Add UTL_RAW.XRANGE and the byte/integer conversion routines by Metastarx · Pull Request #2328 · IvorySQL/IvorySQL · GitHub

Summary

The IvorySQL copy of UTL_RAW only implemented CAST_TO_RAW, so code that calls UTL_RAW.XRANGE, CAST_TO_VARCHAR2 or the CAST_FROM_BINARY_INTEGER / CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER pair failed to resolve those members even though the big_endian, little_endian and machine_endian constants had been declared for exactly this purpose. This change adds four C entry points in utl_raw.c for the byte-range and byte/integer conversions, registers them as sys.utl_raw_* functions in utl_raw--1.0.sql, wraps them in the PL/iSQL package beside CAST_TO_RAW, and links the module object from the Makefile. The endian argument accepts big_endian, little_endian or machine_endian, with machine_endian taken from the server byte order, and CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER rejects any RAW that is not exactly four bytes the same way Oracle raises ORA-06502.

Fixes #2327

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contrib/ivorysql_ora/Makefile                      |   1 +
 contrib/ivorysql_ora/expected/utl_raw.out          | 335 +++++++++++++++++++++
 contrib/ivorysql_ora/sql/utl_raw.sql               | 184 +++++++++++
 .../src/builtin_packages/utl_raw/utl_raw--1.0.sql  |  85 +++++-
 .../src/builtin_packages/utl_raw/utl_raw.c         | 230 +++++++++++++-
 5 files changed, 830 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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New Features
- Added UTL_RAW.XRANGE to generate inclusive byte ranges, including ranges that wrap around.
- Added CAST_TO_VARCHAR2 to convert RAW values to text.
- Added conversions between RAW values and binary integers, supporting big-endian, little-endian, and native byte order. Big-endian is used by default.
Bug Fixes
- Added validation for range-bound lengths, text encoding, byte-order options, and binary-integer input lengths.

…_BINARY_INTEGER Signed-off-by: zhang hongyuan <100520587+Metastarx@users.noreply.github.com>

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UTL_RAW now provides XRANGE, CAST_TO_VARCHAR2, CAST_FROM_BINARY_INTEGER, and CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER through C-backed sys functions and PL/iSQL package wrappers. SQL and PL/iSQL tests cover conversion results, byte order, NULL handling, and invalid inputs.

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UTL_RAW representation conversions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Register and expose UTL_RAW operations contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_packages/utl_raw/utl_raw--1.0.sql	Registers four C functions in sys and adds package declarations and wrappers. Binary-integer wrappers use big_endian when the endian argument is NULL.
Implement RAW conversions contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_packages/utl_raw/utl_raw.c, contrib/ivorysql_ora/Makefile	Implements inclusive byte-range generation, encoding-validated RAW-to-text conversion, and binary-integer conversions. The decoder accepts RAW inputs of one to four bytes. Adds utl_raw.o to the build.
Test package and direct SQL entry points contrib/ivorysql_ora/sql/utl_raw.sql, contrib/ivorysql_ora/expected/utl_raw.out	Adds SQL and PL/iSQL checks for range boundaries, text conversion, binary-integer byte orders, NULL handling, invalid inputs, direct sys calls, and endian constants.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Package as UTL_RAW package
  participant SysFunction as sys.utl_raw_xrange
  participant CFunction as utl_raw_xrange
  Package->>SysFunction: Call XRANGE with byte bounds
  SysFunction->>CFunction: Pass bytea bounds
  CFunction-->>SysFunction: Return inclusive byte sequence
  SysFunction-->>Package: Return RAW result

Suggested reviewers: muzzammil242, btlqql

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d1447

The conversion appears to work as intended. Adding the short-RAW little-endian test would strengthen coverage, but the gap does not block merging.

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Linked Issues check		Issue #2327 requires XRANGE, CAST_TO_VARCHAR2, CAST_FROM_BINARY_INTEGER, and CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER. The change adds C entry points, SQL registrations, PL/iSQL wrappers, and the Makefile object link. …
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Review comments at @contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/builtin_packages/utl_raw/utl_raw.c:
- Around line 138-149: Update the C function implementing UTL_RAW.XRANGE to
treat NULL endpoints as 00 and FF, respectively, and calculate the inclusive
length with byte wrap-around instead of rejecting inverted ranges. Remove STRICT
from the direct SQL function declaration and add NULL defaults to both its
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A NULL or omitted start_byte now means X'00' and a NULL or omitted end_byte means X'FF', instead of the call returning NULL. An inverted range wraps through X'FF' to X'00' rather than raising an error, so XRANGE(X'FE', X'01') returns FE FF 00 01. The C function handles the NULL bounds itself, which requires dropping STRICT and adding DEFAULT NULL to both the direct sys.utl_raw_xrange entry point and the package specification/body. Regression coverage was added for the defaults, omitted arguments, the boundary wrap and the direct entry point. Signed-off-by: zhang hongyuan <100520587+Metastarx@users.noreply.github.com>

Built the head (eae2eed on master 069766e) on a fresh oracle-mode cluster and compared the new members against Oracle 21c on the same calls. The suite passes (31 of 31), and XRANGE and CAST_TO_VARCHAR2 answer as Oracle does: xrange('00','03') gives 00010203, xrange('FE','01') wraps to FEFF0001, xrange('05','05') gives 05, cast_to_varchar2(hextoraw('414243')) gives ABC. Two things in the binary-integer casts differ from Oracle, and I would fix them before merging.

