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Fixes #1668.

  1. numtodsinterval error message (contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/datetime_datatype_functions.c:1557): the invalid-unit error said "numtoyminterval"; now "numtodsinterval".

  2. ora_ascii multibyte handling (same module, character_datatype_functions.c): the oracharchar/oravarcharchar cases returned the leading byte of a multibyte character (ASCII('日') → 230). They now keep the Oracle empty-string-is-NULL behavior and otherwise delegate to the core ascii(), which decodes the code point (ASCII('日') → 26085).

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  • Both translation units compile cleanly.
  • Manual: SELECT ascii('日') in a UTF-8 database → 26085; ascii('') → NULL.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved ASCII handling for character values, including correct treatment of empty strings as NULL and accurate Unicode code points for multibyte characters.
    • Corrected the error message shown when an invalid unit is supplied to NUMTODSINTERVAL.

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The PR corrects multibyte character handling in ora_ascii, configures UTF-8 regression tests, and preserves empty-string NULL behavior. It also corrects the invalid-unit error name reported by numtodsinterval.

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Oracle compatibility fixes

Layer / File(s) Summary
ora_ascii character handling and regression coverage
contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/character_datatype_functions.c, contrib/ivorysql_ora/Makefile, contrib/ivorysql_ora/sql/ora_ascii.sql, contrib/ivorysql_ora/expected/ora_ascii.out
ora_ascii delegates nonempty character values to the backend ascii function and returns SQL NULL for empty values. UTF-8 regression settings and tests cover ascii('日') returning 26085.
numtodsinterval error correction and regression coverage
contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/datetime_datatype_functions.c, contrib/ivorysql_ora/sql/ora_datetime_datatype_functions.sql, contrib/ivorysql_ora/expected/ora_datetime_datatype_functions.out
The invalid-unit error now names numtodsinterval instead of numtoyminterval. Regression coverage verifies the corrected message.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ab8d9

The PR makes localized corrections to the error message and multibyte ASCII handling while preserving NULL behavior. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains; additional UTF-8 branch coverage can be handled as follow-up.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy all requirements in #1668, including the corrected error name, decoded multibyte code points, NULL handling, and core ascii delegation.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The Makefile update and regression tests directly support UTF-8 verification and the two fixes described in #1668.
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contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/character_datatype_functions.c (1)

2382-2391: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a regression assertion for the UTF-8 delegation path.

The supplied regression input tests ASCII strings and ascii('') IS NULL, but it does not assert ASCII('日') = 26085. Add a multibyte case that selects the Oracle string overload. Without this assertion, the previous first-byte behavior could pass the current regression input. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Suggested regression case
 select ascii('') is null from dual;
+select ascii('日') = 26085 from dual;
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In `@contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/character_datatype_functions.c`
around lines 2382 - 2391, Add a regression assertion in the Oracle ASCII test
input for the multibyte string case ASCII('日') = 26085, ensuring it exercises
the Oracle string overload and validates UTF-8 delegation rather than only ASCII
and empty-string behavior.
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In `@contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/character_datatype_functions.c`:
- Around line 2382-2391: The empty-string-to-NULL conversion must occur before
fixed-width padding, rather than only in ora_ascii(). Update the parser or
Oracle character type boundary used by oracharcharin() so an empty UNKNOWN
constant becomes NULL; preserve non-empty values and ensure ora_ascii() receives
NULL and returns NULL.

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In `@contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/character_datatype_functions.c`:
- Around line 2382-2391: Add a regression assertion in the Oracle ASCII test
input for the multibyte string case ASCII('日') = 26085, ensuring it exercises
the Oracle string overload and validates UTF-8 delegation rather than only ASCII
and empty-string behavior.
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Comment on lines +2382 to +2391
/* char, varchar, varchar2: empty string is NULL (Oracle), else
* return the code point of the first character */
text *txt = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(0);
str = text_to_cstring(txt);
break;

if (VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(txt) == 0)
{
fcinfo->isnull = true;
PG_RETURN_VOID();
}
PG_RETURN_DATUM(DirectFunctionCall1(ascii, PG_GETARG_DATUM(0)));

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

fd -i -t f 'oracharchar\.c$' . -x \
  rg -n -C 8 'oracharcharin|bpchar_input|blank pad|memset'

rg -n -C 5 'ORACHARCHAROID|ORAVARCHARCHAROID|ascii\(' .

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echo '--- oracharchar input implementation ---'
sed -n '120,275p' contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/datatype/oracharchar.c

echo '--- Oracle empty-string handling in parser/coercion ---'
rg -n -C 4 'empty|string.*null|NULL.*empty|ORACHARCHAROID|oracharcharin|unknown.*null|Const.*constisnull' \
  src/backend contrib/ivorysql_ora/src \
  -g '*.[ch]' -g '*.y' -g '*.l' | head -n 500

echo '--- type and function declarations ---'
rg -n -C 3 'oracharchar|ORACHARCHAROID' contrib/ivorysql_ora -g '*.sql' -g '*.h' -g '*.c' | head -n 350

echo '--- focused tests for empty CHAR values and ora_ascii ---'
rg -n -C 3 \"ora_ascii|ascii\\(.*ORACHARCHAR|char\\([^)]*\\).*''|''::.*char|cast\\(''\" \
  contrib/ivorysql_ora src/test -g '*.sql' -g '*.out' 2>/dev/null | head -n 350

