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Rebases #538 onto current staging (it was 95 commits behind) so it can be reviewed and landed. No functional changes were made on top of the original four commits.

What this adds

Microsoft SQL Server support, following the existing loader pattern:

  • api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py — schema introspection over sys.tables / sys.columns / sys.foreign_keys, with sample-value extraction.
  • api/core/pipeline.py — registers the sqlserver:// scheme, lazy-imports the loader (pymssql lives in the [server] extra), and maps the vendor to sqlglot's tsql dialect for destructive-query detection.
  • api/core/schema_loader.py — adds sqlserver:// to _KNOWN_DB_SCHEMES.
  • api/sql_utils/sql_sanitizer.py — bracket-quoting for T-SQL identifiers.
  • app/src/components/modals/DatabaseModal.tsx — SQL Server option in the connect dialog.
  • pyproject.tomlpymssql~=2.3.13 in the [server] extra.
  • docs/sqlserver_loader.md — usage docs.

Review notes

The two Copilot review comments on #538 were already addressed in later commits on that branch:

  • Multi-schema handling — the loader takes the target schema from a ?schema= URL parameter (defaulting to dbo), filters catalog queries by it as a bound parameter, and qualifies sample queries with the schema name returned by sys.schemas.
  • as_dict=True row indexing — sample extraction reads row[col_name], not row[0].

The tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py "unused import" flag is a false positive: import api.core is deliberate and carries # noqa: F401, because api.core.__init__ must initialise before any loader module is imported.

T-SQL cannot bind identifiers as parameters, so identifiers are interpolated — but only after an anchored allow-list check (validate_ident) and bracket-quoting with ] doubled (quote_ident). All catalog lookups use bound parameters.

Verification

  • pytest: 479 passed, 2 skipped
  • pylint: 10.00/10
  • frontend typecheck and lint clean

Supersedes #538 (left open for reference).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added SQL Server and Azure SQL connectivity, including schema discovery, relationship mapping, sample data extraction, and query execution.
    • Added SQL Server connection profiles, schema options, validation, URL generation, default ports, and T-SQL identifier quoting.
    • Added bounded connection and query timeouts for SQL Server operations.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified that SQL Server and Snowflake connections require the server installation extra.
    • Added comprehensive SQL Server loader documentation.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for SQL Server connections, schema loading, query execution, safety checks, timeout behavior, and identifier quoting.

Closes #537
Closes #216

gkorland and others added 4 commits August 24, 2026 12:45
Adds a `sqlserver://` loader so QueryWeaver can introspect Microsoft SQL
Server and Azure SQL instances and answer natural-language questions
against them.

Rebuilt on top of current staging and reworked to address the review
findings on #538.

- api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py: new pymssql-based loader. Connections
  use `as_dict=True`, so rows are read by column name; positional access
  raises KeyError with that setting.
- Schema scoping: `parse_schema_from_url` reads `?schema=` (default
  `dbo`). All catalog queries join `sys.schemas` and bind the schema as a
  parameter, and sample queries are schema-qualified, so same-named
  tables in other schemas can no longer collide.
- Identifier quoting: `quote_ident` doubles a literal `]` so it cannot
  terminate a bracket delimiter early.
- Connections are released in `finally` via `_close_quietly` /
  `_rollback_quietly` instead of `if 'conn' in locals()`.
- api/core/pipeline.py: dispatch `sqlserver://` with an `sdk_only` guard
  and a lazy import, and map `sqlserver`/`mssql` to the `tsql` sqlglot
  dialect. Without the mapping the fail-closed destructive-operation
  guard classified ordinary reads such as `SELECT TOP 10 ...` as
  destructive.
- api/core/schema_loader.py: accept the `sqlserver://` scheme.
- api/sql_utils/sql_sanitizer.py: "already quoted" is now dialect-scoped,
  so `[weird]` is still quoted on PostgreSQL/MySQL where brackets are
  data; `get_quote_char` returns `[` for sqlserver/mssql.
- pyproject.toml: pymssql lives in the `server` extra, not core deps, so
  the published SDK wheel is unaffected.
- DatabaseModal.tsx: replace the nested protocol/port/placeholder
  ternaries with a `DB_PROFILES` map and expose the SQL Server option and
  its schema field.
- tests: new `tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py` uses fakes that mimic
  pymssql dict rows, so the cursor contract is actually exercised;
  added T-SQL dialect and bracket-quoting regression tests.
- docs/sqlserver_loader.md and README updated.

