Summary
Surfaced by the multi-language coverage fan-out while conformance-testing these SPEC-IDs against databricks/databricks-sql-nodejs. Each finding is committed as an expected-failure (xfail) test in the coverage PR — the test asserts the CORRECT (post-fix) behavior and stays red until THIS driver (databricks/databricks-sql-nodejs) is fixed, then flips green as a tripwire.
Findings
- METADATA-028 [sea]: SEA getPrimaryKeys with a NULL tableName dies at the napi FFI boundary ("Failed to convert JavaScript value Undefined into rust type String") instead of raising a clean invalid-argument error (SQLSTATE 42000) naming the missing table argument
- failing test:
METADATA-028 — getPrimaryKeys with NULL tableName is rejected with an argument error [sea] (see the coverage PR diff under tests/)
- METADATA-035 [thrift, sea]: getTables with an empty tableTypes list ([]) is treated as "match none" and returns 0 rows instead of behaving like null and matching ALL table types; same match-none defect as databricks-jdbc#1570 / databricks-sql-kernel#187
- failing test:
getTables — empty tableTypes filter matches ALL table types, like null [thrift], getTables — empty tableTypes filter matches ALL table types, like null [sea] (see the coverage PR diff under tests/)
- METADATA-036 [sea]: SEA getPrimaryKeys/getCrossReference with a catalog set and the corresponding schema NULL dies at the napi FFI boundary instead of raising the clean client-side invalid-argument error (SQLSTATE 42000) naming the schema argument
- failing test:
METADATA-036 — getPrimaryKeys and getCrossReference reject a catalog set with a NULL schema [sea] (see the coverage PR diff under tests/)
- METADATA-037 [sea]: SEA getCrossReference with a NULL foreign table THROWS a napi FFI conversion error instead of treating the argument as unspecified and returning an empty result (Thrift correctly returns empty)
- failing test:
METADATA-037 — getCrossReference with NULL foreign table returns empty, no error [sea] (see the coverage PR diff under tests/)
- METADATA-038 [sea]: SEA getCrossReference with BOTH parent and foreign table NULL throws a napi FFI conversion error instead of returning an empty result per the JDBC-SEA reference, so the documented Thrift-vs-SEA divergence is not honored on the SEA side
- failing test:
METADATA-038 — getCrossReference with BOTH tables NULL: Thrift rejects, SEA returns empty [sea] (see the coverage PR diff under tests/)
- METADATA-028: SEA getPrimaryKeys with a NULL tableName dies at the napi FFI boundary ("Failed to convert JavaScript value Undefined into rust type String") instead of raising a clean invalid-argument error (SQLSTATE 42000) naming the missing table argument; Thrift rejects it correctly
- METADATA-035: getTables with an empty tableTypes list ([]) is treated as "match none" and returns 0 rows on BOTH thrift and sea, instead of behaving like null and matching ALL table types (fixture TABLE and VIEW both missing); same match-none defect as databricks-jdbc#1570 / databricks-sql-kernel#187
- METADATA-036: SEA getPrimaryKeys/getCrossReference with a catalog set and the corresponding schema NULL dies at the napi FFI boundary ("Failed to convert JavaScript value Undefined into rust type String") instead of raising the clean client-side invalid-argument error (SQLSTATE 42000) naming the schema argument
- METADATA-038: SEA getCrossReference with BOTH parent and foreign table NULL throws a napi FFI conversion error instead of returning an empty result per the JDBC-SEA reference behavior, so the documented Thrift-vs-SEA divergence is not honored on the SEA side
Reproduce & Expected
METADATA-028 — Validates GetPrimaryKeys rejects a NULL/empty table name with a clear argument error.
Reproduce:
- Call GetPrimaryKeys with catalog and schema set but NO table name
Expected (per the shared spec):
- [sea] exactly 0
ExecuteStatement call(s)
- full assertion contract:
result:
- error:
contains:
- table
- 'null'
- sql_state: '42000'
protocol:
sea:
- call_count:
operation: ExecuteStatement
expected: 0
METADATA-035 — Validates that GetTables treats an EMPTY table-types filter (types: []) the same as a null filter (match ALL table types), rather than matching nothing.
Reproduce:
- Call GetObjects with tableTypes = [] (empty, non-null list)
Expected (per the shared spec):
- GetObjects completes successfully with an empty table-types filter
- The TABLE is returned (empty filter matched it). Assert.Contains(tables, t => t.table == testTable)
- The VIEW is ALSO returned (empty filter matched all types, not just TABLE). Assert.Contains(tables, t => t.table == testView)
METADATA-036 — Validates that GetPrimaryKeys and GetCrossReference reject a request that specifies a catalog but leaves the corresponding schema NULL.
