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fix(db): preserve optional nullable query fields
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fix(db): preserve nullable branch union fields
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/fix-optional-nullable-query-fields.md
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---
'@tanstack/db': patch
---

Preserve `null` alongside `undefined` when nullable fields flow through query references, selected results, and branch unions.
97 changes: 53 additions & 44 deletions packages/db/src/query/builder/types.ts
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Expand Up @@ -347,24 +347,27 @@ export type ResultTypeFromSelectValue<TSelectValue> =
> extends true
? T | null | undefined
: T | null
: TSelectValue extends Ref<infer _T> | undefined
?
| ExtractRef<Exclude<TSelectValue, undefined>>
: TSelectValue extends
| Ref<infer _T>
| null
| undefined
: TSelectValue extends Ref<infer _T> | null
? ExtractRef<Exclude<TSelectValue, null>> | null
: TSelectValue extends Aggregate<infer T>
? T
: TSelectValue extends
| string
| number
| boolean
| null
| undefined
? TSelectValue
: TSelectValue extends Record<string, any>
? ResultTypeFromSelect<TSelectValue>
: never
?
| ExtractRef<
Exclude<TSelectValue, null | undefined>
>
| Extract<TSelectValue, null | undefined>
: TSelectValue extends Aggregate<infer T>
? T
: TSelectValue extends
| string
| number
| boolean
| null
| undefined
? TSelectValue
: TSelectValue extends Record<string, any>
? ResultTypeFromSelect<TSelectValue>
: never
>

/**
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -452,35 +455,37 @@ export type ResultTypeFromSelect<TSelectObject> =
> extends true
? T | null | undefined
: T | null
: // Ref | undefined (optional object-type schema field)
: // Nullable and/or optional object-type schema field
TSelectObject[K] extends
| Ref<infer _T>
| null
| undefined
?
| ExtractRef<
Exclude<TSelectObject[K], undefined>
Exclude<
TSelectObject[K],
null | undefined
>
>
| undefined
: // Ref | null (nullable object-type schema field)
TSelectObject[K] extends Ref<infer _T> | null
? ExtractRef<
Exclude<TSelectObject[K], null>
> | null
: TSelectObject[K] extends Aggregate<infer T>
? T
: TSelectObject[K] extends
| string
| number
| boolean
| null
| undefined
? TSelectObject[K]
: TSelectObject[K] extends Record<
string,
any
>
? ResultTypeFromSelect<TSelectObject[K]>
: never
| Extract<
TSelectObject[K],
null | undefined
>
: TSelectObject[K] extends Aggregate<infer T>
? T
: TSelectObject[K] extends
| string
| number
| boolean
| null
| undefined
? TSelectObject[K]
: TSelectObject[K] extends Record<
string,
any
>
? ResultTypeFromSelect<TSelectObject[K]>
: never
}>
>

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -702,12 +707,16 @@ type RefForContextSchemaValue<
? RefForContextValue<NonNullable<T>, true>

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Preserve null when ForceNullable is true.

Left and full joins set ForceNullable to true through JoinedRefsForContext. For value?: number | null, NonNullable<T> produces number, so the selected value becomes number | undefined and loses the declared null member. The existing distributed helper preserves both null and join-induced undefined, but this branch does not use it.

-  ? RefForContextValue<NonNullable<T>, true>
+  ? RefForOptionalNullableContextValue<NonUndefined<T>>

Add left-join regression coverage for primitive and object fields.

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In `@packages/db/src/query/builder/types.ts` at line 707, Update the ForceNullable
branch near RefForContextValue to use RefForOptionalNullableContextValue with
NonUndefined<T>, preserving declared null alongside join-induced undefined. Add
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: IsNonExactOptional<T> extends true
? IsNonExactNullable<T> extends true
? RefForContextValue<NonNullable<T>, true>
? RefForOptionalNullableContextValue<NonUndefined<T>>
: RefForContextValue<NonUndefined<T>, true>
: IsNonExactNullable<T> extends true
? RefForContextValue<NonNull<T>, true>
? RefForContextValue<NonNull<T>, true> | Extract<T, null>
: RefForContextValue<T>

type RefForOptionalNullableContextValue<T> = T extends null
? null
: RefForContextValue<T, true>