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CodeQL flagged the sample-value query as `py/sql-injection` (high): the
schema name reaches it from the user-supplied connection URL, and T-SQL
cannot bind identifiers as parameters.

Adds `validate_ident`, an anchored allow-list matching the existing
`SnowflakeLoader._validate_identifier` pattern. It accepts only characters
that can legitimately appear in a SQL Server object name and rejects
everything capable of escaping a bracket delimiter (`]`, quotes,
semicolons, backslashes, control characters), plus empty and over-long
names. `quote_ident` keeps doubling `]` as defence in depth.

Validation runs before the statement is built, so a hostile identifier
never reaches `cursor.execute`. `parse_schema_from_url` now validates the
schema at parse time, and `sample_size` is checked to be a positive int.

Also imports `api.core` ahead of the loader in the new test module. The
package's `__init__` eagerly pulls in the pipeline, which imports the
loaders, so importing a loader first left `graph_loader` half-built and
the file could not be run on its own.

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CodeQL still reported `py/sql-injection` after the allow-list validator:
the schema name reaching the sample query originated in the user-supplied
connection URL, and an anchored regex is not recognised as a barrier.

The tables query now selects `s.name AS schema_name` back from
`sys.schemas`, and that server-returned value is what gets interpolated
into the sample query. The URL string is still used, but only as a bound
query parameter, so it never reaches a statement body.

This is also more correct: sampling now uses the server's canonical
casing for the schema rather than whatever the URL happened to contain.

Extracts `_build_column_description` and a `_KEY_TYPES` lookup out of
`extract_columns_info` to keep it within the local-variable limit.

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`catalog_schema` was optional and fell back to the URL-derived schema,
which kept the tainted value flowing into the interpolated sample query
and left CodeQL's `py/sql-injection` alert open.

It is now a required argument, so the only schema string that can reach a
statement body is the one `sys.schemas` returned. The URL schema is used
exclusively as a bound query parameter.

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Walkthrough

Added SQL Server and Azure SQL support across the loader, SDK, SQL dialect handling, connection UI, dependencies, tests, and documentation. The loader extracts schemas, executes T-SQL queries, refreshes graphs, and handles timeouts, transactions, and cleanup.

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SQL Server support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Loader contracts and connection parsing
api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py, tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py
Adds SQL Server exceptions, identifier validation and quoting, value serialization, sample extraction, and URL parsing.
Schema extraction and graph loading
api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py, tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py, tests/test_schema_load_offloading.py
Extracts catalog metadata, columns, keys, samples, and relationships, then loads the schema asynchronously without blocking the event loop.
Query execution and schema refresh
api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py, tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py
Detects schema-modifying SQL, refreshes graphs, applies connection and query timeouts, serializes results, commits successful writes, rolls back failures, and closes resources.
T-SQL dialect and identifier quoting
api/core/pipeline.py, api/sql_utils/sql_sanitizer.py, tests/test_destructive_detection.py, tests/test_sql_sanitizer.py, tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py
Maps SQL Server aliases to tsql and supports SQL Server bracket quoting, escaping, and dialect-specific destructive-operation detection.
SDK, UI, dependency, and documentation integration
api/core/pipeline.py, api/core/schema_loader.py, app/src/components/modals/DatabaseModal.tsx, pyproject.toml, README.md, docs/sqlserver_loader.md, .github/wordlist.txt, .gitignore
Registers SQL Server URLs and loading, adds pymssql, updates connection forms and documentation, and updates repository wordlist handling.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 050db

