and that applying it settles
every difference. A Jest spec covers the dialog schema, including the
PG 16 name gating and the privilege-driven visibility.
Locally, against PostgreSQL 18: 23 statistics tests and 4 schema diff
tests pass, along with 6 Jest tests,
pycodestyleandeslint.Left out deliberately
Extended statistics are not registered in Search Objects, which needs an
entry in
_all_node_typesplus a branch in eachsearch.sql, so it isbetter as its own change than bolted onto this one.
Three redundant version buckets went:
properties.sqlwas byte identicalin three of them, and
create.sqlandupdate.sqlwere duplicated inone apiece.
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