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Summary

A numeric zero default on a temporal column was stored verbatim and emitted as a quoted string:

CREATE TABLE t (created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0);
SHOW CREATE TABLE t;
-- `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'                    (MySQL: '0000-00-00 00:00:00')

MySQL rejects DEFAULT '0' in strict SQL mode (ERROR 1067: Invalid default value), so dumps of these tables don't import. The H5P plugin creates its tables with this pattern, so exports of sites that use it fail.

Changes

Zero defaults of temporal columns now get MySQL's zero values, both in new tables and in existing databases:

  • Normalize on write. CREATE TABLE and ALTER TABLE store zero defaults of DATE, TIME, DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, and YEAR columns as MySQL zero values, including fractional seconds precision (DATETIME(3) → '0000-00-00 00:00:00.000'). This covers all numeric forms, such as 0, -0, 0.0, 0e0, and FALSE, and it fixes SHOW CREATE TABLE, INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS, and the default that new rows receive.
  • Normalize quoted zeros, except for YEAR. Quoted zeros, such as DEFAULT '0', are normalized the same way, as older driver versions stored them the same as numbers. For YEAR columns, MySQL reads the strings '0' and '00' as the year 2000, so they stay as written.
  • Fix DATETIME_PRECISION. INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS reported 0 for all TIME(n), DATETIME(n), and TIMESTAMP(n) columns. It now reports the precision of the column type.
  • Repair existing databases. For databases last configured by driver 3.1.0 or older, the configuration corrects the stored DATETIME_PRECISION values, and it recreates tables whose temporal columns still have a zero default, such as 0, so that new rows get the zero value. This includes tables created by the legacy SQLite driver. The repair runs once, within the configuration transaction, so it either fully succeeds or changes nothing.
  • Report why a table rebuild fails. ANALYZE, CHECK, OPTIMIZE, and REPAIR TABLE reported every general SQLite error as a missing table, so a failed repair could say Table '…' doesn't exist for a table that exists. They now report only SQLite's "no such table" error that way, and other errors as SQLite returns them.

Values match MySQL 8 output for the same CREATE TABLE in STRICT_TRANS_TABLES mode:

Column COLUMN_DEFAULT
TIMESTAMP / DATETIME DEFAULT 0 0000-00-00 00:00:00
DATE DEFAULT 0 0000-00-00
TIME DEFAULT 0 00:00:00
YEAR DEFAULT 0 0000
DATETIME(3) DEFAULT 0 0000-00-00 00:00:00.000
TIMESTAMP(6) DEFAULT 0 0000-00-00 00:00:00.000000
TIME(2) DEFAULT 0 00:00:00.00

Scope

  • Non-zero temporal defaults, such as DEFAULT 20200102, are still stored verbatim. The existing @TODO covers them.
  • YEAR string zeros, such as '0', stay as written. MySQL reads them as the year 2000, but the driver also stores an inserted '0' as 0000, so both need a separate fix, tracked in YEAR string zeros '0' and '00' are stored as 0000 instead of 2000 #545. Older driver versions stored YEAR DEFAULT 0 and YEAR DEFAULT '0' the same way, so the repair can't tell them apart and leaves them unchanged.
  • Recreated tables reset their AUTO_INCREMENT counter to the highest existing ID. This is an existing problem of ALTER TABLE and OPTIMIZE TABLE, tracked in ALTER TABLE and OPTIMIZE TABLE reset the AUTO_INCREMENT counter #544.
  • Recreated legacy tables lose ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. The legacy SQLite driver implemented it with triggers, which a table rebuild drops without replacing them. This is an existing problem of ALTER TABLE and OPTIMIZE TABLE, tracked in ALTER TABLE drops legacy ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP triggers #547. The repair also rebuilds legacy tables that have a temporal zero default, so they lose it as well.

Testing

End to end, the SHOW CREATE TABLE output for H5P's wp_h5p_contents and wp_h5p_contents_user_data imports into MySQL with sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES'. Before the change, it fails with ERROR 1067. See the verification on a WordPress Studio site.


AI assistance: Claude (Anthropic) via the Pi coding agent, with an initial candidate from a Homeboy cook. Claude traced the failure, reworked and tested the implementation, verified it against MySQL, and drafted this PR at Chris Huber's direction.

Fixes #541.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Temporal columns with numeric-zero defaults now use MySQL-compatible zero dates or times, including fractional seconds.
    • Temporal defaults are consistently represented in table definitions, metadata, and inserted or altered rows.
    • Existing databases are normalized when reopened, including temporal precision corrections for older driver versions.
    • Non-numeric defaults and string YEAR zero values remain unchanged.
    • Foreign-key relationships and active transactions remain intact during reconfiguration.
    • Failed table repairs now roll back cleanly and preserve the underlying error details.
    • Administrative errors distinguish missing tables from other database errors.