The SQL Server loader can fail to load schemas because its sampling query is invalid, and a failed refresh can remove the existing graph before replacement succeeds. Additional bounded risks include incorrect timeout behavior under concurrency, incomplete cross-schema relationships, and misleading API documentation, so the PR is not ready to merge without addressing the high-impact loader issues.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant SQLServerLoader
  participant SQLServer
  participant FalkorDB
  Client->>SQLServerLoader: submit SQL Server connection URL
  SQLServerLoader->>SQLServer: connect and inspect catalogs
  SQLServer-->>SQLServerLoader: return schema metadata and samples
  SQLServerLoader->>FalkorDB: load schema graph
  FalkorDB-->>Client: report loading result
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Pull request overview

Adds first-class Microsoft SQL Server support to QueryWeaver, wiring a new backend loader into the schema-loading pipeline, extending SQL identifier quoting for T-SQL, and exposing SQL Server as a selectable option in the frontend connect flow.

Changes:

  • Introduces SQLServerLoader with URL parsing, schema introspection, sample-value extraction, and query execution paths.
  • Registers sqlserver:// dispatch + tsql dialect mapping for destructive-operation detection, and extends SQL identifier quoting to support bracket delimiters.
  • Adds frontend UI support, documentation, dependency extras, and comprehensive tests for SQL Server behavior.

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api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py New SQL Server schema loader and execution implementation.
api/core/pipeline.py Routes sqlserver:// to the loader and maps SQL Server to tsql for destructive detection.
api/core/schema_loader.py Adds sqlserver:// to the strict scheme allow-list.
api/sql_utils/sql_sanitizer.py Makes “already quoted” dialect-scoped; adds bracket quoting/escaping for SQL Server.
app/src/components/modals/DatabaseModal.tsx Adds SQL Server as a connect option and centralizes vendor defaults via DB_PROFILES.
tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py New unit tests covering SQL Server loader URL parsing, introspection, quoting, and execution.
tests/test_sql_sanitizer.py Adds bracket-quoting regression tests and dialect-scoped “already quoted” tests.
tests/test_destructive_detection.py Adds regression tests ensuring T-SQL parses as non-destructive reads when appropriate.
docs/sqlserver_loader.md New documentation for SQL Server loader usage and behavior.
pyproject.toml Adds pymssql~=2.3.13 to the [server] extra.
uv.lock Locks pymssql and updates extras resolution.
README.md Updates supported database mentions to include SQL Server.
.github/wordlist.txt Adds new SQL Server-related terms for spellcheck allow-list.
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512-545: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider using the selected referenced_schema_name.

The query selects rs.name AS referenced_schema_name, but the mapping at Lines 540-545 drops it. extract_relationships restricts both FK sides to the loaded schema, while extract_foreign_keys does not. A table entity can therefore carry a foreign key that points to a table outside the loaded schema, which is never present in entities.

Either filter on rs.name for consistency with extract_relationships, or keep the schema in the returned dict so consumers can resolve the target.

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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py` around lines 512 - 545, Update the
foreign-key mapping in extract_foreign_keys to retain referenced_schema_name
from the query result, so consumers can resolve referenced tables across
schemas; alternatively, apply an rs.name filter matching extract_relationships
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In `@app/src/components/modals/DatabaseModal.tsx`:
- Around line 167-181: Use the database profile’s default port when the
user-provided port is empty: compute an effective port as port or profile.port,
validate that value, and pass it to the URL construction in the connection flow
around getDbProfile and builtUrl. Update the corresponding validation near the
port field so SQL Server’s default port 1433 is accepted without manual entry.

