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ScyllaDB synthesizes a name for each anonymous ? marker, and the spelling differs by release
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, not along a single version sequence: 2024.1 emits in(col), 2026.1.8 emits IN(col), and
SCYLLADB-3454 restores in(col) in 2026.1.12 / 2026.2.6. Applications that hardcode a spelling
break on upgrade (CUSTOMER-583, reported against the Python driver). This driver needs no
behaviour change for that — an EXECUTE carries its values positionally, and the local name-to-index
lookup folds case with Locale.ROOT — but the manual actively recommended the fragile pattern, and
nothing pinned either property.

  • manual/core/statements/prepared/README.md now recommends binding ? positionally and reserving
    named setters for explicit :name markers, gives the spelling history as the precedent, and lists
    which lookups fold case and which match exactly. simple/README.md gains the coordinator-side
    note.
  • Pinned the two properties the immunity rests on: ConversionsTest asserts the empty named-values
    map, IdentifierIndexTest covers a synthesized IN(ck) name under every locale of the shared
    provider, and BoundStatementCcmIT covers it end to end, reading the name back from the metadata
    rather than hardcoding a spelling.
  • Fixed three sites that folded case with the JVM default locale, all of which misbehave on a
    Turkish default: the mapper's UPPER_CASE naming convention (generates a column name with a
    dotted İ), CQL4SkipMetadataResolveMethod.fromValue (rejects DISABLED, failing session build)
    and BasicLoadBalancingPolicy's routing-method parse (drops a valid preserve_replica_order with
    a spurious warning).

Verified with mvn test -pl core and -pl mapper-processor, plus cd docs && make test; the new IT
ran against Scylla 2024.1.21, which sends in(v), and 2026.1.10, which sends IN(v). Every new
guard was checked to fail when its fix is reverted, one site at a time. Not covered: a Simulacron
variant priming each spelling.

Refs: https://scylladb.atlassian.net/browse/DRIVER-902

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The changes add regression tests for synthesized marker names such as IN(ck). They cover parsing restrictions, locale-independent lookup, repeated-column resolution, and exact casing rules. An integration test covers positional and name-based binding. Documentation defines prepared- and simple-statement binding behavior. The mapper processor uses Locale.ROOT for uppercase conversion and tests Turkish-locale behavior.

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Pull request overview

Documents safe bind-marker usage and adds regression coverage for case-insensitive synthesized-name resolution.

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  • Recommends positional binding for anonymous markers.
  • Documents exact versus case-insensitive lookup behavior.
  • Adds unit and integration regression tests.

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manual/core/statements/simple/README.md Documents coordinator-side name resolution.
manual/core/statements/prepared/README.md Documents synthesized marker risks.
BoundStatementCcmIT.java Adds end-to-end binding coverage.
IdentifierIndexTest.java Tests case and locale-independent lookup.
CqlIdentifierTest.java Tests rejection of unquoted synthesized names.

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Correct the metadata lookup result.

firstIndexOf(...) returns -1 on a miss. Only allIndicesOf(...) returns an empty list. State both methods explicitly.

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Separate firstIndexOf and allIndicesOf results.

firstIndexOf(...) returns -1; allIndicesOf(...) returns an empty list on a miss. Update this sentence so readers do not expect an empty-list result from firstIndexOf(...).

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nikagra force-pushed the fix/DRIVER-902-synthesized-bind-names branch from 6854b8f to 9dd3f32 Compare August 28, 2026 15:30
nikagra and others added 3 commits August 28, 2026 18:05
The prepared-statement page recommended filling anonymous `?` markers
through the name the server synthesizes for them. That name is not part of
any contract, and its spelling differs by release line rather than along a
single version sequence: ScyllaDB 2024.1 emits `in(col)`, 2026.1.8 emits
`IN(col)`, and 2026.1.12 and 2026.2.6 restore the lowercase form
(SCYLLADB-3454). Binding a hardcoded spelling is what broke on upgrade
(CUSTOMER-583).

Recommend positional binding for `?`, spell out which lookups fold case
and which match exactly, and note that simple statements resolve names on
the coordinator.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Nothing pinned the behaviour that makes the driver immune to CUSTOMER-583:
an EXECUTE carries its values positionally, so a respelled marker name
never travels back to the coordinator, and the local name-to-index lookup
ignores case.

ConversionsTest now asserts the empty named-values map. IdentifierIndexTest
covers a synthesized `IN(ck)` name under every locale of the shared
provider -- the existing `Foo`/`foo` cases omit the letter that flipped --
and pins the exact-match paths. BoundStatementCcmIT adds the end-to-end
counterpart, reading the name back from the metadata rather than hardcoding
a spelling.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Three call sites folded case with the JVM default locale, so a Turkish
default silently changed their meaning: the mapper's UPPER_CASE convention
mapped a property named `id` to a column spelled with a dotted capital;
CQL4SkipMetadataResolveMethod.fromValue rejected `DISABLED`, failing
session build; and BasicLoadBalancingPolicy dropped a valid
`preserve_replica_order` with a spurious warning.

Every other naming convention delegates to Guava's CaseFormat, which is
ASCII-only; the new tests pin that too. Their inputs carry a lower-case i
on purpose: `productId` would not do, since its I is already capital.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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nikagra force-pushed the fix/DRIVER-902-synthesized-bind-names branch from 9dd3f32 to 1029536 Compare August 28, 2026 16:08
@nikagra nikagra changed the title 4.x: avoid reliance on synthesized bind-variable names (DRIVER-902) docs: stop recommending synthesized bind-variable names (DRIVER-902) Aug 28, 2026
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