bpo-28518: Start a transaction implicitly before a DML statement (#245)

Patch by Aviv Palivoda.

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 39f7a65..8341fb8 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -511,10 +511,9 @@ PyObject* _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject*
     pysqlite_statement_reset(self->statement);
     pysqlite_statement_mark_dirty(self->statement);
 
-    /* For backwards compatibility reasons, do not start a transaction if a
-       DDL statement is encountered.  If anybody wants transactional DDL,
-       they can issue a BEGIN statement manually. */
-    if (self->connection->begin_statement && !sqlite3_stmt_readonly(self->statement->st) && !self->statement->is_ddl) {
+    /* We start a transaction implicitly before a DML statement.
+       SELECT is the only exception. See #9924. */
+    if (self->connection->begin_statement && self->statement->is_dml) {
         if (sqlite3_get_autocommit(self->connection->db)) {
             result = _pysqlite_connection_begin(self->connection);
             if (!result) {
@@ -609,7 +608,7 @@ PyObject* _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject*
             }
         }
 
-        if (!sqlite3_stmt_readonly(self->statement->st)) {
+        if (self->statement->is_dml) {
             self->rowcount += (long)sqlite3_changes(self->connection->db);
         } else {
             self->rowcount= -1L;
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
index 8b45a03..27b2654 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ int pysqlite_statement_create(pysqlite_Statement* self, pysqlite_Connection* con
     Py_INCREF(sql);
     self->sql = sql;
 
-    /* determine if the statement is a DDL statement */
-    self->is_ddl = 0;
+    /* Determine if the statement is a DML statement.
+       SELECT is the only exception. See #9924. */
+    self->is_dml = 0;
     for (p = sql_cstr; *p != 0; p++) {
         switch (*p) {
             case ' ':
@@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ int pysqlite_statement_create(pysqlite_Statement* self, pysqlite_Connection* con
                 continue;
         }
 
-        self->is_ddl = (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "create ", 7) == 0)
-                    || (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "drop ", 5) == 0)
-                    || (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "reindex ", 8) == 0);
+        self->is_dml = (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "insert ", 7) == 0)
+                    || (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "update ", 7) == 0)
+                    || (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "delete ", 7) == 0)
+                    || (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "replace ", 8) == 0);
         break;
     }
 
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.h b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.h
index 6eef168..8db10f6 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.h
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef struct
     sqlite3_stmt* st;
     PyObject* sql;
     int in_use;
-    int is_ddl;
+    int is_dml;
     PyObject* in_weakreflist; /* List of weak references */
 } pysqlite_Statement;