MySQL stores a numeric zero default of a temporal column, such as
DEFAULT 0 on a TIMESTAMP column, as its zero value, e.g.
'0000-00-00 00:00:00'. The driver stored it verbatim, so SHOW CREATE
TABLE emitted DEFAULT '0', which MySQL rejects in strict SQL mode.

Normalize these defaults when recording column definitions, and repair
defaults stored by older driver versions when the database is
configured.
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Numeric-zero temporal defaults now use MySQL canonical values. Configuration repairs legacy temporal precision and defaults through version-gated migrations. Tests cover rendering, inserts, alterations, reconstruction, rollback, transaction preservation, foreign-key behavior, and administration errors.

Changes: Temporal Compatibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Represent temporal defaults
packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-information-schema-builder.php, packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Tests.php
Temporal numeric-zero defaults map to canonical values. Fractional seconds follow declared precision.
Migrate legacy temporal metadata
packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-configurator.php, packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Tests.php
Older saved driver versions trigger temporal migrations. Configuration preserves transaction and foreign-key state during table reconstruction.
Validate compatibility and errors
packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Tests.php, packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Metadata_Tests.php, packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-mysql-on-sqlite.php
Tests cover metadata, reconstruction failures, administration results, and precise handling of SQLite HY000 errors.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SharedConnection
  participant SQLiteConfigurator
  participant InformationSchemaBuilder
  SharedConnection->>SQLiteConfigurator: provide saved driver version and schema
  SQLiteConfigurator->>SharedConnection: disable foreign keys and begin transaction
  SQLiteConfigurator->>InformationSchemaBuilder: run version-gated temporal migrations
  InformationSchemaBuilder->>SharedConnection: recreate affected tables
  SQLiteConfigurator->>SharedConnection: commit or roll back and restore state
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Possibly related issues

  • WordPress/sqlite-database-integration issue 553 — ALTER TABLE coverage preserves normalized temporal defaults, while the issue reports paths that bypass this handling.
  • WordPress/sqlite-database-integration issue 547 — Reconstruction tests verify that ON UPDATE triggers are restored.
  • WordPress/sqlite-database-integration issue 551 — The change implements temporal zero-default conversion described by this issue.
  • WordPress/sqlite-database-integration issue 552 — Insert tests cover normalized temporal zero values in strict and non-strict modes.
  • WordPress/sqlite-database-integration issue 545 — Tests preserve quoted zero defaults for YEAR.
  • WordPress/sqlite-database-integration issue 549 — Failure tests cover reconstruction errors and rollback state.
  • WordPress/sqlite-database-integration issue 528 — Reconstruction tests cover foreign-key enforcement and cascading behavior.

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Existing databases already saved at version 3.1.0 will skip the new temporal default and precision repairs, so their exports can still fail to import into strict-mode MySQL. Raise the driver version above 3.1.1 before merging, or confirm that the release process bumps it.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #541 requires canonical temporal zero defaults, strict-mode MySQL import, and H5P round-trip support. The information-schema builder normalizes numeric zero forms for DATE, TIME, DATETIME, TIMES…
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Issue #541 requires canonical temporal zero defaults, strict-mode MySQL import, and H5P round-trip support. The information-schema builder normalizes numeric zero forms for DATE, TIME, DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, and YEAR. It applies fractional-second precision and preserves YEAR string zeros. The PR evidence reports regression coverage and successful H5P import with STRICT_TRANS_TABLES. The configurator repairs affected existing databases.

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The changes support the linked objective. Configuration transactions, migrations, table reconstruction, and DATETIME_PRECISION repair support existing-database normalization. Improved SQLite administration errors report failures during table reconstruction accurately. The added tests cover these paths. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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End-to-end verification on a real WordPress Studio site with H5P

  1. Created a Studio site, which bundles SQLite Database Integration 3.0.2, and installed and activated H5P (wp plugin install h5p --activate).
  2. Before the fix: I exported the database with studio export, which runs wp sqlite export --enable-ast-driver. The dump contains:
    `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    `updated_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    Importing it into MySQL with sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES' fails:
    ERROR 1067 (42000) at line 57: Invalid default value for 'created_at'
    
  3. After the fix: I applied this PR's diff to the site's 3.0.2 driver. It applies cleanly. I also bumped SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION to simulate the plugin upgrade. Then I ran the same wp sqlite export --enable-ast-driver on the same existing database, which still had the '0' defaults stored by 3.0.2:
    • The configurator ran on the version change. The saved driver version is now 3.0.3, and the stored defaults for wp_h5p_contents.created_at/updated_at and wp_h5p_contents_user_data.updated_at are now 0000-00-00 00:00:00.
    • The dump now emits DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00'.
    • The full dump imports into strict-mode MySQL. All 26 tables are created, including the 14 H5P tables.