Reproduce:
- Call GetPrimaryKeys with catalog + table set and schema left NULL
- Call GetCrossReference with foreign catalog + foreign table set and foreign schema left NULL
Expected (per the shared spec):
- [sea] exactly 0
ExecuteStatement call(s)
- full assertion contract:
protocol:
thrift:
- label: get_primary_keys
error:
contains:
- assertion
- failed
- GET_FUNCTIONS
- label: get_cross_reference
error:
contains:
- assertion
- failed
- GET_FUNCTIONS
sea:
- label: get_primary_keys
error:
contains:
- schema
- 'null'
- catalog
- label: get_primary_keys
sql_state: '42000'
- label: get_cross_reference
error:
contains:
- schema
- 'null'
- catalog
- label: get_cross_reference
sql_state: '42000'
- call_count:
operation: ExecuteStatement
expected: 0
METADATA-037 — Validates that GetCrossReference treats a NULL foreign table as "unspecified" and returns an empty result (no error), even when the parent (PK) side IS fully specified.
Reproduce:
- Call GetCrossReference with the parent (PK) side fully specified — catalog, schema
and table — but the foreign table left NULL (foreign catalog and schema set).
Expected (per the shared spec):
- completes without an exception
- result has exactly 0 row(s)
- [sea] exactly 0
ExecuteStatement call(s)
METADATA-038 — Validates the one exact-match key input where Thrift and SEA deliberately disagree: GetCrossReference with BOTH the parent table and the foreign table NULL.
Reproduce:
- Call GetCrossReference with foreign catalog and foreign schema set but NEITHER the
parent table nor the foreign table specified.
Expected (per the shared spec):
- [sea] exactly 0
ExecuteStatement call(s)
- full assertion contract:
protocol:
thrift:
- error:
contains:
- foreigntable
- parenttablename
- 'null'
- sql_state: '42000'
sea:
- no_exception: true
- row_count: 0
- call_count:
operation: ExecuteStatement
expected: 0
Context
Summary
Surfaced by the multi-language coverage fan-out while conformance-testing these SPEC-IDs against databricks/databricks-sql-nodejs. Each finding is committed as an expected-failure (xfail) test in the coverage PR — the test asserts the CORRECT (post-fix) behavior and stays red until THIS driver (databricks/databricks-sql-nodejs) is fixed, then flips green as a tripwire.
Findings
METADATA-028 — getPrimaryKeys with NULL tableName is rejected with an argument error [sea](see the coverage PR diff undertests/)getTables — empty tableTypes filter matches ALL table types, like null [thrift], getTables — empty tableTypes filter matches ALL table types, like null [sea](see the coverage PR diff undertests/)METADATA-036 — getPrimaryKeys and getCrossReference reject a catalog set with a NULL schema [sea](see the coverage PR diff undertests/)METADATA-037 — getCrossReference with NULL foreign table returns empty, no error [sea](see the coverage PR diff undertests/)METADATA-038 — getCrossReference with BOTH tables NULL: Thrift rejects, SEA returns empty [sea](see the coverage PR diff undertests/)Reproduce & Expected
METADATA-028 — Validates GetPrimaryKeys rejects a NULL/empty table name with a clear argument error.
Reproduce:
Expected (per the shared spec):
ExecuteStatementcall(s)METADATA-035 — Validates that GetTables treats an EMPTY table-types filter (types: []) the same as a null filter (match ALL table types), rather than matching nothing.
Reproduce:
Expected (per the shared spec):
METADATA-036 — Validates that GetPrimaryKeys and GetCrossReference reject a request that specifies a catalog but leaves the corresponding schema NULL.
Reproduce:
Expected (per the shared spec):
ExecuteStatementcall(s)METADATA-037 — Validates that GetCrossReference treats a NULL foreign table as "unspecified" and returns an empty result (no error), even when the parent (PK) side IS fully specified.
Reproduce:
and table — but the foreign table left NULL (foreign catalog and schema set).
Expected (per the shared spec):
ExecuteStatementcall(s)METADATA-038 — Validates the one exact-match key input where Thrift and SEA deliberately disagree: GetCrossReference with BOTH the parent table and the foreign table NULL.
Reproduce:
parent table nor the foreign table specified.
Expected (per the shared spec):
ExecuteStatementcall(s)Context