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Closes #1333

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  • Bug fix

What does this PR do?

Two defects in altimate_core_validate, both reproduced with the issue's script:

  1. Case. The engine compares an unquoted identifier in lowercase and a quoted one exactly (verified: "Customer_Region" stays mixed-case). Snowflake metadata from schema_inspect / snowflake_get_table_stats is UPPERCASE, so a correct query failed with ColumnNotFound — with the engine's own DidYouMean pointing at the same column in uppercase at confidence 1 — and uppercasing the SQL did not help. normalizeSchemaContext now folds an all-uppercase table or column name (the storage form of an identifier created unquoted) to lowercase before the schema reaches the engine. Mixed-case names are left alone: they were created quoted, must be referenced quoted, and the engine matches them exactly — folding them would break that. Lowercase names are already in the engine's form. Applies to both schema_context shapes (flat map and SchemaDefinition). schema_path files are not folded (out of scope; the issue is about inline metadata from the warehouse tools).

  2. No schema. The engine ran against the _empty_ placeholder and reported every table as missing, while the tool's description promises existence checks are skipped. The handler now drops TableNotFound/ColumnNotFound (E001/E002) findings when no schema was given and recomputes valid from what remains, so syntax and dialect errors still surface.

How did you verify your code works?

  • test/altimate/validate-identifier-case.test.ts (9 tests): the exact query and uppercase metadata from the issue validate through the dispatcher, in lowercase and uppercase SQL; a genuinely misspelled column is still ColumnNotFound; no schema → valid: true for the correct query, and a real syntax error (selec x fro t, engine E000) is still reported; unit cases for foldIdentifierCase (upper → lower, mixed kept, lowercase untouched, digits) and the existence classifier.
  • Mutation-checked: removing the fold fails 5 tests; keeping existence errors without a schema fails 1.
  • altimate-core-e2e, sql-validation-adversarial, tool-error-propagation, issue-261-e2e and the new file: 244 pass. Typecheck clean.

One note for reviewers: the fold makes the validator lenient in one direction on case-sensitive-by-default engines (Postgres stores unquoted as lowercase, so an all-uppercase Postgres column must have been created quoted and referenced quoted; after folding, an unquoted lowercase reference would validate). That is a missed error rather than a false positive, and the issue's cost was the false positives.

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Summary by cubic

Fixes altimate_core_validate rejecting correct Snowflake queries against warehouse metadata and reporting every table as missing when no schema is given.

  • Uppercase metadata (e.g. ORDER_MONTH) folds to the engine's lowercase form before validation; mixed-case quoted names stay exact, and a fold that would collide with an existing name keeps the entry as written.
  • Quoted all-uppercase references ("ORDER_MONTH", dbt/BI style) and BigQuery/Databricks backticks are lowercased inside their quotes when a schema is present; string literals and comments are left alone.
  • A shared prepareSql folds both halves of the SQL-plus-schema pair for every such operation (altimate_core.* and sql.*), and applies the same preparation to sibling SQL (base_sql, the equal query, lineage batches).
  • JSON/YAML schema files are folded like inline contexts; DDL files load as-is.
  • Generated SQL (rewrites, fixes, optimizations) returns in the caller's spelling; sql.diff renders its text diff from the raw inputs and folds only for the equivalence check.
  • Without a schema, TableNotFound/ColumnNotFound findings are dropped and valid is recomputed, so syntax and dialect errors still surface; a schema context that normalizes to no table takes the no-schema path, and a schema file that fails to load is an engine failure rather than a valid result.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved SQL validation and analysis for uppercase, quoted, and mixed-case identifiers.
    • Improved handling of schema files, inline schemas, schema context, and schema-free validation.
    • Preserved original identifier casing in generated SQL and rewrites.
    • Case-only SQL differences are now displayed correctly.
    • Improved processing across SQL analysis, optimization, fixing, rewriting, and lineage checks.
    • Validation now clearly reports engine failures.
    • Missing tables and columns continue to be reported when schema information is available.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for identifier casing, schema formats, lineage, and schema-free validation.

…e; skip existence checks without a schema

`altimate_core_validate` rejected correct Snowflake SQL against real
metadata. The engine compares an unquoted identifier in lowercase and a
quoted one exactly; `schema_inspect` and `snowflake_get_table_stats`
return UPPERCASE names, so every query came back ColumnNotFound — with
the engine's own DidYouMean pointing at the same column in uppercase at
confidence 1 — and uppercasing the SQL did not help because the engine
lowercased it again. The model looped three or four validation rounds
per warehouse demo before giving up on the validator (#1333).

