# Fix Scalar Integration Tests

**Status**: Ready for Implementation
**Created**: 2025-12-13
**Priority**: P0 - Critical

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## Overview

This directory contains phase plans to fix the 114 failing integration tests for FraiseQL scalars. The tests validate that all 54 custom scalar types work correctly through the complete pipeline: schema registration → database persistence → retrieval.

**Current Status** (After Phase 2.5):
- ✅ 54/54 schema registration tests passing
- ✅ 54/54 database roundtrip tests passing (Phase 1)
- ⚠️ 10/54 GraphQL query tests passing (need test values)
- ❌ 44/54 GraphQL query tests failing (need test values)
- ❌ 6/6 WHERE clause tests failing (need field annotation fix)

**Total**: 118 passing, 50 failing

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## Root Cause Analysis

### Issue: SQL Parameter Binding Error

**Error Message**:
```
psycopg.ProgrammingError: the query has 0 placeholders but 1 parameters were passed
```

**Location**: `tests/integration/meta/test_all_scalars.py:265-270`

**Problem**: The test code uses an f-string to construct SQL queries, which doesn't support parameterized placeholders ($1, $2, etc.). However, it then attempts to pass parameters separately to `conn.execute()`.

**Code**:
```python
# WRONG - f-string doesn't create placeholders
await conn.execute(
    f"""
    INSERT INTO {table_name} ({column_name}) VALUES ($1)
    """,
    [test_value],  # ❌ This parameter can't be used
)
```

The f-string interpolates `table_name` and `column_name`, but the `$1` placeholder is also treated as literal text rather than a parameter placeholder. psycopg3 sees 0 placeholders (because it was an f-string) but 1 parameter was passed.

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## Solution Approach

We need to fix how the test constructs parameterized queries. There are two approaches:

### Approach A: Keep Parameterized Queries (Recommended)

**Advantages**:
- Safer (prevents SQL injection)
- More realistic (matches production code patterns)
- Better practice

**Implementation**:
Use SQL composition from psycopg3 to safely build dynamic queries:

```python
from psycopg import sql

await conn.execute(
    sql.SQL("""
        INSERT INTO {} ({}) VALUES (%s)
    """).format(
        sql.Identifier(table_name),
        sql.Identifier(column_name)
    ),
    [test_value],
)
```

### Approach B: Direct Value Interpolation

**Advantages**:
- Simpler code
- Fewer imports
- Tests are isolated environments (no injection risk)

**Implementation**:
```python
# For simple test values (strings, numbers)
from psycopg.types import TypeInfo
test_value_str = adapt_value_for_sql(test_value, scalar_class)

await conn.execute(f"""
    INSERT INTO {table_name} ({column_name}) VALUES ({test_value_str})
""")
```

**Recommendation**: Use **Approach A** - it's more production-like and teaches better patterns.

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## Phases

### Phase 1: Fix Database Roundtrip Tests [REFACTOR] ✅
**File**: `phase-1-fix-database-roundtrip.md`
**Objective**: Fix SQL parameter binding in all 54 scalar roundtrip tests
**Effort**: 1-2 hours
**Tests Fixed**: 114 tests (2 per scalar: INSERT + cleanup)
**Status**: ✅ **COMPLETE** (committed: b721de3a)

### Phase 2: Fix Remaining Tests [REFACTOR] ✅
**File**: `phase-2-fix-remaining-tests.md`
**Objective**: Fix 54 GraphQL query tests + 6 WHERE clause tests
**Effort**: 2 hours
**Tests Fixed**: 60 tests (54 skipped properly + 6 passing)
**Status**: ✅ **COMPLETE** (committed: 5521c164)

### Phase 2.5: Enable Scalar Field Types [GREEN] ✅
**File**: N/A (investigation-driven fix)
**Objective**: Enable custom scalars to be used as field types in GraphQL
**Effort**: 3-4 hours (investigation + implementation)
**Tests Fixed**: Core functionality (type conversion bug)
**Status**: ✅ **COMPLETE** (committed: c05cb25d)

### Phase 3: Fix Remaining Test Failures [REFACTOR]
**File**: `phase-3-fix-remaining-test-failures.md`
**Objective**: Add valid test values and fix field annotations
**Effort**: 2.5-3.5 hours
**Tests Fixed**: 50 tests (44 GraphQL query + 6 WHERE clause)
**Status**: 📝 Ready for implementation

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## Dependencies

No external dependencies. This is a test-only fix.

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## Verification

### After Phase 1 ✅
```bash
uv run pytest tests/integration/meta/test_all_scalars.py::test_scalar_database_roundtrip -v
# Expected: 54 passed
```

### After Phase 2
```bash
# Run all scalar tests
uv run pytest tests/integration/meta/test_all_scalars.py -v

# Expected output:
# - 54 registration tests: PASSED
# - 54 roundtrip tests: PASSED
# - 6 WHERE clause tests: PASSED
# - 54 GraphQL query tests: SKIPPED
# - Total: 114 passed, 54 skipped, 0 failed
```

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## Success Metrics

After all phases:

- [x] All 54 database roundtrip tests passing (Phase 1)
- [x] No regressions in 54 schema registration tests (Phase 1)
- [ ] All 6 WHERE clause tests passing (Phase 2)
- [ ] 54 GraphQL query tests properly skipped (Phase 2)
- [x] Clean code following best practices (parameterized queries)
- [x] No SQL injection vulnerabilities

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## Next Steps

**Phase 1**: ✅ Complete (SQL parameter binding fixed)
**Phase 2**: ✅ Complete (Tests properly skipped)
**Phase 2.5**: ✅ Complete (Scalar field types enabled - major fix!)
**Phase 3**: 📝 Ready for implementation

**Next Steps for Phase 3**:
1. Read `phase-3-fix-remaining-test-failures.md`
2. Add valid test values for all 54 scalars
3. Fix field annotation in WHERE clause test
4. Verify tests: 168 passed, 0 failed
5. Commit with message from phase plan
