database: remove MSSQL backend support (#8173)

2026-05-06 23:45:33 +02:00 · 2026-02-10 18:41:31 -05:00
parent 94d6e53dc2
commit 5c67d47512
10 changed files with 6 additions and 119 deletions
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ All notable changes to Gogs are documented in this file.

 - The `gogs cert` subcommand. [#8153](https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8153)
 - The `[email] DISABLE_HELO` configuration option. HELO/EHLO is now always sent during SMTP handshake. [#8164](https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8164)
+- Support for MSSQL as a database backend. Stay on 0.14 for continued usage. [#8173](https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8173)

 ## 0.14.1

--- a/conf/app.ini
+++ b/conf/app.ini
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ FILE_MAX_SIZE = 3
 MAX_FILES = 5

 [database]
-; The database backend, either "postgres", "mysql" "sqlite3" or "mssql".
-; You can connect to TiDB with MySQL protocol.
+; The database backend, either "postgres", "mysql" or "sqlite3".
 TYPE = postgres
 HOST = 127.0.0.1:5432
 NAME = gogs
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/macaron.v1 v1.5.1
 	gorm.io/driver/mysql v1.5.2
 	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.6.0
-	gorm.io/driver/sqlserver v1.4.1
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.12
 	unknwon.dev/clog/v2 v2.2.0
 	xorm.io/builder v0.3.6
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20230118201751-21c54148d20b // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/djherbis/buffer v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/djherbis/nio/v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
@@ -88,8 +86,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang-sql/civil v0.0.0-20220223132316-b832511892a9 // indirect
-	github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.11 // indirect
@@ -109,7 +105,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.24 // indirect
 	github.com/mcuadros/go-version v0.0.0-20190830083331-035f6764e8d2 // indirect
-	github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb v0.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 // indirect
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
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@@ -65,9 +59,8 @@ github.com/cupcake/rdb v0.0.0-20161107195141-43ba34106c76/go.mod h1:vYwsqCOLxGii
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@@ -528,18 +494,13 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
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@@ -547,7 +508,6 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
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-golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 h1:B3njUFyqtHDUI5jMn1YIr5B0IE2U0qck04r6d4KPAxE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.33.0/go.mod h1:LuMebE6+rBincTi9+xWTY8TztLzKHc/9C1uBCG27+q8=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
@@ -615,22 +575,17 @@ gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWD
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
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-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
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 gorm.io/driver/mysql v1.5.2/go.mod h1:pQLhh1Ut/WUAySdTHwBpBv6+JKcj+ua4ZFx1QQTBzb8=
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 gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.6.0/go.mod h1:vUw0mrGgrTK+uPHEhAdV4sfFELrByKVGnaVRkXDhtWo=
-gorm.io/driver/sqlserver v1.4.1 h1:t4r4r6Jam5E6ejqP7N82qAJIJAht27EGT41HyPfXRw0=
-gorm.io/driver/sqlserver v1.4.1/go.mod h1:DJ4P+MeZbc5rvY58PnmN1Lnyvb5gw5NPzGshHDnJLig=
-gorm.io/gorm v1.24.0/go.mod h1:DVrVomtaYTbqs7gB/x2uVvqnXzv0nqjB396B8cG4dBA=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.25.2-0.20230530020048-26663ab9bf55/go.mod h1:L4uxeKpfBml98NYqVqwAdmV1a2nBtAec/cf3fpucW/k=
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 gorm.io/gorm v1.25.12/go.mod h1:xh7N7RHfYlNc5EmcI/El95gXusucDrQnHXe0+CgWcLQ=
--- a/internal/conf/static.go
+++ b/internal/conf/static.go
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ var (
 	UseSQLite3    bool
 	UseMySQL      bool
 	UsePostgreSQL bool
-	UseMSSQL      bool
 )

 // UsersAvatarPathPrefix is the path prefix to user avatars.
--- a/internal/database/database.go
+++ b/internal/database/database.go
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ func NewConnection(w logger.Writer) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 		db = db.Set("gorm:table_options", "ENGINE=InnoDB").Session(&gorm.Session{})
 	case "sqlite3":
 		conf.UseSQLite3 = true
-	case "mssql":
-		conf.UseMSSQL = true
 	default:
 		panic("unreachable")
 	}
--- a/internal/database/models.go
+++ b/internal/database/models.go
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ func getEngine() (*xorm.Engine, error) {
 			conf.Database.User, conf.Database.Password, host, port, conf.Database.Name, conf.Database.SSLMode, conf.Database.Schema)
 		driver = "pgx"

