[zeeshansardar08]

Fixes #585.

Summary

A multi-table DELETE with a LEFT JOIN fails with a syntax error when some of the selected rows have no match in the joined table:

DELETE p, pm FROM wp_posts p LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta pm ON pm.post_id = p.ID WHERE ...

The driver first selects the ROWID of every target table, then runs one DELETE ... WHERE rowid IN (...) per table. For an unmatched row, the joined table's ROWID is NULL, and implode() turns it into an empty list item, so the query becomes rowid IN ( 1, 2, ). The whole statement fails and is rolled back, so nothing is deleted.

The same happens with RIGHT JOIN, with the DELETE FROM ... USING form, and with three or more tables. With exactly one unmatched row, the list is IN ( ), which SQLite accepts, so the error only appears once two or more NULLs end up in the list, or a NULL sits next to a real ROWID.

Changes

For each target table, NULL ROWIDs are left out of the list, and the table's DELETE is skipped when none remain.

• The filter checks for null explicitly rather than using a plain array_filter(), so a ROWID of 0 is never dropped.
• The skip doesn't change any results, since SQLite accepts an empty IN ( ) list. It avoids running a DELETE that can't match anything, and it doesn't rely on that non-standard syntax.
• Affected rows are still the sum of the rows deleted from each table, which now matches MySQL in every case below.

Testing

• Added two tests: the case from the issue (matched and unmatched rows mixed), and a joined table with no matching rows at all, both as the only target and next to the main table. Both fail on trunk with the syntax error and pass with this change.
• Ran 15 multi-table DELETE statements on MySQL 8.0.46 and on the driver, and compared the affected row count and the remaining rows of each table. They cover LEFT and RIGHT JOIN, the USING form, three tables, a self join, both target orders, and unmatched rows on either side of the join. On trunk, 11 of 15 differ, all with this syntax error. With this change, none differ on SQLite 3.45.1. On SQLite 3.27.0, only the RIGHT JOIN case differs, because SQLite supports RIGHT JOIN from 3.39.0.
• Full PHPUnit suite on PHP 8.3 with SQLite 3.45.1 and 3.27.0. On 3.45.1 everything passes. On 3.27.0, testCheckConstraints and testInformationSchemaCheckConstraints fail in my build, the same way they do on trunk. PHPCS passes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed multi-table deletions involving left joins so unmatched rows are not treated as deletion targets. Deletions now apply only to matching rows, and tables with no matching rows are left unchanged. This also improves behavior when the deletion targets one or both joined tables.

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Walkthrough

Multi-table DELETE now excludes NULL ROWIDs and skips a target’s DELETE query when no IDs remain. Tests cover matched and unmatched rows in LEFT JOIN deletes and assert affected-row counts.

Changes: LEFT JOIN multi-table DELETE

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter target ROWIDs and validate LEFT JOIN deletes packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-mysql-on-sqlite.php, packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Tests.php	The delete path filters NULL ROWIDs and skips targets with no remaining IDs. Tests cover matched and unmatched joined rows and affected-row counts.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: janjakes, nandan108, chubes4

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to cc1f8

The change filters unmatched outer-join rows and skips empty deletion targets. The column-case limitation already existed and does not block this fix; merge after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 5

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Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title "Skip unmatched rows in multi-table DELETE with outer JOINs" matches the main change. The raw summary says rows with a NULL ROWID are excluded from each target table's delete list, and a tab…
Linked Issues check		Issue #585 has two coding acceptance criteria: (1) filter NULL ROWIDs from the multi-table DELETE ID lists, and (2) skip the DELETE when no IDs remain. The diff in packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/…
Out of Scope Changes check		The source change is limited to the per-table ID handling in the multi-table DELETE path. It filters NULL ROWIDs and skips empty per-table DELETE statements. The test change adds two tests for that sa…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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The title "Skip unmatched rows in multi-table DELETE with outer JOINs" matches the main change. The raw summary says rows with a NULL ROWID are excluded from each target table's delete list, and a table's DELETE is skipped when no non-NULL ROWIDs remain. The objectives describe the same fix for issue #585, and the added tests cover LEFT JOIN cases for multi-table DELETE. The title is specific and does not use vague terms.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #585 has two coding acceptance criteria: (1) filter NULL ROWIDs from the multi-table DELETE ID lists, and (2) skip the DELETE when no IDs remain. The diff in packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-mysql-on-sqlite.php covers both. For each target table, array_filter() with an explicit null !== $rowid check removes NULL ROWIDs and keeps ROWID 0. The code then calls continue when no ROWIDs remain, so that table's DELETE is not executed. The implode() call now uses the filtered list. The added tests testMultiTableDeleteWithLeftJoinSkipsUnmatchedRows (mixed matched and unmatched rows) and testMultiTableDeleteWithLeftJoinAndNoMatchesInJoinedTable (joined table with no matches, as sole target and alongside the main table) exercise the reported LEFT JOIN failure. Their expected affected-row counts and remaining rows match the join semantics. Limitation: I inspected only the diff hunk, not the code that builds $ids, so the NULL source is taken from the hunk context and the issue. I did not execute the test suite; the test results come from the PR description. The RIGHT JOIN, USING, and three-table cases in the PR description are not separate issue requirements.

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The source change is limited to the per-table ID handling in the multi-table DELETE path. It filters NULL ROWIDs and skips empty per-table DELETE statements. The test change adds two tests for that same path. No unrelated files or behavior changes appear in the whole-PR diff against the merge base. The PR description's additional coverage (RIGHT JOIN, USING, three tables) follows from the same filter and does not introduce separate behavior. The existing count( $ids ) > 0 guard is unchanged.

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Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 too large.)

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@packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-mysql-on-sqlite.php:
- Around line 2894-2899: Update the ROWID extraction in the target DELETE flow
to fetch the values by column position rather than using the case-sensitive
“{$table}_rowid” key. Preserve the null filtering so valid ROWIDs are still used
for the DELETE operations.

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