bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[José Júnior]

Hi, after updating to Emacs 28 I noticed that when I execute a command in a sql-mode buffer connected to a sql-interactive-mode buffer, it prints the output where the pointer is at in the SQLi buffer, and if the pointer is not at the end, it messes up what was already printed, so I have to keep track where the pointer is before executing a query. I don´t remember seeing this behavior in Emacs 27, and it looks like a bug to me. I don't see how printing the output of a query in the middle of another output could be useful.

To reproduce:

1. Open sql-mode buffer conntected to a SQLi buffer

2. Run a sql query

3. Move the pointer to a line that has the previous output printed

4. Run another sql query

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:47:08 -0300
> From: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>
> 
> Hi, after updating to Emacs 28 I noticed that when I execute a command in a sql-mode buffer connected to a sql-interactive-mode buffer, it prints the output where the pointer is at in the SQLi buffer, and if the pointer is not at the end, it messes up what was already printed, so I have to keep track where the pointer is before executing a query. I don´t remember seeing this behavior in Emacs 27, and it looks like a bug to me. I don't see how printing the output of a query in the middle of another output could be useful.
> 
> To reproduce:
> 
> 1. Open sql-mode buffer conntected to a SQLi buffer
> 
> 2. Run a sql query
> 
> 3. Move the pointer to a line that has the previous output printed
> 
> 4. Run another sql query

Thanks, but could you please provide a more detailed reproduction
recipe, without assuming that we know about sql-mode and SQLi as much
as you do?  Preferably starting from "emacs -Q", please.

Also, please show the information collected about your system and
build of Emacs by "M-x report-emacs-bug".  Some of the info there
might be relevant to your report.

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[José Júnior]

Alright, I'll try.

1. Install mysql or mariadb, on Debian I installed the package `mysql-common`

`sudo apt install mysql-common`

2. Start the mysql/mariadb server:

`sudo service mysql start`

3. Log in into the server and create a unprivileged user in the interactive mysql shell:

`sudo mysql -u root`

`CREATE USER 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';`

4. On Emacs, create a new buffer like `*sql*`, then enable sql-mode `M-x sql-mode`;

5. Connect to the server using `sql-mysql` by providing the values for what's prompted:

- user: user

- password: password

- database: (leave it empty)

- host: localhost

A sql-interactive-mode buffer should be opened if the connection is successful.

6. In ther *sql* buffer enter the following query:

`show databases;`

And press `C-c C-c` (sql-send-paragraph) on the line of this query to send it to the server;

An output of this query should be printed on the interactive buffer.

7. Now switch to the interactive buffer, move the pointer to a line where the output of the previous action was printed.

8. Switch to the *sql* buffer and press `C-C C-c` to send the command again.

Now you should see that the second execution is mixed with the previous one.