This covers both the fix on write and the repair of an existing database.

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$this->ensure_global_variables_table();
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Increment SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION for this repair.

The merge base and reviewed head both define SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION as 3.1.0. A database that already saved 3.1.0 skips configure_database(), so normalize_temporal_zero_defaults() does not run and its existing temporal defaults remain unnormalized.

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+define( 'SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION', '3.1.1' );
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WHERE DATA_TYPE IN ('date', 'time', 'datetime', 'timestamp', 'year')
AND COLUMN_DEFAULT IS NOT NULL",

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Exclude generated defaults from the stored-default repair.

If an older table has DATETIME DEFAULT (0), the builder stores COLUMN_DEFAULT as 0 and sets EXTRA to DEFAULT_GENERATED. The repair selects this row and replaces 0 with 0000-00-00 00:00:00. SHOW CREATE TABLE then emits it as an expression:

DEFAULT (0000-00-00 00:00:00)

This is invalid temporal DDL. Parentheses do not prevent the rewrite because serialize_mysql_expression() removes the outer exprWithParentheses wrapper before storage.

Select EXTRA and skip rows containing DEFAULT_GENERATED.

Suggested fix
-				SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TYPE, COLUMN_TYPE, COLUMN_DEFAULT
+				SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TYPE, COLUMN_TYPE, COLUMN_DEFAULT, EXTRA
 				FROM %s
 				WHERE DATA_TYPE IN ('date', 'time', 'datetime', 'timestamp', 'year')
 				AND COLUMN_DEFAULT IS NOT NULL",
@@
 		foreach ( $columns as $column ) {
+			if ( str_contains( $column['EXTRA'], 'DEFAULT_GENERATED' ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
 			$default = $this->get_temporal_zero_default(
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Thanks for the fix and the thorough testing! I pushed a few commits on top:

  • Zero defaults are now detected from the parser instead of a regex. That covers FALSE and 0e0 too. Quoted strings stay as written, because MySQL reads them differently (YEAR DEFAULT '0' means 2000).
  • Fractional seconds now come from the column definition. This also fixed DATETIME_PRECISION, which was always reported as 0.
  • The repair now also rebuilds the affected tables. Updating only the information schema left the old '0' default in the SQLite table, so new rows still got '0'. It also skips YEAR columns and expression defaults like DEFAULT (0).

I'll update the PR description to match.

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$this->assertQuery( 'CREATE TABLE _tmp_recreated (id INT, created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0)' );
$this->assertQuery( 'CREATE TABLE _tmp_failing (id INT, created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0)' );
$this->assertQuery( 'INSERT INTO _tmp_failing (id) VALUES (NULL)' );

// Store the defaults verbatim, as older driver versions did, and apply them to the SQLite tables.
$this->sqlite->exec( "UPDATE _wp_sqlite_mysql_information_schema_columns SET column_default = '0' WHERE table_name IN ('_tmp_recreated', '_tmp_failing') AND column_name = 'created_at'" );
$this->assertQuery( 'OPTIMIZE TABLE _tmp_recreated, _tmp_failing' );

// Make recreating the second table fail, as its data doesn't match the information schema.
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Make the rollback test order explicit.

The configurator query has no ORDER BY. It appends table names in query-result order, then iterates them with array_unique(). _tmp_failing can therefore be processed before _tmp_recreated, causing the test to pass without covering rollback of an earlier recreation.

Rename the tables so the failing table follows the recreated table, and update all references.

♻️ Make the failing table sort last
-		$this->assertQuery( 'CREATE TABLE _tmp_recreated (id INT, created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0)' );
-		$this->assertQuery( 'CREATE TABLE _tmp_failing (id INT, created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0)' );
-		$this->assertQuery( 'INSERT INTO _tmp_failing (id) VALUES (NULL)' );
+		$this->assertQuery( 'CREATE TABLE _tmp_a_recreated (id INT, created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0)' );
+		$this->assertQuery( 'CREATE TABLE _tmp_z_failing (id INT, created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT 0)' );
+		$this->assertQuery( 'INSERT INTO _tmp_z_failing (id) VALUES (NULL)' );
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Rename the rollback-test tables so the recreated table sorts before the failing
table, using names such as _tmp_a_recreated and _tmp_z_failing. Update every
related CREATE, INSERT, metadata UPDATE, and subsequent table reference in the
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Check the zero value after the literal default is resolved, so that all
numeric forms are covered, including FALSE and 0e0, not only those that
a regex matched. Take the fractional seconds precision from the column
data type in the AST.