`normalizeSchemaContext` now folds an all-uppercase table or column
name — the storage form of an identifier created unquoted — to
lowercase before the schema reaches the engine. Mixed-case names were
created quoted, must be referenced quoted, and are matched exactly by
the engine, so they are left alone; lowercase names are already in the
engine's form. Applies to both schema_context shapes.

Without a schema the engine ran against the `_empty_` placeholder and
reported every table as missing, while the tool's description promised
existence checks are skipped. The handler now drops TableNotFound /
ColumnNotFound findings when no schema was given and recomputes `valid`
from what remains, so syntax and dialect errors still surface.

Tests: the exact query and uppercase metadata from the issue validate
(lower and upper SQL); a genuinely missing column is still reported; no
schema → valid for a correct query, still invalid for a syntax error;
fold and existence-classifier unit cases. Both guards were deleted once
to confirm the tests fail.

Closes #1333

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The change centralizes SQL and schema preparation. It folds schema-backed identifiers across Altimate handlers, preserves caller spelling in generated output, handles empty schemas, and reports engine failures explicitly.

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Schema preparation and validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Schema preparation and identifier folding
packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/schema-resolver.ts, packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/sql/register.ts
prepareSql now normalizes schemas, folds matching identifiers, reports schema availability, and restores caller spelling with unfold.
Prepared SQL handler integration
packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/altimate-core.ts, packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/sql/register.ts
Core and composite SQL handlers use prepared SQL, conditional schemas, folded comparisons, and unfolded generated results.
Validation state and engine failures
packages/opencode/src/altimate/tools/altimate-core-validate.ts
Validation uses engine-provided has_schema state and returns engine_failure results when dispatch fails.
Regression coverage
packages/opencode/test/altimate/validate-identifier-case.test.ts
Tests cover identifier folding, schema files, handler preparation, output spelling, empty schemas, existence findings, lineage, and engine failures.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Dispatcher
  participant SQLHandler
  participant SchemaResolver
  participant AltimateCore
  Dispatcher->>SQLHandler: submit SQL and schema inputs
  SQLHandler->>SchemaResolver: prepare SQL and schema
  SchemaResolver-->>SQLHandler: return prepared SQL, schema, foldSql, and unfold
  SQLHandler->>AltimateCore: run operation with prepared values
  AltimateCore-->>SQLHandler: return result or engine failure
  SQLHandler-->>Dispatcher: return normalized result
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Quoted identifiers can be case-sensitive, but equivalence operations may report distinct SQL as equivalent; dialects that allow double-quoted strings can also have their analyzed SQL changed. Resolve these semantics before merging.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the two primary changes: folding uppercase metadata for validation and skipping existence checks when no schema is provided.
Description check ✅ Passed The description follows the required template, identifies issue #1333, marks the change as a bug fix, explains the implementation and rationale, documents verification, and completes the checklist. Th…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1333 requires case-insensitive matching for unquoted Snowflake identifiers, exact matching for mixed-case quoted identifiers, no TableNotFound or ColumnNotFound findings without a schema, a…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within Issue #1333. Shared SQL and schema preparation supports consistent identifier matching. Caller-spelling restoration and raw-input diffs preserve output behavior while using fol…
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In `@packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/altimate-core.ts`:
- Around line 101-115: Update hasSchema in the validation flow around
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treating contexts with no tables as schema-free; preserve schema_path as
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<file name="packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/schema-resolver.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/schema-resolver.ts:103">
P2: When metadata contains case-distinct columns such as unquoted `FOO` and quoted `foo`, this mapping normalizes both to `foo` without preserving quote identity. Detect and reject normalized column-name collisions before validation so the engine cannot resolve the wrong column.</violation>
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const tables: Record<string, any> = {}
for (const [tableName, table] of Object.entries(def.tables ?? {})) {
const columns = Array.isArray(table?.columns)
? table.columns.map((c: any) => (typeof c?.name === "string" ? { ...c, name: foldIdentifierCase(c.name) } : c))

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P2: When metadata contains case-distinct columns such as unquoted FOO and quoted foo, this mapping normalizes both to foo without preserving quote identity. Detect and reject normalized column-name collisions before validation so the engine cannot resolve the wrong column.