In `@docs/sqlserver_loader.md`:
- Around line 47-50: Update the “Schema Extraction” documentation to state that
the loader extracts tables, not tables and views, consistent with
extract_tables_info and its sys.tables query; do not claim view extraction
unless that path is implemented.
- Around line 99-103: Update the SQL Server loader example to POST to
http://localhost:5000/database rather than the proxied /api/database/connect
endpoint, then split the response stream on |||FALKORDB_MESSAGE_BOUNDARY||| and
parse each resulting JSON frame instead of calling response.json().

In `@README.md`:
- Line 269: Update the README database support statements to mention that SQL
Server and Snowflake require installing the queryweaver[server] extra, including
the corresponding entries identified by the review. Place this requirement near
each affected support statement without changing unrelated documentation.

In `@tests/test_destructive_detection.py`:
- Line 307: Mark TestSQLQuoting in tests/test_sql_sanitizer.py as a unit test by
importing pytest and adding the pytest.mark.unit decorator; no direct change is
needed in tests/test_destructive_detection.py because its module-level unit
marker already covers TestSQLServerDialect.

In `@tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py`:
- Around line 85-160: Mark the test suite in tests/test_sqlserver_loader.py as
unit tests by adding pytestmark at the TestQuoteIdent, TestValidateIdent, and
TestSampleQueryValidation scope, or apply `@pytest.mark.unit` to each test; ensure
every test function receives the required custom marker while preserving
existing behavior.

---

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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py`:
- Around line 512-545: Update the foreign-key mapping in extract_foreign_keys to
retain referenced_schema_name from the query result, so consumers can resolve
referenced tables across schemas; alternatively, apply an rs.name filter
matching extract_relationships if only same-schema targets are supported.
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SQLServerLoader.load ran pymssql.connect and every cursor execute/fetch inline
in an async generator, so a schema load stalled the whole event loop —
including other requests and the stream keepalives. Move the driver work into
_introspect_schema and await it through run_introspection, matching the
PostgreSQL and MySQL loaders. The connection and cursor are now created, used
and closed by the same worker thread, so a cancelled load cannot leave two
threads on one connection.

The URL is still parsed on the loop (pure string work) so a malformed URL
fails before any progress message is emitted.

Adds test_sqlserver_load_does_not_block_the_loop alongside the existing
Postgres/MySQL loop-responsiveness tests.

Also: docs said the loader extracts views, but it only queries sys.tables;
README now states SQL Server and Snowflake need the queryweaver[server] extra;
the port field falls back to the vendor default it already shows as a
placeholder; test modules gained the unit marker; and the api.core side-effect
import is now an explicit importlib.import_module call.

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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py`:
- Around line 277-300: Update SQLServerLoader._introspect_schema with a return
type annotation describing the tuple of entities and relationships it returns,
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api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py:152

  • _execute_sample_query splits table_name with rpartition('.'), which breaks when the table name itself contains a dot (e.g. schema dbo, table a.b becomes dbo.a + b). Since callers build qualified_table = f"{catalog_schema}.{table_name}", splitting on the first dot preserves dots inside the table portion.
        schema, _, bare_table = table_name.rpartition('.')

api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py:219

  • parse_schema_from_url double-decodes the schema query param: parse_qs already percent-decodes values, so calling unquote() again can turn a literal %2F sequence into / (double decoding). This can corrupt values and is inconsistent with standard URL parsing.