This also fixes reading the precision from the AST, which used the whole
"(3)" node and cast it to 0, and which could match a CAST(... AS
DATETIME(n)) in a default, generated column, or CHECK expression. Besides
the zero values, this corrects the DATETIME_PRECISION of new TIME(n),
DATETIME(n), and TIMESTAMP(n) columns.

String zeros, such as '0', are normalized as well, as older driver
versions stored them the same as numeric zeros. The exception is a YEAR
column, where MySQL reads the strings '0' and '00' as the year 2000.
Expression defaults, such as DEFAULT (0), stay unchanged.
The repair of temporal zero defaults stored by older driver versions only
updated the information schema, while the SQLite tables kept their "0"
defaults. INSERT statements that omitted the column then stored "0", also
in non-strict SQL mode, where the stored "0" default was previously
replaced by an implicit zero value.

Recreate the affected tables with OPTIMIZE TABLE, so that their SQLite
defaults match the information schema. OPTIMIZE TABLE runs as a savepoint
within the configuration transaction. On PHP < 8.4, the driver can't
detect a transaction that it didn't start, so the configurator sets its
private transaction state directly. A transaction that the configuration
didn't start, such as one on a shared SQLite connection, is never rolled
back.

Foreign keys are disabled during the configuration, as recreating a table
drops it, which would otherwise fail or trigger foreign key actions, such
as ON DELETE CASCADE, in referencing tables. The driver itself has the
same problem when recreating tables:
WordPress#528

The repair moves from the information schema builder to the configurator,
next to the other configuration steps, as nothing else uses it. It now
also:
- Runs after the database name migration, which table recreation needs.
- Finds the columns by their SQLite defaults, so that it also repairs
  tables reconstructed from the legacy SQLite driver, whose information
  schema already has a zero value.
- Reads the fractional seconds precision from COLUMN_TYPE, as older
  driver versions stored a DATETIME_PRECISION of 0.
- Repairs YEAR columns only for an unquoted SQLite default, such as 0,
  as a string zero, such as '0', can be the year 2000.
- Skips expression defaults, such as DEFAULT (0).
Older driver versions read the precision from the whole "(3)" node,
which casts to 0, so INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS reported a
DATETIME_PRECISION of 0 for every TIME(n), DATETIME(n), and TIMESTAMP(n)
column. Repair the stored values when configuring the database, using
the precision in COLUMN_TYPE.

The repair of temporal zero defaults now runs after it, and it reads the
repaired DATETIME_PRECISION instead of parsing COLUMN_TYPE itself.
The repairs of DATETIME_PRECISION and temporal zero defaults ran on every
driver upgrade, although they fix values that only older driver versions
stored.

Run both repairs only when the database was last configured by driver
3.1.1 or older, the last version that stored these values incorrectly.
The saved version is read within the configuration transaction, before
it is updated.
ANALYZE, CHECK, OPTIMIZE, and REPAIR TABLE reported every general SQLite
error as "Table '...' doesn't exist", although only the "no such table"
error means that. Other errors, such as a failed table rebuild, are now
reported as SQLite returns them.

This also fixes the error message of a failed repair of temporal zero
defaults, which reports the OPTIMIZE TABLE error.
Rows that got a zero default from older driver versions, such as "0" in a
TIMESTAMP column, kept that value after the defaults were repaired. MySQL
stores the zero value in these rows, and a dump of them doesn't import into
MySQL in strict SQL mode.

When repairing the defaults, replace the old default in existing rows with
the zero value of the column. The table triggers are dropped first, so that
the update doesn't run them, e.g., to emulate ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP.
Recreating the table drops them anyway, and it creates the driver's
triggers again.
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Comment on lines +336 to +342
private function run_migrations( string $saved_version ): void {
// Fix temporal precision and zero defaults stored by versions <= 3.1.1.
if ( version_compare( $saved_version, '3.1.1', '<=' ) ) {
$this->migrate_datetime_precision();
$this->migrate_temporal_zero_defaults();
}
}

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Set SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION above 3.1.1.

ensure_database_configured() calls configure_database() only when the current version is greater than the saved version. The current version is 3.1.0, so databases already saved at 3.1.0 skip run_migrations(). Their temporal defaults and DATETIME_PRECISION values remain unrepaired.

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Update the SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION value used by ensure_database_configured() and
configure_database() to a version greater than 3.1.1, so databases saved at
3.1.0 enter run_migrations() and receive both temporal repairs. Preserve the
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SHOW CREATE TABLE quotes numeric temporal defaults (DEFAULT 0 → '0'), breaking MySQL import

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