-	case "mssql":
-		conf.UseMSSQL = true
-		host, port := dbutil.ParseMSSQLHostPort(conf.Database.Host)
-		connStr = fmt.Sprintf("server=%s; port=%s; database=%s; user id=%s; password=%s;", host, port, conf.Database.Name, conf.Database.User, conf.Database.Password)
-
 	case "sqlite3":
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(conf.Database.Path), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Newf("create directories: %v", err)
--- a/internal/database/repo.go
+++ b/internal/database/repo.go
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ func GetWatchers(repoID int64) ([]*Watch, error) {
 func (r *Repository) GetWatchers(page int) ([]*User, error) {
 	users := make([]*User, 0, ItemsPerPage)
 	sess := x.Limit(ItemsPerPage, (page-1)*ItemsPerPage).Where("watch.repo_id=?", r.ID)
-	if conf.UsePostgreSQL || conf.UseMSSQL {
+	if conf.UsePostgreSQL {
 		sess = sess.Join("LEFT", "watch", `"user".id=watch.user_id`)
 	} else {
 		sess = sess.Join("LEFT", "watch", "user.id=watch.user_id")
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@ func IsStaring(userID, repoID int64) bool {
 func (r *Repository) GetStargazers(page int) ([]*User, error) {
 	users := make([]*User, 0, ItemsPerPage)
 	sess := x.Limit(ItemsPerPage, (page-1)*ItemsPerPage).Where("star.repo_id=?", r.ID)
-	if conf.UsePostgreSQL || conf.UseMSSQL {
+	if conf.UsePostgreSQL {
 		sess = sess.Join("LEFT", "star", `"user".id=star.uid`)
 	} else {
 		sess = sess.Join("LEFT", "star", "user.id=star.uid")
--- a/internal/dbutil/dsn.go
+++ b/internal/dbutil/dsn.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/glebarez/sqlite"
 	"gorm.io/driver/mysql"
 	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
-	"gorm.io/driver/sqlserver"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"

 	"gogs.io/gogs/internal/conf"
@@ -29,22 +28,6 @@ func ParsePostgreSQLHostPort(info string) (host, port string) {
 	return host, port
 }

-// ParseMSSQLHostPort parses given input in various forms for MSSQL and returns
-// proper host and port number.
-func ParseMSSQLHostPort(info string) (host, port string) {
-	host, port = "127.0.0.1", "1433"
-	if strings.Contains(info, ":") {
-		host = strings.Split(info, ":")[0]
-		port = strings.Split(info, ":")[1]
-	} else if strings.Contains(info, ",") {
-		host = strings.Split(info, ",")[0]
-		port = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(info, ",")[1])
-	} else if len(info) > 0 {
-		host = info
-	}
-	return host, port
-}
-
 // NewDSN takes given database options and returns parsed DSN.
 func NewDSN(opts conf.DatabaseOpts) (dsn string, err error) {
 	// In case the database name contains "?" with some parameters
@@ -68,11 +51,6 @@ func NewDSN(opts conf.DatabaseOpts) (dsn string, err error) {
 		dsn = fmt.Sprintf("user='%s' password='%s' host='%s' port='%s' dbname='%s' sslmode='%s' search_path='%s' application_name='gogs'",
 			opts.User, opts.Password, host, port, opts.Name, opts.SSLMode, opts.Schema)

-	case "mssql":
-		host, port := ParseMSSQLHostPort(opts.Host)
-		dsn = fmt.Sprintf("server=%s; port=%s; database=%s; user id=%s; password=%s;",
-			host, port, opts.Name, opts.User, opts.Password)
-
 	case "sqlite3":
 		dsn = "file:" + opts.Path + "?cache=shared&mode=rwc"

@@ -97,8 +75,6 @@ func OpenDB(opts conf.DatabaseOpts, cfg *gorm.Config) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 		dialector = mysql.Open(dsn)
 	case "postgres":
 		dialector = postgres.Open(dsn)
-	case "mssql":
-		dialector = sqlserver.Open(dsn)
 	case "sqlite3":
 		dialector = sqlite.Open(dsn)
 	default:
--- a/internal/dbutil/dsn_test.go
+++ b/internal/dbutil/dsn_test.go
@@ -32,25 +32,6 @@ func TestParsePostgreSQLHostPort(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestParseMSSQLHostPort(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		info    string
-		expHost string
-		expPort string
-	}{
-		{info: "127.0.0.1:1234", expHost: "127.0.0.1", expPort: "1234"},
-		{info: "127.0.0.1,1234", expHost: "127.0.0.1", expPort: "1234"},
-		{info: "127.0.0.1", expHost: "127.0.0.1", expPort: "1433"},
-	}
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
-			host, port := ParseMSSQLHostPort(test.info)
-			assert.Equal(t, test.expHost, host)
-			assert.Equal(t, test.expPort, port)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestNewDSN(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("bad dialect", func(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err := NewDSN(conf.DatabaseOpts{
@@ -114,18 +95,6 @@ func TestNewDSN(t *testing.T) {
 			wantDSN: "user='gogs@local' password='pa$$word' host='127.0.0.1' port='5432' dbname='gogs' sslmode='disable' search_path='test' application_name='gogs'",
 		},

-		{
-			name: "mssql",
-			opts: conf.DatabaseOpts{
-				Type:     "mssql",
-				Host:     "127.0.0.1",
-				Name:     "gogs",
-				User:     "gogs@local",
-				Password: "pa$$word",
-			},
-			wantDSN: "server=127.0.0.1; port=1433; database=gogs; user id=gogs@local; password=pa$$word;",
-		},
-
 		{
 			name: "sqlite3",
 			opts: conf.DatabaseOpts{