1. The default endianness. Oracle's default for both casts is BIG_ENDIAN (the constant is 1; the documentation says "the default is big-endian"):

SELECT utl_raw.cast_from_binary_integer(258), utl_raw.cast_from_binary_integer(258, 2) FROM dual;
-- Oracle 21c: 00000102   02010000

Here the first gives 02010000, the little-endian form, so a program that writes a length prefix with the default and reads it back on another platform gets the bytes reversed. The explicit 2 (little-endian) form and cast_from_binary_integer(-1) = FFFFFFFF match.

2. A RAW shorter than four bytes into CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER. Oracle takes it (it reads the bytes it is given):

SELECT utl_raw.cast_to_binary_integer(hextoraw('0102')) FROM dual;
-- Oracle 21c: 258

Here: ERROR: UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER: input RAW must be exactly 4 bytes. For the record, Oracle gives 258 for hextoraw('00000102') and -1 for hextoraw('FFFFFFFF') with the default, and 33619968 for cast_to_binary_integer(hextoraw('00000102'), 2).

A regression row for the default endianness and one for a short RAW would pin both. Happy to re-run on the next push.

Oracle's documentation and its 21c behaviour both default the endian argument of CAST_FROM_BINARY_INTEGER/CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER to big_endian, not to machine_endian, so a program that writes a length prefix with the default and reads it back elsewhere no longer gets the bytes reversed. The package body now substitutes big_endian. CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER also accepts a RAW shorter than four bytes now, reading the bytes it is given and zero-extending the missing high-order ones, so hextoraw('0102') yields 258 as Oracle does. A RAW longer than four bytes is still rejected. Regression rows cover the default endianness in both directions, the short RAW reads and the over-long rejection. Signed-off-by: zhang hongyuan <100520587+Metastarx@users.noreply.github.com>

Thanks for building this and for the Oracle 21c comparison - both points are real and are fixed in d1447c76.

Default endianness. You are right, the default is big_endian, not machine_endian. The package body now substitutes big_endian for both casts, so cast_from_binary_integer(258) gives 00000102 and cast_to_binary_integer(hextoraw('00000102')) gives 258. machine_endian is untouched and still selectable explicitly.

Short RAW into CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER. Also fixed. The C function now accepts 1 to 4 bytes and folds them in significance order, so the bytes it is given stay the low-order ones and the missing high-order ones are zero: hextoraw('0102') gives 258 and hextoraw('FF') gives 255, while hextoraw('FFFFFFFF') is still -1 and the explicit 2 form is unchanged. I still reject a RAW longer than four bytes - I could not establish what Oracle does there, so if you can check cast_to_binary_integer(hextoraw('0102030405')) on 21c I will match it.

Regression rows cover the default endianness in both directions, the short reads and the over-long rejection, and expected/utl_raw.out was regenerated.

Verified locally: a full make -j4 is clean and make -C contrib/ivorysql_ora oracle-check ORA_REGRESS=utl_raw reports All 1 tests passed. Happy to have you re-run on this push.

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contrib/ivorysql_ora/sql/utl_raw.sql (1)
162-162: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover short RAW input in little-endian mode.

The short-RAW assertions cover only the default big-endian path. Add an assertion for the reverse-byte loop and update the expected output:
Suggested test
 SELECT UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('0102')) = 258;
+SELECT UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('0102'), 2) = 513;
Add the matching t result in contrib/ivorysql_ora/expected/utl_raw.out.

This is a coverage improvement for the changed path, not an existing decoder defect.
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Re-ran on d1447c7, built on a fresh oracle-mode cluster; the suite passes (31 of 31). Both points are settled, and every cast now gives Oracle's answer:

call	Oracle 21c	this head
CAST_FROM_BINARY_INTEGER(258)	00000102	00000102
CAST_FROM_BINARY_INTEGER(258, 2)	02010000	02010000
CAST_FROM_BINARY_INTEGER(-1)	FFFFFFFF	FFFFFFFF
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('00000102'))	258	258
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('00000102'), 2)	33619968	33619968
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('0102'))	258	258
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('0102'), 2)	513	513
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('010203'))	66051	66051
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('010203'), 2)	197121	197121
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('FF'))	255	255
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('80'))	128	128
CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(hextoraw('FFFFFFFF'))	-1	-1
XRANGE('00','03') / ('FE','01') / ('05','05')	00010203 / FEFF0001 / 05	same
CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(hextoraw('414243'))	ABC	ABC

Your question about a RAW longer than four bytes. Oracle raises:

SELECT UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_BINARY_INTEGER(HEXTORAW('0102030405')) FROM dual;
-- ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error

caught by WHEN VALUE_ERROR (SQLCODE -6502), in both the default and the little-endian form. So rejecting it is right, and the only open question is the exception, not the behaviour.

One cross-PR note on that: a handler written as WHEN VALUE_ERROR compiles only once #2313's addition of the value_error condition name to ora_errcodes.txt is in the tree. On this branch alone such a handler fails to compile ("unrecognized exception condition"), so until the two meet, the over-long error is reachable only as invalid_parameter_value or OTHERS. Whichever of the two merges second is the place to make sure the error is catchable the way Oracle's is.

Approving.

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