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  2. MDL-35080

Detect foreign tables in 2.3.x upgrade, print error and skip

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        • Type: Improvement Improvement
        • Status: Closed
        • Priority: Minor Minor
        • Resolution: Fixed
        • Affects Version/s: 2.3.1, 2.4
        • Fix Version/s: 2.3.2
        • Component/s: Database SQL/XMLDB
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          1/ install Moodle 2.2 with 'mdl_' prefix
          2/ add bogus tables with names: 'mdl_111user', 'mdl_user-bak', 'mdl_userBak'
          3/ create with 'mdl_tableview' from any other table such as "create view mdl_tableview as select * from mdl_config"
          4/ expected warnings during upgrade to 2.3 or master branch:

          • Database table with invalid name 'mdl_111user' detected, skipping.
          • Database table with invalid name 'mdl_user-bak' detected, skipping.
          • Database table with invalid name 'mdl_userBak' detected, skipping.
          • Unsupported database table view 'mdl_tableview' detected, skipping.
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          1/ install Moodle 2.2 with 'mdl_' prefix 2/ add bogus tables with names: 'mdl_111user', 'mdl_user-bak', 'mdl_userBak' 3/ create with 'mdl_tableview' from any other table such as "create view mdl_tableview as select * from mdl_config" 4/ expected warnings during upgrade to 2.3 or master branch: Database table with invalid name 'mdl_111user' detected, skipping. Database table with invalid name 'mdl_user-bak' detected, skipping. Database table with invalid name 'mdl_userBak' detected, skipping. Unsupported database table view 'mdl_tableview' detected, skipping.
        • Affected Branches:
          MOODLE_23_STABLE, MOODLE_24_STABLE
        • Fixed Branches:
          MOODLE_23_STABLE
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        • Pull Master Branch:
          w36_MDL-35080_m24_weirdtables
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          Description

          It is not allowed to add custom views or tables that are not defined in install.xml, these foreign tables must not use moodle database table prefix.

          Some admins and developers ignore this, we need to educate them and for now skip these tables during upgrade to 2.3.x

          In the future standalone db diagnostics scripts should detect this and warn admins.

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              Petr Skoda added a comment -

              see:

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              Petr Skoda added a comment - see: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=209865 http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=209418
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              Aparup Banerjee added a comment -

              Thanks Petr, that's been integrated into 23 and master.

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              Aparup Banerjee added a comment - Thanks Petr, that's been integrated into 23 and master.
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              Michael de Raadt added a comment -

              I tested this on upgrades using Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL and MySQL.

              In Oracle, I didn't use mdl_ as a prefix, but I don't think that matters. I was not able to create a table called c_user-bak; Oracle prevented me from doing this. Also, the c_userBak table was shown by Oracle as C_USERBAK, so it is probably not invalid there. When I ran the upgrade in Oracle it didn't do the field upgrade, so I didn't see any warnings. The upgrade proceeded without any problems.

              In MySQL, the table mdl_userBak was renamed to mdl_userbak. I saw the following warnings...

              Database table with invalid name 'mdl_111user' detected, skipping.
              Unsupported database table view 'mdl_tableview' detected, skipping.
              Database table with invalid name 'mdl_user-bak' detected, skipping.

              ...so all good there.

              In MSSQL, the DB accepted all table names without any trouble. When I ran the upgrade it didn't do the field upgrade, so no warnings there either. The upgrade ran smoothly still.

              PostgreSQL also accepted the tables without question. It didn't upgrade fields either. The upgrade still ran without issue.

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              Michael de Raadt added a comment - I tested this on upgrades using Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL and MySQL. In Oracle, I didn't use mdl_ as a prefix, but I don't think that matters. I was not able to create a table called c_user-bak; Oracle prevented me from doing this. Also, the c_userBak table was shown by Oracle as C_USERBAK, so it is probably not invalid there. When I ran the upgrade in Oracle it didn't do the field upgrade, so I didn't see any warnings. The upgrade proceeded without any problems. In MySQL, the table mdl_userBak was renamed to mdl_userbak. I saw the following warnings... Database table with invalid name 'mdl_111user' detected, skipping. Unsupported database table view 'mdl_tableview' detected, skipping. Database table with invalid name 'mdl_user-bak' detected, skipping. ...so all good there. In MSSQL, the DB accepted all table names without any trouble. When I ran the upgrade it didn't do the field upgrade, so no warnings there either. The upgrade ran smoothly still. PostgreSQL also accepted the tables without question. It didn't upgrade fields either. The upgrade still ran without issue.
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              Michael de Raadt added a comment -

              Test result: Success!

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              Michael de Raadt added a comment - Test result: Success!
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              Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment -

              Many thanks for the hard work.

              These changes have been spread upstream and are already available in the git and cvs repositories.

              Ciao

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              Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment - Many thanks for the hard work. These changes have been spread upstream and are already available in the git and cvs repositories. Ciao

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