----

Here's the information about my system and Emacs build:

```

In GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.38, cairo version 1.16.0)
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On 12/20/24 14:01, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:47:08 -0300
>> From: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi, after updating to Emacs 28 I noticed that when I execute a command in a sql-mode buffer connected to a sql-interactive-mode buffer, it prints the output where the pointer is at in the SQLi buffer, and if the pointer is not at the end, it messes up what was already printed, so I have to keep track where the pointer is before executing a query. I don´t remember seeing this behavior in Emacs 27, and it looks like a bug to me. I don't see how printing the output of a query in the middle of another output could be useful.
>>
>> To reproduce:
>>
>> 1. Open sql-mode buffer conntected to a SQLi buffer
>>
>> 2. Run a sql query
>>
>> 3. Move the pointer to a line that has the previous output printed
>>
>> 4. Run another sql query
> Thanks, but could you please provide a more detailed reproduction
> recipe, without assuming that we know about sql-mode and SQLi as much
> as you do?  Preferably starting from "emacs -Q", please.
>
> Also, please show the information collected about your system and
> build of Emacs by "M-x report-emacs-bug".  Some of the info there
> might be relevant to your report.

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:03:59 -0300
> Cc: 74996@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>
> 
> Alright, I'll try.
> 
> 1. Install mysql or mariadb, on Debian I installed the package `mysql-common`
> 
> `sudo apt install mysql-common`
> 
> 2. Start the mysql/mariadb server:
> 
> `sudo service mysql start`
> 
> 3. Log in into the server and create a unprivileged user in the interactive mysql shell:
> 
> `sudo mysql -u root`
> 
> `CREATE USER 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';`
> 
> 4. On Emacs, create a new buffer like `*sql*`, then enable sql-mode `M-x sql-mode`;
> 
> 5. Connect to the server using `sql-mysql` by providing the values for what's prompted:
> 
> - user: user
> 
> - password: password
> 
> - database: (leave it empty)
> 
> - host: localhost
> 
> A sql-interactive-mode buffer should be opened if the connection is successful.
> 
> 6. In ther *sql* buffer enter the following query:
> 
> `show databases;`
> 
> And press `C-c C-c` (sql-send-paragraph) on the line of this query to send it to the server;
> 
> An output of this query should be printed on the interactive buffer.
> 
> 7. Now switch to the interactive buffer, move the pointer to a line where the output of the previous action was printed.
> 
> 8. Switch to the *sql* buffer and press `C-C C-c` to send the command again.
> 
> Now you should see that the second execution is mixed with the previous one.

Thanks.  If this needs the mysql package, then why do you think the
problem is in Emacs and not in mysql?  (Apologies if this makes no
sense: I know nothing about mysql and almost nothing about sql-mode.)

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:32:53 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:03:59 -0300
>> Cc: 74996@debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>
>> 
>> Alright, I'll try.
>> 
>> 1. Install mysql or mariadb, on Debian I installed the package `mysql-common`
>> 
>> `sudo apt install mysql-common`
>> 
>> 2. Start the mysql/mariadb server:
>> 
>> `sudo service mysql start`
>> 
>> 3. Log in into the server and create a unprivileged user in the interactive
>> mysql shell:
>> 
>> `sudo mysql -u root`
>> 
>> `CREATE USER 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';`
>> 
>> 4. On Emacs, create a new buffer like `*sql*`, then enable sql-mode `M-x sql-mode`;
>> 
>> 5. Connect to the server using `sql-mysql` by providing the values for
>> what's prompted:
>> 
>> - user: user
>> 
>> - password: password
>> 
>> - database: (leave it empty)
>> 
>> - host: localhost
>> 
>> A sql-interactive-mode buffer should be opened if the connection is successful.
>> 
>> 6. In ther *sql* buffer enter the following query:
>> 
>> `show databases;`
>> 
>> And press `C-c C-c` (sql-send-paragraph) on the line of this query to send
>> it to the server;
>> 
>> An output of this query should be printed on the interactive buffer.
>> 
>> 7. Now switch to the interactive buffer, move the pointer to a line where
>> the output of the previous action was printed.
>> 
>> 8. Switch to the *sql* buffer and press `C-C C-c` to send the command again.
>> 
>> Now you should see that the second execution is mixed with the previous one.
>
> Thanks.  If this needs the mysql package, then why do you think the
> problem is in Emacs and not in mysql?  (Apologies if this makes no
> sense: I know nothing about mysql and almost nothing about sql-mode.)

I don't have MySQL or mariadb but I can reproduce the problem with
PostgreSQL in Emacs 29.4, but not in 30 or master, so it seems to have
been fixed since Emacs 30.

Steve Berman

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
> Cc: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>,
>   74996@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:08:36 +0100
> 
> I don't have MySQL or mariadb but I can reproduce the problem with
> PostgreSQL in Emacs 29.4, but not in 30 or master, so it seems to have
> been fixed since Emacs 30.

Thanks.  José, can you try Emacs 30?  The latest pretest is here:

  https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-30.0.93.tar.xz

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[José Júnior]

I think because the issue is where the output is printed on the buffer, so it would be something after the mysql package gives the output to Emacs.

As I understand, the mysql package only gives the output of the SQL query to Emacs, then Emacs should be in control to where to print it. And since it's taking into account where the pointer is to print the output, it seems to be the case.

>> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:03:59 -0300
>> Cc: 74996@debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>
>>
>> Alright, I'll try.
>>
>> 1. Install mysql or mariadb, on Debian I installed the package `mysql-common`
>>
>> `sudo apt install mysql-common`
>>
>> 2. Start the mysql/mariadb server:
>>
>> `sudo service mysql start`
>>
>> 3. Log in into the server and create a unprivileged user in the interactive mysql shell:
>>
>> `sudo mysql -u root`
>>
>> `CREATE USER 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';`
>>
>> 4. On Emacs, create a new buffer like `*sql*`, then enable sql-mode `M-x sql-mode`;
>>
>> 5. Connect to the server using `sql-mysql` by providing the values for what's prompted:
>>
>> - user: user
>>
>> - password: password
>>
>> - database: (leave it empty)
>>
>> - host: localhost
>>
>> A sql-interactive-mode buffer should be opened if the connection is successful.
>>
>> 6. In ther *sql* buffer enter the following query:
>>
>> `show databases;`
>>
>> And press `C-c C-c` (sql-send-paragraph) on the line of this query to send it to the server;
>>
>> An output of this query should be printed on the interactive buffer.
>>
>> 7. Now switch to the interactive buffer, move the pointer to a line where the output of the previous action was printed.
>>
>> 8. Switch to the *sql* buffer and press `C-C C-c` to send the command again.
>>
>> Now you should see that the second execution is mixed with the previous one.
> Thanks.  If this needs the mysql package, then why do you think the
> problem is in Emacs and not in mysql?  (Apologies if this makes no
> sense: I know nothing about mysql and almost nothing about sql-mode.)

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[José Júnior]

Just tried on Emacs 30 (emacs-30.0.93) and could not reproduce the bug.

On 12/20/24 17:11, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
>> Cc: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>,
>>    74996@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:08:36 +0100
>>
>> I don't have MySQL or mariadb but I can reproduce the problem with
>> PostgreSQL in Emacs 29.4, but not in 30 or master, so it seems to have
>> been fixed since Emacs 30.
> Thanks.  José, can you try Emacs 30?  The latest pretest is here:
>
>    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-30.0.93.tar.xz

bug#74996: 28.2; sql interactive mode prints output of executed query where the pointer is instead of the bottom of the buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:34:12 -0300
> Cc: 74996@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: José Júnior <jjnilton@gmail.com>
> 
> Just tried on Emacs 30 (emacs-30.0.93) and could not reproduce the bug.

Great, thanks.  So I'm therefore closing this bug.