[DG47]

Description

Fixes #6207

SnowflakeEngineAdapter._drop_catalog only drops a database after confirming in INFORMATION_SCHEMA.DATABASES that it carries the sqlmesh_managed comment. The DATABASE_NAME literal for that check was built from the identifier object (exp.Literal.string(catalog_name)), which renders the identifier as SQL. For a catalog name that has to be quoted, such as my-db__dev, the comparison became "DATABASE_NAME" = '"my-db__dev"' with the quotes inside the string, so it never matched. The adapter then logged Not dropping database "my-db__dev" because there is no indication it is 'sqlmesh_managed' and the expired environment catalog was left behind on every janitor run.

The check now compares against catalog_name.name, the bare identifier name, which is what CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS "my-db__dev" stored. Names that do not need quoting are unaffected (str(identifier) and .name coincide for them), so the existing test_drop_catalog output is unchanged.

Test Plan

• Added test_drop_catalog_quoted_name, parametrised over a string with a hyphen (as passed by the janitor), a quoted identifier with a space and a quoted mixed-case identifier. It fails on main (the literal contains the double quotes) and passes with this change.
• pytest tests/core/engine_adapter/test_snowflake.py: 53 passed, 1 skipped.
• pre-commit run --files sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/snowflake.py tests/core/engine_adapter/test_snowflake.py: ruff, ruff-format, mypy passed.
• make fast-test: 2811 passed, 6 skipped; the only failures are the six MSSQL/Fabric pyodbc connection-string tests in tests/core/test_connection_config.py, which cannot load the unixODBC library on my machine and are unrelated to this change.

Checklist

• I have run make style and fixed any issues
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• All existing tests pass (make fast-test)
• My commits are signed off (git commit -s) per the DCO

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed removal of SQLMesh-managed Snowflake catalogs with names that require quoting, such as names containing hyphens. Catalogs are now matched using the database name reported by Snowflake, so eligible catalogs can be dropped correctly. Missing or unmanaged databases remain untouched.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for quoted catalog names, including checks that existing managed databases are removed and missing or unmanaged databases are left unchanged.

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The Snowflake catalog drop check now compares the stored database name with the bare catalog identifier name. Unit and integration tests cover dropping SQLMesh-managed catalogs whose names require quoting.

Changes: Snowflake catalog drop

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Catalog name check and coverage sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/snowflake.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/test_snowflake.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_snowflake.py	The managed-database existence check uses the identifier’s name string. Unit tests check query and drop behavior for quoted names. An integration test verifies that a hyphenated managed catalog is dropped.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: nicksspirit

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 9840f

The Snowflake janitor can now recognize and drop expired environment catalogs whose names need quoting, such as names containing hyphens. The identifier-case concern raised earlier is pre-existing behavior and out of scope for this change. Merge risk is minimal.

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Title check		The title names the primary change: the Snowflake catalog drop check now compares the bare database name. It matches the raw summary, which says _drop_catalog compares database_name with catalog_name.…
Description check		The description follows the repository template. It has a Description section that explains the bug (the identifier was rendered as SQL, so quoted names such as my-db__dev never matched) and the fix. …
Linked Issues check		[#6207] requires the managed-database existence check in SnowflakeEngineAdapter._drop_catalog to compare DATABASE_NAME with the bare catalog name. At the reviewed head (9840f44), the whole-PR diff…
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole-PR diff contains one production line in SnowflakeEngineAdapter._drop_catalog and tests for the quoted-name case. The test additions in test_snowflake.py and `test_integration_snowflake.p…

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The title names the primary change: the Snowflake catalog drop check now compares the bare database name. It matches the raw summary, which says _drop_catalog compares database_name with catalog_name.name, and the objectives, which describe the same change. The title is 70 characters and 10 words, within a short single-sentence form, and uses the conventional fix(scope) prefix.

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The description follows the repository template. It has a Description section that explains the bug (the identifier was rendered as SQL, so quoted names such as my-db__dev never matched) and the fix. It has a Test Plan section listing the new test, the pytest and pre-commit runs, and the full fast-test result with an explanation of the six unrelated failures. The Checklist is present with items ticked. The description links issue #6207. Minor gap: the integration test added in the PR is not mentioned in the description, and the description says the new test is parametrised over three inputs, which should be checked against the test file.

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[#6207] requires the managed-database existence check in SnowflakeEngineAdapter._drop_catalog to compare DATABASE_NAME with the bare catalog name. At the reviewed head (9840f44), the whole-PR diff against merge base 8c71de8 changes the literal from exp.Literal.string(catalog_name) to exp.Literal.string(catalog_name.name) in sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/snowflake.py. The catalog_name parameter is typed exp.Identifier, so .name returns the bare name without identifier quotes. The drop and warning branches are unchanged. The unit test test_drop_catalog_quoted_name covers a hyphenated name, a quoted name with a space, and a quoted mixed-case name, and checks both the drop and no-drop outcomes. The integration test test_create_drop_catalog_quoted_name checks that a hyphenated catalog is stored under its bare name and is dropped. The author did not run the integration test because Snowflake credentials were unavailable. This does not affect the verdict, because the unit tests and the code change establish the required behavior. Unquoted names keep their previous comparison value, so existing behavior is preserved.

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The whole-PR diff contains one production line in SnowflakeEngineAdapter._drop_catalog and tests for the quoted-name case. The test additions in test_snowflake.py and test_integration_snowflake.py support the behavior required by #6207. The PR does not include unrelated source changes in the reviewed evidence. The PR description and the changes since the previous review do not add other scope. The integration test has not been run by the author, but this affects test confidence, not scope.