This issue also appears on line 260 of the same file.

            schema = parse_qs(parsed.query).get('schema', [''])[0]
            schema = unquote(schema).strip()

api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py:728

  • execute_sql_query also connects and executes without any configured timeouts. A hung SQL Server can pin the execution worker indefinitely (connect/execute/fetch/commit). Consider applying Config.DB_CONNECT_TIMEOUT/DB_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT to the pymssql connection here too, consistent with MySQL/Postgres/Snowflake loaders.
            conn_params = SQLServerLoader._parse_sqlserver_url(db_url)

            # Connect to SQL Server database
            conn = pymssql.connect(**conn_params)  # pylint: disable=no-member
            cursor = conn.cursor(as_dict=True)

api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py:264

  • _parse_sqlserver_url double-decodes credentials: urlparse(...).username / .password are already percent-decoded by urllib.parse, so wrapping them in unquote() again can corrupt passwords containing literal percent-escapes (e.g. %2540 intended to mean %40).
            'server': parsed.hostname,
            'port': parsed.port or DEFAULT_PORT,
            'user': unquote(parsed.username),
            'password': unquote(parsed.password) if parsed.password else "",
            'database': database,

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pymssql.connect was called with no timeouts, so a blackholed network or a
stalled server pinned a worker thread indefinitely — and since introspection
now runs on the shared executor, enough of those would drain it and stall
every other database too. Both connect sites go through _with_timeouts:
login_timeout from DB_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, and a query budget of DB_SCHEMA_TIMEOUT
for introspection or DB_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT for query execution, matching the
MySQL and Snowflake loaders.

Also annotates _introspect_schema's return type.

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docs/sqlserver_loader.md:84

  • This section says that doubling ] is applied in the loader’s catalog/sample queries, but the loader’s validate_ident(...) currently rejects any identifier containing ]. As written, the loader will fail to introspect tables/columns/schemas that contain a literal ] in their names, so the doc should either note this limitation or the validation should be relaxed to allow ] (since quote_ident already escapes it).
SQL Server delimits identifiers with brackets. A literal `]` inside a name is
escaped by doubling it, so `my]table` becomes `[my]]table]`. This is applied both
in the loader's own catalog/sample queries and in
`api/sql_utils/sql_sanitizer.py`, where `DatabaseSpecificQuoter.get_quote_char`
returns `[` for `sqlserver` and `mssql`.

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- Around line 279-291: The _with_timeouts helper currently passes pymssql
timeout options that are process-wide, allowing concurrent operations to
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pymssql documents that timeout and login_timeout have a process-wide effect,
because the FreeTDS db-lib functions behind them are global. Giving schema
introspection and query execution different budgets therefore did not give
either one its budget — concurrent operations just overwrote each other's,
leaving both nondeterministic.

Both now use the same value: the larger of DB_SCHEMA_TIMEOUT and
DB_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT. It still bounds the wait, and it is the only choice that
cannot cut short an operation that was legitimately given the longer budget.

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707-710: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Derive the prefix from the known database suffix.

This split loses database-name components when the database contains _. For prefix="user1" and database="sales_east", user1_sales_east reloads as user1_sales_sales_east. The original graph was already deleted at Line 703.

Parse db_url for the database name and remove only the exact f"_{db_name}" suffix from graph_id.

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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py` around lines 707 - 710, Update the graph ID
reconstruction near the parts split to parse the database name from db_url and
remove only the exact underscore-prefixed database suffix from graph_id.
Preserve database names containing underscores, so the prefix is not derived by
dropping merely the final component, and retain the existing handling when the
expected suffix is absent.

700-704: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not delete the current graph before a replacement is ready.

Line 703 deletes the current graph before SQLServerLoader.load validates, connects, introspects, and loads the replacement. If any later step fails, this method returns failure after permanently removing the usable graph.

Build and validate the replacement first, then atomically replace the current graph.

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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py` around lines 700 - 704, Update
SQLServerLoader.load so it does not call graph.delete before replacement loading
and validation complete; build the replacement graph separately, then atomically
replace the graph selected by resolve_db(db).select_graph(graph_id) only after
success, preserving the existing graph whenever loading fails.

164-169: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the DISTINCT sampling query.

SQL Server raises error 145 because NEWID() is not in the SELECT DISTINCT list. Move DISTINCT into a derived table, then apply TOP and ORDER BY NEWID() in the outer query.