type RefsForBranchResult<T, ForceNullable extends boolean> = T extends unknown
? {
[K in keyof T]: ForceNullable extends true
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -873,8 +882,8 @@ type RefBranch<T, Nullable extends boolean> = {
? IsNonExactNullable<T[K]> extends true
? // Both optional and nullable
IsPlainObject<NonNullable<T[K]>> extends true
? Ref<NonNullable<T[K]>, Nullable> | undefined
: RefLeaf<NonNullable<T[K]>, Nullable> | undefined
? Ref<NonNullable<T[K]>, Nullable> | null | undefined
: RefLeaf<NonUndefined<T[K]>, Nullable> | undefined
: // Optional only
IsPlainObject<NonUndefined<T[K]>> extends true
? Ref<NonUndefined<T[K]>, Nullable> | undefined
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140 changes: 138 additions & 2 deletions packages/db/tests/query/query-api-type-algebra.test-d.ts
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Expand Up @@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import type {
Context,
QueryBuilder,
QueryResult,
Ref,
RefsForContext,
WithResult,
} from '../../src/query/index.js'
import type { RefLeaf } from '../../src/query/builder/types.js'
import type { WithVirtualProps } from '../../src/virtual-props.js'

type Row = { id: string; departmentId: string }
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -391,11 +393,97 @@ describe(`query API type algebra`, () => {
void projectNullishLeaves
})

test(`optional nullable fields preserve both nullish branches`, () => {
type OptionalNullableRow = {
id: string
required: number
optional?: number
nullable: number | null
nullish?: number | null
exactNull: null
exactUndefined: undefined
nullishObject?: { label: string } | null
}

function projectOptionalNullableFields(
source: Collection<OptionalNullableRow, string>,
) {
const query = new Query()
.from({ row: source })
.orderBy(({ row }) => {
expectTypeOf(row.required).toEqualTypeOf<RefLeaf<number>>()
expectTypeOf(row.optional).toEqualTypeOf<
RefLeaf<number> | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf(row.nullable).toEqualTypeOf<RefLeaf<number> | null>()
expectTypeOf(row.nullish).toEqualTypeOf<
RefLeaf<number | null> | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf(row.exactNull).toEqualTypeOf<RefLeaf<null>>()
expectTypeOf(row.exactUndefined).toEqualTypeOf<RefLeaf<undefined>>()
expectTypeOf(row.nullishObject).toEqualTypeOf<
Ref<{ label: string }> | null | undefined
>()
return row.nullish
})
.select(({ row }) => ({
required: row.required,
optional: row.optional,
nullable: row.nullable,
nullish: row.nullish,
exactNull: row.exactNull,
exactUndefined: row.exactUndefined,
nullishObject: row.nullishObject,
}))

type Result = QueryResult<typeof query>
expectTypeOf<Result[`required`]>().toEqualTypeOf<number>()
expectTypeOf<Result[`optional`]>().toEqualTypeOf<number | undefined>()
expectTypeOf<Result[`nullable`]>().toEqualTypeOf<number | null>()
expectTypeOf<Result[`nullish`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
number | null | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf<Result[`exactNull`]>().toEqualTypeOf<null>()
expectTypeOf<Result[`exactUndefined`]>().toEqualTypeOf<undefined>()
expectTypeOf<Result[`nullishObject`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
{ label: string } | null | undefined
>()

const branch = () =>
new Query().from({ row: source }).select(({ row }) => ({
nullish: row.nullish,
nullishObject: row.nullishObject,
}))
const union = new Query()
.unionAll(branch(), branch())
.orderBy(({ nullish }) => {
expectTypeOf(nullish).toEqualTypeOf<RefLeaf<number, true> | null>()
return nullish
})
.select(({ nullish, nullishObject }) => ({
nullish,
nullishObject,
}))
type UnionResult = QueryResult<typeof union>
expectTypeOf<UnionResult[`nullish`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
number | null | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf<UnionResult[`nullishObject`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
{ label: string } | null | undefined
>()

return { query, union }
}

void projectOptionalNullableFields
})

