sqlite: enable foreign key constraints by default

For historical reasons and to maintain compatibibility with legacy
database schemas, SQLite does not enable foreign key constraints by
default. For new applications, however, this behavior is undesirable.
Currently, any application that wishes to use foreign keys must use

    PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;

to explicitly enable enforcement of such constraints.

This commit changes the behavior of the SQLite API built into Node.js
to enable foreign key constraints by default. This behavior can be
overridden by users to maintain compatibility with legacy database
schemas.

PR-URL: #54777
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Chemi Atlow <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

Author: tniessen

doc/api/sqlite.md

@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ added: v22.5.0
   * `open` {boolean} If `true`, the database is opened by the constructor. When
     this value is `false`, the database must be opened via the `open()` method.
     **Default:** `true`.
+  * `enableForeignKeyConstraints` {boolean} If `true`, foreign key constraints
+    are enabled. This is recommended but can be disabled for compatibility with
+    legacy database schemas. The enforcement of foreign key constraints can be
+    enabled and disabled after opening the database using
+    [`PRAGMA foreign_keys`][]. **Default:** `true`.
 
 Constructs a new `DatabaseSync` instance.
 
@@ -317,6 +322,7 @@ exception.
 
 [SQL injection]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection
 [`--experimental-sqlite`]: cli.md#--experimental-sqlite
+[`PRAGMA foreign_keys`]: https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_foreign_keys
 [`sqlite3_changes64()`]: https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/changes.html
 [`sqlite3_close_v2()`]: https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/close.html
 [`sqlite3_exec()`]: https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/exec.html

src/node_sqlite.cc

@@ -91,12 +91,14 @@ inline void THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(Isolate* isolate, const char* message) {
 DatabaseSync::DatabaseSync(Environment* env,
                            Local<Object> object,
                            Local<String> location,
-                           bool open)
+                           bool open,
+                           bool enable_foreign_keys_on_open)
     : BaseObject(env, object) {
   MakeWeak();
   node::Utf8Value utf8_location(env->isolate(), location);
   location_ = utf8_location.ToString();
   connection_ = nullptr;
+  enable_foreign_keys_on_open_ = enable_foreign_keys_on_open;
 
   if (open) {
     Open();
@@ -125,6 +127,15 @@ bool DatabaseSync::Open() {
   int flags = SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE;
   int r = sqlite3_open_v2(location_.c_str(), &connection_, flags, nullptr);
   CHECK_ERROR_OR_THROW(env()->isolate(), connection_, r, SQLITE_OK, false);
+
+  int foreign_keys_enabled;
+  r = sqlite3_db_config(connection_,
+                        SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FKEY,
+                        static_cast<int>(enable_foreign_keys_on_open_),
+                        &foreign_keys_enabled);
+  CHECK_ERROR_OR_THROW(env()->isolate(), connection_, r, SQLITE_OK, false);
+  CHECK_EQ(foreign_keys_enabled, enable_foreign_keys_on_open_);
+
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -166,6 +177,7 @@ void DatabaseSync::New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   }
 
   bool open = true;
+  bool enable_foreign_keys = true;
 
   if (args.Length() > 1) {
     if (!args[1]->IsObject()) {
@@ -188,9 +200,28 @@ void DatabaseSync::New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
       }
       open = open_v.As<Boolean>()->Value();
     }
+
+    Local<String> enable_foreign_keys_string =
+        FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(env->isolate(), "enableForeignKeyConstraints");
+    Local<Value> enable_foreign_keys_v;
+    if (!options->Get(env->context(), enable_foreign_keys_string)
+             .ToLocal(&enable_foreign_keys_v)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!enable_foreign_keys_v->IsUndefined()) {
+      if (!enable_foreign_keys_v->IsBoolean()) {
+        node::THROW_ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+            env->isolate(),
+            "The \"options.enableForeignKeyConstraints\" argument must be a "
+            "boolean.");
+        return;
+      }
+      enable_foreign_keys = enable_foreign_keys_v.As<Boolean>()->Value();
+    }
   }
 
-  new DatabaseSync(env, args.This(), args[0].As<String>(), open);
+  new DatabaseSync(
+      env, args.This(), args[0].As<String>(), open, enable_foreign_keys);
 }
 
 void DatabaseSync::Open(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {

src/node_sqlite.h

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class DatabaseSync : public BaseObject {
   DatabaseSync(Environment* env,
                v8::Local<v8::Object> object,
                v8::Local<v8::String> location,
-               bool open);
+               bool open,
+               bool enable_foreign_keys_on_open);
   void MemoryInfo(MemoryTracker* tracker) const override;
   static void New(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
   static void Open(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class DatabaseSync : public BaseObject {
   std::string location_;
   sqlite3* connection_;
   std::unordered_set<StatementSync*> statements_;
+  bool enable_foreign_keys_on_open_;
 };
 
 class StatementSync : public BaseObject {

test/parallel/test-sqlite-database-sync.js

@@ -50,6 +50,42 @@ suite('DatabaseSync() constructor', () => {
       message: /The "options\.open" argument must be a boolean/,
     });
   });
+
+  test('throws if options.enableForeignKeyConstraints is provided but is not a boolean', (t) => {
+    t.assert.throws(() => {
+      new DatabaseSync('foo', { enableForeignKeyConstraints: 5 });
+    }, {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      message: /The "options\.enableForeignKeyConstraints" argument must be a boolean/,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('enables foreign key constraints by default', (t) => {
+    const dbPath = nextDb();
+    const db = new DatabaseSync(dbPath);
+    db.exec(`
+      CREATE TABLE foo (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+      CREATE TABLE bar (foo_id INTEGER REFERENCES foo(id));
+    `);
+    t.after(() => { db.close(); });
+    t.assert.throws(() => {
+      db.exec('INSERT INTO bar (foo_id) VALUES (1)');
+    }, {
+      code: 'ERR_SQLITE_ERROR',
+      message: 'FOREIGN KEY constraint failed',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('allows disabling foreign key constraints', (t) => {
+    const dbPath = nextDb();
+    const db = new DatabaseSync(dbPath, { enableForeignKeyConstraints: false });
+    db.exec(`
+      CREATE TABLE foo (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+      CREATE TABLE bar (foo_id INTEGER REFERENCES foo(id));
+    `);
+    t.after(() => { db.close(); });
+    db.exec('INSERT INTO bar (foo_id) VALUES (1)');
+  });
 });
 
 suite('DatabaseSync.prototype.open()', () => {