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<comment>When metadata contains case-distinct columns such as unquoted `FOO` and quoted `foo`, this mapping normalizes both to `foo` without preserving quote identity. Detect and reject normalized column-name collisions before validation so the engine cannot resolve the wrong column.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -80,15 +80,40 @@ function flatToSchemaDefinition(flat: Record<string, any>): Record<string, any>
+  const tables: Record<string, any> = {}
+  for (const [tableName, table] of Object.entries(def.tables ?? {})) {
+    const columns = Array.isArray(table?.columns)
+      ? table.columns.map((c: any) => (typeof c?.name === "string" ? { ...c, name: foldIdentifierCase(c.name) } : c))
+      : table?.columns
+    tables[foldIdentifierCase(tableName)] = { ...table, columns }
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Fixed in f288654 (colliding column folds left unfolded, test included).

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…ss contexts

Bot review on #1343, checked against the engine: it lowercases table keys at
load, keeps column names as written, lowercases an unquoted reference and
matches a quoted one exactly, and dedups columns case-insensitively (first
wins) — so both spellings of a name cannot be emitted.

- `foldQuotedIdentifierCase`: a quoted all-uppercase identifier in the SQL
  (`"ORDER_MONTH"`, dbt `quote_columns` / BI style on Snowflake) is lowercased
  inside its quotes when a schema is present, so it matches the folded
  metadata; same length, still quoted, string literals and comments stepped
  over, mixed-case left exact
- A fold that would collide with an entry the schema already carries
  (`ORDERS` + `orders`, `FOO` + `foo` columns) keeps the name as written
  instead of overwriting; null-prototype maps so `__PROTO__` is an entry
- `schemaProvided`: a `schema_context` counts only if it normalises to a
  table. `{ tables: {} }` / `{ users: {} }` used to fail the call outright
  ("Schema must define at least one table"); they now take the no-schema path
- Test: engine-dependent modules imported lazily behind a `require.resolve`
  guard so the skip really skips; prior `ALTIMATE_TELEMETRY_DISABLED`
  restored; dispatcher reset after the suite; cases for each of the above

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<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/altimate-core.ts:101">
P2: When `schema_context` is `{ tables: {} }` or `{ users: {} }`, the handler now classifies it as no-schema, but the `altimate_core_validate` tool still computes its own `hasSchema` with `Object.keys(schema_context).length > 0` (packages/opencode/src/altimate/tools/altimate-core-validate.ts:15). The two disagree: the handler drops existence findings and recomputes `valid`, while the tool reports `has_schema: true`, titles the result "VALID (schema)", and suppresses the "existence checks were skipped" note. Align the tool's check with `schemaProvided` (pass the empty context through `schemaProvided` or mirror its table-normalization logic) so the user-facing verdict matches the behavior the handler performs.</violation>
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// 1. altimate_core.validate
register("altimate_core.validate", async (params) => {
try {
const hasSchema = schemaProvided(params.schema_path, params.schema_context)

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P2: When schema_context is { tables: {} } or { users: {} }, the handler now classifies it as no-schema, but the altimate_core_validate tool still computes its own hasSchema with Object.keys(schema_context).length > 0 (packages/opencode/src/altimate/tools/altimate-core-validate.ts:15). The two disagree: the handler drops existence findings and recomputes valid, while the tool reports has_schema: true, titles the result "VALID (schema)", and suppresses the "existence checks were skipped" note. Align the tool's check with schemaProvided (pass the empty context through schemaProvided or mirror its table-normalization logic) so the user-facing verdict matches the behavior the handler performs.

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<comment>When `schema_context` is `{ tables: {} }` or `{ users: {} }`, the handler now classifies it as no-schema, but the `altimate_core_validate` tool still computes its own `hasSchema` with `Object.keys(schema_context).length > 0` (packages/opencode/src/altimate/tools/altimate-core-validate.ts:15). The two disagree: the handler drops existence findings and recomputes `valid`, while the tool reports `has_schema: true`, titles the result "VALID (schema)", and suppresses the "existence checks were skipped" note. Align the tool's check with `schemaProvided` (pass the empty context through `schemaProvided` or mirror its table-normalization logic) so the user-facing verdict matches the behavior the handler performs.</comment>

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@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ export function registerAll(): void {
   register("altimate_core.validate", async (params) => {
     try {
-      const hasSchema = !!(params.schema_path || (params.schema_context && Object.keys(params.schema_context).length > 0))
+      const hasSchema = schemaProvided(params.schema_path, params.schema_context)
       const schema = schemaOrEmpty(params.schema_path, params.schema_context)
-      const raw = await core.validate(params.sql, schema)
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Fixed in 8ecf029: the handler reports has_schema and the tool uses it; a table-less context is titled "(no schema)" (tool-level test).