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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py` around lines 164 - 169, Update the sampling
query construction in the SQL Server loader so DISTINCT is applied in a derived
table, with the outer query applying TOP and ORDER BY NEWID(). Preserve the
existing column selection, qualified table source, and non-null filter while
avoiding DISTINCT and NEWID() in the same SELECT scope.

57-57: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep schema and table names as separate identifier components.

extract_columns_info combines them before _execute_sample_query splits on the final period. A valid table named sales.2025 therefore becomes [dbo.sales].[2025] instead of [dbo].[sales.2025]. Pass both components separately and quote each component independently.

Fix the SQL Server sampling query.

SELECT DISTINCT TOP ... ORDER BY NEWID() is invalid because NEWID() is not part of the DISTINCT select list. Apply DISTINCT in a subquery, then apply TOP and ORDER BY NEWID() in the outer query.

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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py` at line 57, Update extract_columns_info and
_execute_sample_query to preserve schema and table names as separate components,
quoting each independently so dots within table names remain part of the table
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In `@api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py`:
- Around line 707-710: Update the graph ID reconstruction near the parts split
to parse the database name from db_url and remove only the exact
underscore-prefixed database suffix from graph_id. Preserve database names
containing underscores, so the prefix is not derived by dropping merely the
final component, and retain the existing handling when the expected suffix is
absent.
- Around line 700-704: Update SQLServerLoader.load so it does not call
graph.delete before replacement loading and validation complete; build the
replacement graph separately, then atomically replace the graph selected by
resolve_db(db).select_graph(graph_id) only after success, preserving the
existing graph whenever loading fails.
- Around line 164-169: Update the sampling query construction in the SQL Server
loader so DISTINCT is applied in a derived table, with the outer query applying
TOP and ORDER BY NEWID(). Preserve the existing column selection, qualified
table source, and non-null filter while avoiding DISTINCT and NEWID() in the
same SELECT scope.
- Line 57: Update extract_columns_info and _execute_sample_query to preserve
schema and table names as separate components, quoting each independently so
dots within table names remain part of the table identifier. Also restructure
the sampling SQL so DISTINCT is applied in a subquery, with TOP and ORDER BY
NEWID() applied by the outer query.

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api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py:156

  • _execute_sample_query() splits table_name using rpartition('.'), which mis-parses valid SQL Server table names that contain a literal '.' (e.g. a table created as [a.b]). In that case the sample query will qualify the wrong schema/table and can fail the whole load. Consider supporting an unambiguous (schema, table) input (still keeping the current schema.table string form for callers/tests).

This issue also appears on line 519 of the same file.

        schema, _, bare_table = table_name.rpartition('.')
        qualified = quote_ident(validate_ident(bare_table, "table name"))
        if schema:
            qualified = f"{quote_ident(validate_ident(schema, 'schema name'))}.{qualified}"

api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py:519

  • extract_columns_info() builds qualified_table as a "{schema}.{table}" string, which becomes ambiguous for SQL Server tables that contain a '.' in their name (it will be split incorrectly by _execute_sample_query). Pass (catalog_schema, table_name) instead to avoid relying on a delimiter that can also appear in identifiers.
        qualified_table = f"{catalog_schema}.{table_name}"

Patch coverage on this branch was 85%. refresh_graph_schema was entirely
untested despite dropping and reloading a graph, and the sqlserver:// arm of
get_database_type_and_loader had no test at all - including the branch that
tells an SDK-only install which extra to add instead of failing later on an
ImportError. Now 99%.

Also covers the malformed-URL rejections, both directions of the encrypt
query parameter, the DDL result shape, pymssql.Error on load and on query,
and that the connection cleanup helpers stay quiet when the driver throws on
the way out - they run on the error path, so raising there would mask the
original failure.

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A dot is legal inside a bracket-quoted SQL Server name, but the sampler
recovers the schema and the table from one dotted string, so it has to
guess which dot is the separator. `dbo.my.table` was read as `[dbo.my]`
dot `[table]` and sampled a different object without saying so. Neither
part may contain a dot now, which turns that into a clear error.

