fix(tools): detect databricks LIMIT by clause, not substring - #7219
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- Problem: DatabricksQueryToolSchema treated any query containing the letters "limit" as already capped, so SELECT * FROM limited_orders skipped the default LIMIT 1000. - Fix: detect a real LIMIT n / LIMIT ALL / FETCH FIRST n ROWS clause before appending row_limit. - Verification: uv run pytest lib/crewai-tools/tests/tools/test_databricks_query_tool.py -q -- 9 passed.
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- Line 75: Normalize trailing whitespace in self.query before removing the
trailing semicolon in the row-limit handling guarded by _SQL_LIMIT_CLAUSE_RE, so
queries like SELECT * FROM limited_orders; have the terminator removed before
appending the LIMIT clause.
- Line 19: Update DatabricksQueryToolSchema.validate_input and
_SQL_LIMIT_CLAUSE_RE to detect LIMIT clauses using SQL-aware parsing that
ignores comments and string literals, while supporting Databricks foldable
expressions such as LIMIT length('SPARK') and the complete LIMIT grammar.
Preserve the configured row-cap behavior, and add regression tests covering
expression limits plus LIMIT text inside literals or comments.
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| # (e.g. table `limited_orders`). Databricks accepts LIMIT n, LIMIT ALL, and | ||
| # FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY. | ||
| _SQL_LIMIT_CLAUSE_RE = re.compile( | ||
| r"(?is)\b(?:LIMIT\s+(?:ALL|\d+)\b|FETCH\s+(?:FIRST|NEXT)\s+\d+\s+ROWS?\b)" |
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Databricks SQL LIMIT clause integer_expression comments string literals syntax official documentation
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In Databricks SQL, the syntax for the LIMIT clause, comments, and string literals is defined as follows: LIMIT Clause The LIMIT clause constrains the number of rows returned by a query, typically used with ORDER BY to ensure deterministic results [1][2]. Its syntax is [1][2]: LIMIT { ALL | integer_expression } - ALL: If specified, the query returns all rows (no limit is applied) [1][2]. - integer_expression: A literal expression that returns an integer [2]. The expression must be foldable to an integer; if it is not foldable, is not an integer type, evaluates to NULL, or is negative, Databricks raises an INVALID_LIMIT_LIKE_EXPRESSION error [2]. Comments Databricks SQL supports both simple (line) comments and bracketed (multi-line) comments [3][4]. - Simple Comments: Start with -- and cover the remainder of the line [3][4]. Syntax: -- text [3][4] - Bracketed Comments: Used to cover multiple lines or a portion of a line, delimited by /* and / [3][4]. They can be nested [3][4]. Syntax: / text [ bracketed_comment [...] ] text */ [3][4] String Literals String literals are defined using single quotes (') [5][6]. - Syntax: [r|R]'c [... ]' [...] [5][6] - Raw Literals: Prefixed with r or R (e.g., r'string'), these treat backslashes as literal characters and do not recognize escape sequences [5][6]. - Escape Sequences: In regular string literals (without the r/R prefix), specific escape sequences are recognized and replaced, such as \n (linefeed), \t (horizontal tab), and \ (backslash) [5][6]. - Chaining: String literals can be chained directly (e.g., 'a' 'b') to break long strings across multiple lines or combine literals without using concatenation operators [5][6].
Citations:
- 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-limit
- 2: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-limit
- 3: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-comment
- 4: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-comment
- 5: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/sql/language-manual/data-types/string-type
- 6: https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/sql/language-manual/data-types/string-type
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rg -n -C 4 '_SQL_LIMIT_CLAUSE_RE|DatabricksQueryToolSchema|row_limit|LIMIT|FETCH' lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/databricks_query_tool lib/crewai-tools/tests 2>/dev/null | head -240Repository: crewAIInc/crewAI
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Use SQL-aware clause detection.