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…schema files too

Codex review of #1343 (gpt-5.6-sol).

- Only `validate` folded the SQL; the other operations that match SQL
  against a schema (lint, explain, check incl. lintDiff/base_sql, fix,
  policy, semantics, testgen, equivalence, rewrite, correct, grade,
  query_pii, column_lineage, track_lineage, complete, optimize_for_query,
  prune_schema) got the folded schema with unfolded SQL — the mismatch the
  fold exists to remove. `prepareSql` now hands every one of them the pair
- The fold is explicit (`normalizeSchemaContext(ctx, { fold })`): schema-only
  operations (diff, export, fingerprint, classify, resolve_term) see the
  names as written
- `schema_path` took the SQL half without the schema half: a JSON/YAML file
  is now normalised and folded like an inline context; a DDL file is loaded
  as-is and the SQL left alone
- Lexer: BigQuery/Databricks backticks fold too; a doubled quote inside a
  name keeps it as written; dotted quoted names fold as one; `$tag$…$tag$`
  and `E'…'` (backslash escapes) are opaque spans
- The tool decided `has_schema` on its own and reported "VALID" for a
  table-less context as if existence had been checked; the handler says it
  now. A failed schema load (`success: false`) is an engine failure, not a
  valid result
- Tests for each; `isExistenceError` gets a code-only fixture

Not changed: the fold is dialect-blind. On a lowercase-folding warehouse an
uppercase metadata name can be a genuinely quoted identifier, and an
unquoted reference to it then validates; the tool has no dialect input to
scope by. Same class as the tradeoff already noted in `foldIdentifierCase`.

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Addressed in 8ecf029:

  • P1 every other SQL-plus-schema handler got the folded schema with unfolded SQL — the mismatch the fold exists to remove. prepareSql now hands lint, explain, check (incl. lintDiff/base_sql), fix, policy, semantics, testgen, equivalence, rewrite, correct, grade, query_pii, column_lineage, track_lineage, complete, optimize_for_query and prune_schema the folded pair. The fold is explicit (normalizeSchemaContext(ctx, { fold })), so schema-only operations (diff, export, fingerprint, classify, resolve_term) see names as written. Tests: lint and column_lineage resolve quoted references; schema_diff is unfolded.
  • P2 schema_path took the SQL half without the schema half — a JSON/YAML file is normalised and folded like an inline context; a DDL file is loaded as-is and the SQL left alone. Test for both.
  • P2 lexer gaps — backticks fold like double quotes; a doubled quote inside a name keeps it as written; dotted quoted names fold as one; $tag$…$tag$ and E'…' (backslash escapes) are opaque spans. Tests for each.
  • P2 tool vs handler on has_schema — the handler says it now; a table-less context is reported "(no schema)".
  • P2 success: false presented as a valid result (pre-existing) — a failed schema load is Validate: ERROR with error_class: engine_failure.
  • TestsisExistenceError has a code-only fixture.

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  • P1 dialect-blind fold — on a lowercase-folding warehouse an all-uppercase metadata name can be a genuinely quoted identifier, and an unquoted reference to it then validates. The tool has no dialect input to scope the fold by (codex's own P2, pre-existing), and uppercase-quoted-created identifiers on Postgres/DuckDB are rare where uppercase Snowflake metadata is the norm. It is the same class as the tradeoff already documented on foldIdentifierCase; a dialect parameter on the tool would be the real fix and is a separate change.
  • P3 require.resolve guard — it proves the package resolves, not that the napi binary loads; the previous guard (a static import) never ran at all. Good enough for the environments that skip.
  • The "genuinely missing column" test asserting a ColumnNotFound that the pre-PR code also produced: it guards the fold not swallowing real errors, which its neighbour (the same query, valid) makes meaningful.