test(`branch unions preserve intrinsic nullish fields through nullable joins`, () => {
type BranchRow = {
id: string
exactNull: null
exactUndefined: undefined
nullableNumber: number | null
nullableText: string | null
nullableObject: { label: string } | null
}
Expand All @@ -410,35 +498,80 @@ describe(`query API type algebra`, () => {
id: value.id,
exactNull: value.exactNull,
exactUndefined: value.exactUndefined,
nullableNumber: value.nullableNumber,
nullableText: value.nullableText,
nullableObject: value.nullableObject,
}))
const union = new Query().unionAll(branch(a), branch(b))
const _plain = union.select(
({ nullableNumber, nullableText, nullableObject }) => {
expectTypeOf(nullableNumber).toEqualTypeOf<RefLeaf<
number,
true
> | null>()
expectTypeOf(nullableText).toEqualTypeOf<RefLeaf<
string,
true
> | null>()
expectTypeOf(nullableObject).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<
{ label: string },
true
> | null>()
return { nullableNumber, nullableText, nullableObject }
},
)
const rightJoined = union
.rightJoin({ row: rows }, ({ id, row }) => eq(id, row.id))
.select(
({ exactNull, exactUndefined, nullableText, nullableObject }) => ({
({
exactNull,
exactUndefined,
nullableNumber,
nullableText,
nullableObject,
}) => ({
exactNull,
exactUndefined,
nullableNumber,
nullableText,
nullableObject,
}),
)
const fullJoined = union
.fullJoin({ row: rows }, ({ id, row }) => eq(id, row.id))
.select(
({ exactNull, exactUndefined, nullableText, nullableObject }) => ({
({
exactNull,
exactUndefined,
nullableNumber,
nullableText,
nullableObject,
}) => ({
exactNull,
exactUndefined,
nullableNumber,
nullableText,
nullableObject,
}),
)

type PlainResult = QueryResult<typeof _plain>
type RightResult = QueryResult<typeof rightJoined>
type FullResult = QueryResult<typeof fullJoined>
expectTypeOf<PlainResult[`nullableNumber`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
number | null | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf<PlainResult[`nullableText`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
string | null | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf<PlainResult[`nullableObject`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
{ label: string } | null | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf<RightResult[`exactNull`]>().toEqualTypeOf<null | undefined>()
expectTypeOf<RightResult[`exactUndefined`]>().toEqualTypeOf<undefined>()
expectTypeOf<RightResult[`nullableNumber`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
number | null | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf<RightResult[`nullableText`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
string | null | undefined
>()
Expand All @@ -447,6 +580,9 @@ describe(`query API type algebra`, () => {
>()
expectTypeOf<FullResult[`exactNull`]>().toEqualTypeOf<null | undefined>()
expectTypeOf<FullResult[`exactUndefined`]>().toEqualTypeOf<undefined>()
expectTypeOf<FullResult[`nullableNumber`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
number | null | undefined
>()
expectTypeOf<FullResult[`nullableText`]>().toEqualTypeOf<
string | null | undefined
>()
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36 changes: 36 additions & 0 deletions packages/db/tests/query/query-api-type-algebra.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -89,3 +89,39 @@ test(`branch unions publish unmatched whole-object projections as undefined`, as
expect(query.toArray[0]!.other).toMatchObject({ id: `row-1` })
expect(query.toArray[1]!.other).toBeUndefined()
})

test(`plain branch unions publish nullable-only values as null`, async () => {
type NullableRow = { id: string; value: number | null }
const rowsA = createCollection(
mockSyncCollectionOptions<NullableRow>({
id: `query-api-type-algebra-nullable-rows-a`,
getKey: (row) => row.id,
initialData: [{ id: `null-row`, value: null }],
}),
)
const rowsB = createCollection(
mockSyncCollectionOptions<NullableRow>({
id: `query-api-type-algebra-nullable-rows-b`,
getKey: (row) => row.id,
initialData: [{ id: `number-row`, value: 1 }],
}),
)
const query = createLiveQueryCollection((q) => {
const branchA = q.from({ rowsA }).select(({ rowsA: row }) => ({
id: row.id,
value: row.value,
}))
const branchB = q.from({ rowsB }).select(({ rowsB: row }) => ({
id: row.id,
value: row.value,
}))
return q.unionAll(branchA, branchB).select(({ id, value }) => ({
id,
value,
}))
})

await query.preload()

expect(query.toArray.find((row) => row.id === `null-row`)?.value).toBeNull()
})
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