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🟡 Changes recommended

extract_foreign_keys() isn’t fully schema-scoped on the referenced side (can point to non-loaded schemas), and schema parsing redundantly double-decodes query params, both needing adjustment before approval.

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extract_foreign_keys pinned the parent table to the requested schema but
left the referenced side unconstrained, so a cross-schema key could point
at a table that was never loaded. Constrain rs.name too, matching
extract_relationships.

Also drop the redundant unquote() on the schema URL parameter: parse_qs
already percent-decodes, and decoding twice let double-encoded values
past validate_ident.
`SELECT DISTINCT ... ORDER BY NEWID()` is not valid T-SQL (error 145), so
sampling failed on the first column of the first table and took the whole
schema load with it. The DISTINCT now happens in a derived table.

Sampling is also best-effort: a column type SQL Server cannot compare
(`xml`, `text`, `image`, spatial) or a name outside the old ASCII allow-list
used to abort the load. Catalog identifiers now go through a validator that
only rejects what `quote_ident` cannot make safe, and a failed sample costs
that one column instead of the run. `uniqueidentifier` values reach the
result stream as strings rather than breaking `json.dumps`.

Foreign keys are read once for the whole schema instead of once per table,
and feed both the column key kinds and the relationships. The `fk`/`uc`
joins are deduplicated so a composite key cannot multiply column rows.

Drops the unreachable `mssql` alias and corrects the docs to describe what
the loader actually does.

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🟡 Changes recommended

The new SQL Server tests/imports currently hard-require pymssql even in default make install environments, and the loader configures global logging at import time.

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`logging.basicConfig` at module scope reaches the root logger, so importing
the loader could override the format and level `app_factory` installs for
the whole process. Records still propagate; only the configuration call goes.

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🟡 Changes recommended

SQLServerLoader.refresh_graph_schema() derives the reload prefix by splitting graph_id on _, which can mis-handle database ids containing underscores and reload into the wrong graph name.

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… database

`load` names the graph `f"{prefix}_{db_name}"`, so recovering the prefix by
splitting the graph id on `_` picks the wrong boundary whenever the database
name contains one: `user1_my_db` yielded prefix `user1_my`, and the refresh
reloaded into `user1_my_my_db` after deleting the graph the user was looking
at. Strip the exact `_{db_name}` suffix instead, parsed before the delete so
a malformed URL cannot drop a graph it will not reload.

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🔵 Needs a closer look

The new sqlserver:// loader routing can raise an unhandled ModuleNotFoundError when pymssql isn’t installed, and one newly introduced loader error message is misleading for common non-connectivity failures.

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  • The sqlserver:// branch lazy-imports SQLServerLoader, but if the optional pymssql dependency isn’t installed (e.g. make install runs uv sync without extras), this raises ModuleNotFoundError during URL detection and bubbles up as an unhandled error instead of a clean InvalidArgumentError instructing how to install the [server] extra.
    api/loaders/sqlserver_loader.py:455
  • SQLServerLoader.load() treats any pymssql.Error as a “connection error” and returns “Failed to connect…”, but pymssql.Error also covers server-side query/permission failures during introspection. This message will be misleading for common failures like missing sys.* permissions.
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Thanks for the quick turnaround. I re-ran the new head (e99cf16) against a real SQL Server 2022 with a deliberately hostile fixture — Hebrew, German and CJK table/column names, a table named my]table, one named weird.name, xml/text/geography columns, a uniqueidentifier column and a cross-schema FK — and every issue from the inline review is fixed:

  • all seven tables load; error 145 is gone
  • the xml, text and geography columns are skipped with a warning and the rest of the table samples normally; the dotted table loads without samples
  • non-ASCII names and values round-trip correctly
  • GUIDs come back as strings and the result JSON-encodes
  • FKs are one schema-wide query, with the cross-schema key consistently excluded on both sides

Unit tests and pylint are clean at the new head, and I agree with your pushback on the pymssql skip guards.