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- The SQL fold touched every quoted all-uppercase token, and on
  MySQL/BigQuery/SQLite `"SHIPPED"` is a string literal: a query's values
  changed under validation. Only tokens whose lowercase form is a name the
  folded schema holds (table keys, each dotted segment, columns) are folded
- `hasSchema` was not a fold flag: for a DDL file the head SQL was left as
  written but `base_sql` and lineage queries were folded, and the PII base
  comparison used the raw base. `prepareSql` exposes `foldSql`, the same
  preparation for any sibling SQL against that schema — identity for DDL —
  and `check` (lintDiff + PII subtraction), `equivalence` and
  `track_lineage` use it
- `sql.analyze`, `sql.optimize`, `sql.fix`, `sql.rewrite`, `sql.diff` and
  `lineage.check` (`native/sql/register.ts`) match SQL against a schema too
  and were still on the unfolded resolver; they prepare the pair now
- Test guard uses `require` (loads the binding) rather than `require.resolve`;
  the temp schema directory is removed; a comment named the wrong handler

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const schema = schemaOrEmpty(params.schema_path, params.schema_context)
const [rewriteRaw, lintRaw] = await Promise.all([core.rewrite(params.sql, schema), core.lint(params.sql, schema)])
const { sql, schema } = prepareSql(params.sql, params.schema_path, params.schema_context)
const [rewriteRaw, lintRaw] = await Promise.all([core.rewrite(sql, schema), core.lint(sql, schema)])

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WARNING: Internal identifier folding leaks into generated SQL

prepareSql lowercases quoted uppercase identifiers before core.rewrite runs, and this handler returns the resulting rewritten_sql directly as executable output. For example, Snowflake input using "STATUS" can be returned as "status", which names a different quoted identifier; the same pattern is used by sql.fix and sql.rewrite. Keep the fold internal to schema matching, or restore the caller's original identifier spelling in generated SQL.


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Right — the fold is a comparison form, not a spelling. a01f9d8: prepareSql records every token it folded and exposes unfold, which restores the caller's spelling in any string of the engine result; sql.rewrite/fix/optimize and the altimate_core rewrite/fix/correct/complete/optimize_for_query/testgen handlers use it. Test across six handlers; disabling unfold fails it.


const sqlA = params.original ?? params.sql_a
const sqlB = params.modified ?? params.sql_b
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WARNING: Build the displayed diff from the caller's SQL

sqlA and sqlB are now the case-folded analysis copies, and lines 371-382 use them for the user-visible text diff. This can hide a case-only edit or report lowercase text the user never submitted. Use folded copies only for checkEquivalence; compute diffLines from the raw original/modified inputs.


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Done in a01f9d8: the text diff is rendered from the raw original/modified, and only the equivalence check uses the folded copies. Test: a case-only edit shows as - "ORDER_MONTH" / + "order_month" with equivalent: true.

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Build the displayed diff from raw SQL.

prepareSql folds quoted identifiers for schema-based equivalence checks. With an ORDERS schema, "ORDERS" and "orders" can therefore become identical before the line comparison. Keep the prepared SQL for core.checkEquivalence, but split the submitted SQL texts for diffLines.

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In `@packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/sql/register.ts` around lines 362 -
372, Build the displayed line diff from the submitted SQL texts rather than the
prepared SQL: update the linesA and linesB sources in the diff construction to
use params.original or params.sql_a, and params.modified or params.sql_b
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In `@packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/schema-resolver.ts`:
- Line 154: The SQL masking regex in the schema resolver must require a
non-identifier boundary before dollar-quoted spans, so embedded sequences such
as foo$tag$ do not consume intervening quoted identifiers. Update the
dollar-quote branch in the regex used by prepareSql with the requested negative
lookbehind, and add a regression case covering the identifier-plus-dollar-quote
pattern and preserving the uppercase quoted identifier for exact-match
validation.
- Line 175: Update prepareSql and its callers to accept the selected dialect,
and make double-quoted token folding depend on that dialect’s parsing rules.
Preserve double-quoted literals for dialects such as MySQL where they can
represent strings, while folding only tokens resolved as identifiers; use
schemaNames and the existing dialect-bearing analysis path to distinguish
identifiers.
- Around line 256-279: Update loadSchemaFile and its caller to avoid
constructing a native schema when normalized folded.tables is empty, using
EMPTY_SCHEMA() instead while preserving file read and parse errors. In the
schema preparation flow, derive hasSchema from the normalized table count and
return the existing no-schema path without folding SQL for zero-table
definitions; retain normal schemaNames and folding behavior when tables exist.