DatabricksQueryToolSchema.validate_input scans raw SQL with _SQL_LIMIT_CLAUSE_RE. Databricks accepts foldable expressions such as LIMIT length('SPARK'), but this pattern misses them, so line 76 appends a second LIMIT and creates invalid SQL. It also matches LIMIT 5 inside literals or comments, so it can skip the configured row cap. Ignore comments and literals, and support the complete LIMIT grammar. Add regression tests for both cases.
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In
`@lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/databricks_query_tool/databricks_query_tool.py`
at line 19, Update DatabricksQueryToolSchema.validate_input and
_SQL_LIMIT_CLAUSE_RE to detect LIMIT clauses using SQL-aware parsing that
ignores comments and string literals, while supporting Databricks foldable
expressions such as LIMIT length('SPARK') and the complete LIMIT grammar.
Preserve the configured row-cap behavior, and add regression tests covering
expression limits plus LIMIT text inside literals or comments.
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Traced this fully. lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/databricks_query_tool/databricks_query_tool.py's validate_input used "limit" not in self.query.lower() to decide whether to append a LIMIT clause, which is a plain substring check and false-positives on any query touching a table or column literally named limit or containing it as a substring (e.g. limited_orders), silently skipping the row cap on an otherwise-unbounded query.
The new regex (?is)\b(?:LIMIT\s+(?:ALL|\d+)\b|FETCH\s+(?:FIRST|NEXT)\s+\d+\s+ROWS?\b) only matches an actual LIMIT/FETCH clause (LIMIT followed by a number or ALL, or FETCH FIRST/NEXT n ROWS), not a bare identifier. I hand-checked it against all the new test cases: SELECT limit FROM orders doesn't match (column named limit, cap still appended), LIMIT ALL and FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY both match (no double-cap), and limited_orders as a table name doesn't match. The word boundary before LIMIT/FETCH and the required trailing number/ALL/ROWS token are what make this correct where the old substring check wasn't.
Straightforward, well-scoped, well-tested fix.
… row limit
- Problem: a query ending in `; ` (semicolon plus trailing whitespace) kept its
statement-terminating semicolon after rstrip(';'), so the appended row cap
landed after it and produced invalid SQL.
- Fix: strip any trailing mix of semicolons and whitespace before appending the
LIMIT clause; add regression tests for both trailing-space and newline cases.
- Verification: uv run pytest lib/crewai-tools/tests/tools/test_databricks_query_tool.py -q → 11 passed; ruff check + format clean on both files.
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DatabricksQueryToolSchemadecides whether to appendrow_limitwith a substring check:Any identifier that contains those letters skips the cap. Reproduced on current main:
SELECT * FROM orders… LIMIT 1000;(intended)SELECT * FROM limited_ordersSELECT * FROM orders LIMIT 5Self-sourced. Independent of #6987 / #7120.
Triage / Root cause
"limit" in query.lower()matches table/column names (limited_orders,credit_limit) as if they were aLIMITclause, so the default 1000-row cap never applies.Fix
Detect a real clause (
LIMIT n,LIMIT ALL,FETCH FIRST/NEXT n ROWS) before appendingrow_limit. Identifiers that merely contain"limit"are capped as intended.Verification
Before:
After:
9 passed.
Notes / Risks
SELECT limit FROM ordersnow correctly getsLIMIT 1000appended (the column name is not a LIMIT clause).Existing
LIMIT n/LIMIT ALL/FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLYqueries are not rewritten.Does not add read-only SQL validation; this tool is a general Databricks query runner.
Known tradeoff (also raised by the automated review on fix(tools): detect databricks LIMIT by clause, not substring #7121): the clause regex scans raw SQL, so a
LIMITinside a string literal, comment, or nested subquery can suppress the outer default cap, and foldable expressions likeLIMIT length('SPARK')are treated as "has a limit". A token-aware scanner would close those corners but is a much larger change; this fix still strictly improves on the substring check it replaces. Happy to follow up if maintainers want the scanner.Fixes #7218