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  src/backend contrib/ivorysql_ora/src \
  -g '*.[ch]' -g '*.y' -g '*.l' \
  > /tmp/empty-null-candidates.txt
sed -n '1,700p' /tmp/empty-null-candidates.txt

echo '--- Oracle type catalog entries ---'
rg -n -C 12 \
  'oracharchar|ORACHARCHAROID|CHARACTER.*Oracle|oracle.*char' \
  contrib/ivorysql_ora -g '*.sql' -g '*.h' -g '*.c' | \
  grep -E 'oracharchar|ORACHARCHAROID|CREATE TYPE|CREATE CAST|CREATE FUNCTION|typinput|typcategory|typname' | head -n 500

echo '--- parser/coercion files and Oracle hooks ---'
rg -n -C 8 \
  'compatible_db|ORA_PARSER|oracle.*parser|parser.*oracle|coerce_to_target_type|coerce_type|UNKNOWNOID' \
  src/backend/parser src/backend/oracle_parser contrib/ivorysql_ora/src \
  -g '*.[ch]' -g '*.y' | head -n 1000

echo '--- focused regression files ---'
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echo '--- Oracle type catalog entries ---'
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path

parse_node = Path("src/backend/parser/parse_node.c").read_text()
parse_coerce = Path("src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c").read_text()
ora_char = Path("contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/datatype/oracharchar.c").read_text()

checks = {
    "string literals are non-NULL UNKNOWN constants":
        'val = CStringGetDatum(strVal(&aconst->val));' in parse_node
        and 'typeid = UNKNOWNOID' in parse_node
        and 'makeConst(typeid' in parse_node
        and 'false,\n\t\t\t\t\ttypebyval)' in parse_node,
    "non-NULL UNKNOWN constants use stringTypeDatum":
        'if (!con->constisnull)' in parse_coerce
        and 'stringTypeDatum(baseType,' in parse_coerce
        and 'DatumGetCString(con->constvalue)' in parse_coerce,
    "oracharcharin passes the empty C string to bpchar_input":
        'char\t   *s = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);' in ora_char
        and 'result = bpchar_input(s, strlen(s), atttypmod);' in ora_char,
    "bpchar_input pads fixed-width values with spaces":
        'if (maxlen > len)' in ora_char
        and "memset(r + len, ' ', maxlen - len);" in ora_char,
}

for name, result in checks.items():
    print(f"{'PASS' if result else 'FAIL'}: {name}")

assert all(checks.values())
print("RESULT: empty non-NULL input is padded before ora_ascii's byte-length check.")
PY

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parse_node = Path("src/backend/parser/parse_node.c").read_text()
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ora_char = Path("contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/datatype/oracharchar.c").read_text()

checks = {
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        'val = CStringGetDatum(strVal(&aconst->val));' in parse_node
        and 'typeid = UNKNOWNOID' in parse_node,
    "non-NULL UNKNOWN constants use stringTypeDatum":
        'if (!con->constisnull)' in parse_coerce
        and 'stringTypeDatum(baseType,' in parse_coerce
        and 'DatumGetCString(con->constvalue)' in parse_coerce,
    "oracharcharin passes the C string to bpchar_input":
        'result = bpchar_input(s, strlen(s), atttypmod);' in ora_char,
    "bpchar_input pads fixed-width values with spaces":
        'memset(r + len, \' \', maxlen - len);' in ora_char,
}

for name, result in checks.items():
    print(f"{'PASS' if result else 'FAIL'}: {name}")

assert all(checks.values())
PY

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Convert empty Oracle strings to NULL before fixed-width padding.

The parser preserves '' as a non-NULL UNKNOWN constant. oracharcharin() then pads it with spaces, so ora_ascii() returns 32 instead of NULL. Fix this at the parser or type boundary.

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In `@contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_functions/character_datatype_functions.c`
around lines 2382 - 2391, The empty-string-to-NULL conversion must occur before
fixed-width padding, rather than only in ora_ascii(). Update the parser or
Oracle character type boundary used by oracharcharin() so an empty UNKNOWN
constant becomes NULL; preserve non-empty values and ensure ora_ascii() receives
NULL and returns NULL.

- numtodsinterval: the invalid-unit error named numtoyminterval (copy
  paste); now reports the correct function name
- ora_ascii: the oracharchar/oravarcharchar cases returned the leading
  byte of multibyte characters (ASCII('日') -> 230); they now keep the
  empty-string-is-NULL behavior and otherwise delegate to the core
  ascii(), which returns the code point (26085)

Closes IvorySQL#1668

Signed-off-by: liuhongyu <liuhongyu@apache.org>
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Thanks for the PR — I still have some questions about the issue, let's discuss those in #1668

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In `@contrib/ivorysql_ora/sql/ora_ascii.sql`:
- Around line 15-16: Extend the ora_ascii.sql regression test to cover UTF-8
two-byte and four-byte decoding with representative inputs é and 😀, expecting
code points 233 and 128512. Add the corresponding expected result rows to
ora_ascii.out while preserving the existing three-byte 日 case.
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Comment on lines +15 to +16
-- UTF-8 multibyte characters return their Unicode code point, not the first byte.
select ascii('日') from dual;

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the two-byte and four-byte UTF-8 paths.

The new test covers only the three-byte decoding branch used by . The backend ascii() implementation also has separate two-byte and four-byte branches. Add representative inputs such as é (233) and 😀 (128512), then add their expected rows in contrib/ivorysql_ora/expected/ora_ascii.out.

Suggested test additions
 select ascii('日') from dual;
+
+select ascii('é') from dual;
+
+select ascii('😀') from dual;

As per path instructions, SQL test files must ensure comprehensive coverage of features.

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In `@contrib/ivorysql_ora/sql/ora_ascii.sql` around lines 15 - 16, Extend the
ora_ascii.sql regression test to cover UTF-8 two-byte and four-byte decoding
with representative inputs é and 😀, expecting code points 233 and 128512. Add
the corresponding expected result rows to ora_ascii.out while preserving the
existing three-byte 日 case.

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numtodsinterval error names wrong function; ora_ascii returns first byte of multibyte chars

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