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- Around line 362-372: Build the displayed line diff from the submitted SQL
texts rather than the prepared SQL: update the linesA and linesB sources in the
diff construction to use params.original or params.sql_a, and params.modified or
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for (const [table, value] of Object.entries(def.tables ?? {})) {
names.add(table)
for (const segment of table.split(".")) names.add(segment)
if (Array.isArray(value?.columns)) for (const c of value.columns) if (typeof c?.name === "string") names.add(c.name)

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<title>Core SQL Engine Tools — Altimate Code - Altimate Docs</title> https://help.altimate.ai/code/configure/tools/core-tools/ ### altimate_core_equivalence¶ ... Check semantic equivalence of two SQL queries — determines if they produce the same result set regardless of syntactic differences. ... ### altimate_core_column_lineage¶ ... Trace schema-aware column lineage. Maps how columns flow through a query from source tables to output. ... Parameters: `sql` (required), `dialect` (optional), `schema_path` (optional), `schema_context` (optional) <title>MySQL :: MySQL 9.7 Reference Manual :: 11.1.1 String Literals</title> https://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/string-literals.html ### 11.1.1 ... A string is a sequence of bytes or characters, enclosed within either single quote (`&`#39`;`) or double quote (`"`) characters. Examples: ... If the ANSI_QUOTES SQL mode is enabled, string literals can be quoted only within single quotation marks because a string quoted within double quotation marks is interpreted as an identifier. ... `COLLATE ... clause, to designate ... that uses a ... character set and collation ... Within a string, certain sequences have special meaning unless the NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES SQL mode is enabled. Each of these sequences begins with a backslash (`\`), known as the escape character. MySQL recognizes the escape sequences shown in Table 11.1, “Special Character Escape Sequences”. For all other escape sequences, backslash is ignored. That is, the escaped character is interpreted as if it was not escaped. For example,`\x` is just`x`. These sequences are case-sensitive. For example,`\b` is interpreted as a backspace, but`\B` is interpreted as`B`. Escape processing is done according to the character set indicated by the character_set_connection system variable. 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As an alternative to explicitly escaping special characters, many MySQL APIs provide a placeholder capability that enables you to insert special markers into a statement string, and then bind data values to them when you issue the statement. In this case, the API takes care of escaping special characters in the values for you. <title>Quirks, Caveats, and Gotchas In SQLite</title> https://www.sqlite.org/quirks.html # 8. Double-quoted String Literals Are Accepted The SQL standard requires double-quotes around identifiers and single-quotes around string literals. For example: - "this is a legal SQL column name" - &`#39`;this is an SQL string literal&`#39`; SQLite accepts both of the above. But, in an effort to be compatible with MySQL 3.x (which was one of the most widely used RDBMSes when SQLite was first being designed) SQLite will also interpret a double-quotes string as string literal if it does not match any valid identifier. This misfeature means that a misspelled double-quoted identifier will be interpreted as a string literal, rather than generating an error. It also lures developers who are new to the SQL language into the bad habit of using double-quoted string literals when they really need to learn to use the correct single-quoted string literal form. In hindsight, we should not have tried to make SQLite accept MySQL 3.x syntax, and should have never allowed double-quoted string literals. However, there are countless applications that make use of double-quoted string literals and so we continue to support that capability to avoid breaking legacy. As of SQLite 3.27.0 (2019-02-07) the use of a double-quoted string literal causes a warning message to be sent to the error log. As of SQLite 3.29.0 (2019-07-10) the use of double-quoted string literals can be disabled at run-time using the SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DQS_DDL and SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DQS_DML actions to sqlite3_db_config(). 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  • @altimateai/altimate-core@0.7.0 is the native Rust SQL engine used for parsing, validation, transpilation, equivalence, and lineage across many dialects. It uses a sqlparser-based AST. [1]
  • Dialect hints are forwarded to the parser; empty or "auto" dialects are converted to no hint. [2]
  • The engine supports dialect-specific syntax such as Snowflake col:field, raw r'…' strings, SAFE. prefixes, and dialect-specific casts. [2][3]
  • A new unbalanced_quote safety rule detects malformed/unclosed SQL quotes. [1]
  • I found no public source exposing a quote-specific parser configuration or API in version 0.7.0; the available evidence only documents behavior through changelog and integration notes.