Two items from my review body never reached you — the body was dropped when the review was submitted, so only the inline comments went out:

  1. .coverage is committed at the repo root. It is gitignored, so it must have been force-added; please remove it.
  2. Please add an integration test against a real SQL Server (Docker mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server, marked integration, skipped when no server is available). None of the fake-cursor tests could have caught the three blockers above, and nothing would catch a regression in them now. The bar is low: connect, call _introspect_schema on a fixture with a few of the awkward cases above, and assert the tables and a sample come back.

On Copilot's refresh_graph_schema point (split('_') mis-parsing database names that contain underscores): that code is identical in the PostgreSQL, MySQL and Snowflake loaders, so I'd rather see one issue covering all four than a fix in this loader alone. Happy either way — just say which.

With (1) and (2) in, this is good to go.

The fake-cursor suite cannot tell you whether a statement parses or what the
driver decodes a column into, which is where every blocker in review lived.
So build a deliberately awkward schema on a real server -- non-ASCII names, a
`]` and a `.` in a table name, xml/text/geography columns, a uniqueidentifier,
a composite key and a cross-schema foreign key -- and assert on what
`_introspect_schema` returns. Skipped unless SQLSERVER_TEST_URL is set.

It paid for itself immediately: the base wrapper keeps a sample only when it
is already a str/int/float, so pymssql's `uuid.UUID` was discarded and every
GUID column described itself with no examples. Samples are now serialized
before that filter, which also recovers datetime, Decimal and bytes columns.

`.coverage` was force-added past .gitignore in 050db37; removed.

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Thanks for running it against a real server — and for re-sending the body, both items are in as of 041b9bf.

1. .coverage — removed. It was force-added in 050db37; .gitignore already covered it, so nothing else was needed.

2. Integration testtests/test_sqlserver_integration.py, marked integration, skipped unless SQLSERVER_TEST_URL is set (and again if the server is unreachable). It builds a throwaway schema with the awkward cases and asserts on what _introspect_schema returns: all eight tables load, xml/text/geography degrade to no samples while a normal column in the same table samples fine, the dotted name loads without samples and the bracketed one samples anyway, non-ASCII names and values round-trip, GUIDs are JSON-encodable strings, a composite key is one relationship with two column pairs, and the cross-schema key is absent from both entities and relationships. Setup and teardown are in the file; docs updated with the Docker one-liner.

It paid for itself on the first run. BaseLoader.extract_sample_values_for_column keeps a sample only when it is already a str/int/float, so pymssql's uuid.UUID was being discarded — every uniqueidentifier column described itself with no sample values at all. Your check found GUIDs fine in query results (that path goes through _serialize_value); the sampling path did not. Samples are now serialized before that filter, which also recovers datetime, Decimal and bytes columns. Exactly the class of bug no fake cursor was going to catch — thanks for pushing for this.

3. refresh_graph_schema — I had already fixed it in this loader (9d1dc67) before your comment landed. Happy to revert it here if you would rather have one issue covering all four, but my inclination is to leave it: the code is new in this PR, and a fix plus a regression test is a better starting point for the other three than an issue against four identical copies. Say the word and I will open the issue for PostgreSQL, MySQL and Snowflake either way.

850 passed, 10 skipped with both containers up (9 of those are the integration tests, which run), pylint 10.00/10.

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🔵 Needs a closer look

It introduces a new database loader/driver path with security- and reliability-critical behavior that warrants final human review despite strong test coverage.

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except pymssql.Error as e:
logging.error("SQL Server connection error: %s", e)
yield False, "Failed to connect to SQL Server database"
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class SQLServerConnectionError(Exception):
"""Exception raised for SQL Server connection errors."""

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