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- Line 177: Update the managed-database check using database_name and
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Check the database that Snowflake will drop.

If QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS_IGNORE_CASE is true, Snowflake resolves "my-db__dev" as "MY-DB__DEV". If both databases exist and the lowercase one is marked as managed, this check passes but the drop targets the uppercase database, even if it is unmanaged. This can occur after the session parameter changes. (docs.snowflake.com)

Resolve the name under the session’s identifier rules before checking its managed status. Add a test for this case.

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Update the managed-database check using database_name and catalog_name.name to
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This already happens on main for names that don't need quoting: drop_catalog("foo") checks DATABASE_NAME = 'foo' and then runs DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS "foo" (that's what test_drop_catalog asserts), so with QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS_IGNORE_CASE on it resolves to FOO in the same way. This PR only lets names like my-db__dev pass the check, and the adapter doesn't account for that session parameter anywhere else, so I'd leave it out of scope here.

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@DG47 You’re right. The existing test_drop_catalog on main asserts the same check and drop statements for foo.

This PR exposes the mismatch for names that need quoting, but I agree that handling the session parameter can be a separate change. The risk remains that the check can authorize a drop of a different, unmanaged database.

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[nicksspirit]

Hey @DG47 Thanks for fixing the drop check for names like my-db__dev. Comparing DATABASE_NAME to the bare name is the right fix, and the new test locks that SQL.

One gap in the new test: it always expects a DROP. The mocked cursor's fetchone() is never None, so the test always takes the drop branch:

sqlmesh/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_snowflake.py

Lines 1212 to 1219 in fd42249

	adapter = snowflake_mocked_engine_adapter
	adapter.drop_catalog(catalog_name)
	# the existence check must compare against the bare database name, without identifier quotes
	assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [
	f"""SELECT 1 FROM "INFORMATION_SCHEMA"."DATABASES" WHERE "DATABASE_NAME" = '{expected_name}' AND "COMMENT" = 'sqlmesh_managed'""",
	f'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS "{expected_name}"',
	]

The skip path is the other branch, where no row comes back and the database is left alone:

sqlmesh/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/snowflake.py

Lines 187 to 191 in fd42249

	if self.fetchone(exists_check, quote_identifiers=True) is not None:
	self.execute(exp.Drop(this=exp.Table(this=catalog_name), kind="DATABASE", exists=True))
	else:
	logger.warning(
	f"Not dropping database {catalog_name.sql(dialect=self.dialect)} because there is no indication it is '{c.SQLMESH_MANAGED}'"

Could you set fetchone to a row for the DROP case, and add a None case that asserts only the SELECT is issued?

The Snowflake integration test still uses names like env_dev_{id}, which do not need quoting, so it would pass with the old comparison. That test is unchanged on main:

sqlmesh/tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_snowflake.py

Lines 282 to 315 in fd42249

	def test_create_drop_catalog(ctx: TestContext, engine_adapter: SnowflakeEngineAdapter):
	non_sqlmesh_managed_catalog = ctx.add_test_suffix("external_catalog")
	sqlmesh_managed_catalog = ctx.add_test_suffix("env_dev")
	initial_catalog = engine_adapter.get_current_catalog()
	assert initial_catalog
	ctx.create_catalog(
	non_sqlmesh_managed_catalog
	) # create via TestContext so the sqlmesh_managed comment doesnt get added
	ctx._catalogs.append(sqlmesh_managed_catalog) # so it still gets cleaned up if the test fails
	engine_adapter.create_catalog(
	sqlmesh_managed_catalog
	) # create via EngineAdapter so the sqlmesh_managed comment is added
	def fetch_database_names() -> t.Set[str]:
	engine_adapter.set_current_catalog(initial_catalog)
	return {
	str(r[0])
	for r in engine_adapter.fetchall(
	f"select database_name from information_schema.databases where database_name like '%{ctx.test_id}'"
	)
	}
	assert fetch_database_names() == {non_sqlmesh_managed_catalog, sqlmesh_managed_catalog}
	engine_adapter.drop_catalog(
	non_sqlmesh_managed_catalog
	) # no-op: catalog is not SQLMesh-managed
	assert fetch_database_names() == {non_sqlmesh_managed_catalog, sqlmesh_managed_catalog}
	engine_adapter.drop_catalog(sqlmesh_managed_catalog) # works, catalog is SQLMesh-managed
	assert fetch_database_names() == {non_sqlmesh_managed_catalog}

Could you add a hyphenated catalog there, check that database_name is the bare name, drop it, and confirm it is gone?

Thanks again for taking the time to put this up.

[DG47]

@nicksspirit thanks, both are done in 9840f44.

• test_drop_catalog_quoted_name now sets fetchone to a row for the DROP case. It then resets the mock, sets fetchone to None, and asserts that only the SELECT is issued. Three of the four drop_catalog tests fail with the old comparison.
• test_create_drop_catalog_quoted_name in test_integration_snowflake.py creates env-dev_<test id> with create_catalog. It checks that information_schema.databases lists it under the bare name, then drops it and confirms it is gone. It is registered with the test context, so it is cleaned up if an assertion fails. I don't have Snowflake credentials, so I couldn't run it here. With the old comparison it would fail at the last assertion, because the database is not dropped.

pytest tests/core/engine_adapter/test_snowflake.py: 74 passed. ruff and ruff format pass on both files.