Make quoted-token folding dialect-aware.

schemaNames cannot determine whether a double-quoted token is an identifier. prepareSql folds "ORDER_MONTH" to "order_month" before dialect-bearing callers pass the SQL to altimate-core. In MySQL mode, double quotes can delimit a string literal, so this changes the analyzed value. SQLite only treats the token as a string when it does not resolve to an identifier, so the supplied SQLite example is not sufficient by itself.

Pass the dialect into preparation and preserve double-quoted literals for dialects that support them. Fold only tokens that the selected dialect parses as identifiers.

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In `@packages/opencode/src/altimate/native/schema-resolver.ts` at line 175, Update
prepareSql and its callers to accept the selected dialect, and make
double-quoted token folding depend on that dialect’s parsing rules. Preserve
double-quoted literals for dialects such as MySQL where they can represent
strings, while folding only tokens resolved as identifiers; use schemaNames and
the existing dialect-bearing analysis path to distinguish identifiers.

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Not taken as-is: the tool has no dialect input, so folding cannot be scoped by one here. What 449513d already does is fold only tokens whose lowercase form is a name the folded schema holds (table keys, dotted segments, columns), so WHERE status = "SHIPPED" is untouched; the residual case is a double-quoted string literal that happens to equal a column name on a dialect where double quotes delimit strings. A dialect parameter on the tool is the real fix (it would also serve validation itself) and belongs in its own change.

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@sahrizvi, thanks for the clarification. The name gate reduces the risk substantially, but it cannot distinguish a double-quoted string literal from an identifier when the literal equals a schema name.

A dialect input is required to remove that remaining ambiguity. Since this PR does not expose dialect to the tool, I agree that the dialect-aware change belongs in a separate follow-up. Would you like to open a GitHub issue for that follow-up?

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E2E (freemium, altimate-backend/altimate-default, binary built from an integration branch of all six batch PRs on main)

The model was asked to call altimate_core_validate twice with the same uppercase Snowflake-style schema_context (TPCH_ANALYTICS.PUBLIC_REPORTING.RPT_MONTHLY_SALES_BY_REGION with ORDER_MONTH, CUSTOMER_REGION, NET_REVENUE):

  1. The issue's query (lowercase, unquoted) → SQL is valid. (valid: true, has_schema: true). This was ColumnNotFound before.
  2. dbt quote_columns-style query select "CUSTOMER_REGION" from "TPCH_ANALYTICS"."PUBLIC_REPORTING"."RPT_MONTHLY_SALES_BY_REGION" where "STATUS_LABEL" = 'SHIPPED'Column 'STATUS_LABEL' not found and nothing else: the quoted references that exist resolve, the genuinely missing column is reported in the user's spelling, and the literal 'SHIPPED' is untouched.

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Bot review of 449513d on #1343 (third round).

- The fold leaked into engine output: `sql.rewrite`/`fix`/`optimize` and the
  `altimate_core` rewrite/fix/correct/complete/optimize_for_query/testgen
  handlers returned SQL with the validation-time lowercase spelling, which a
  case-sensitive warehouse would not resolve. `prepareSql` records every token
  it folded and exposes `unfold`, which restores the caller's spelling in any
  string of the result (walking objects and arrays); those handlers use it
- `sql.diff` rendered its text diff from the folded copies, hiding a case-only
  edit; it renders from the raw inputs and folds only for the equivalence check
- The dollar-quote branch requires an identifier boundary (`foo$t$` is an
  identifier, not a string start)
- A JSON/YAML schema file that parses to zero tables takes the no-schema path
  instead of failing in `Schema.fromJson`
- Tests: the sql.*/lineage case uses unquoted lowercase references and asserts
  on the raw lineage source (an unfolded resolver fails it); generated-SQL
  spelling across six handlers (disabling `unfold` fails it); the diff case;
  the dollar boundary; the zero-table file

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…orse the quoted-lowercase equivalence

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…othing needed fixing

Guard on "the handler ran and returned SQL" instead.

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* chore(release): v0.12.2-beta.1

Beta of the six workspace-pilot and configuration fixes merged after v0.12.1
(#1341 #1342 #1343 #1344 #1345 #1346). Publishes to the npm `beta` dist-tag;
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* chore(release): v0.12.2-beta.1 — correct the docs path in the changelog entry

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