@mikro-orm/sql 7.1.0-dev.3 → 7.1.0-dev.30

package/schema/DatabaseTable.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { DecimalType, EntitySchema, isRaw, ReferenceKind, t, Type, UnknownType, Utils, } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { toEntityPartitionBy } from './partitioning.js';
 /**
  * @internal
  */
@@ -8,10 +9,19 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
     #columns = {};
     #indexes = [];
     #checks = [];
+    #triggers = [];
     #foreignKeys = {};
     #platform;
     nativeEnums = {}; // for postgres
     comment;
+    partitioning;
+    /**
+     * Effective collation the column defaults to when no explicit `COLLATE` is set on a column.
+     * For MySQL/MariaDB this is the table collation; for PostgreSQL and MSSQL this is the database default;
+     * SQLite has no configurable default. Used by `SchemaComparator.diffCollation` to avoid flapping
+     * when a property explicitly names the default collation.
+     */
+    collation;
     constructor(platform, name, schema) {
         this.name = name;
         this.schema = schema;
@@ -35,6 +45,16 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
     getChecks() {
         return this.#checks;
     }
+    getPartitioning() {
+        return this.partitioning;
+    }
+    /** @internal */
+    setPartitioning(partitioning) {
+        this.partitioning = partitioning;
+    }
+    getTriggers() {
+        return this.#triggers;
+    }
     /** @internal */
     setIndexes(indexes) {
         this.#indexes = indexes;
@@ -44,6 +64,10 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
         this.#checks = checks;
     }
     /** @internal */
+    setTriggers(triggers) {
+        this.#triggers = triggers;
+    }
+    /** @internal */
     setForeignKeys(fks) {
         this.#foreignKeys = fks;
     }
@@ -51,6 +75,7 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
         this.#indexes = indexes;
         this.#checks = checks;
         this.#foreignKeys = fks;
+        const helper = this.#platform.getSchemaHelper();
         this.#columns = cols.reduce((o, v) => {
             const index = indexes.filter(i => i.columnNames[0] === v.name);
             v.primary = v.primary || pks.includes(v.name);
@@ -59,6 +84,11 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
             v.mappedType = this.#platform.getMappedType(type);
             v.default = v.default?.toString().startsWith('nextval(') ? null : v.default;
             v.enumItems ??= enums[v.name] || [];
+            // recover length from the declared type so introspection matches `addColumnFromProperty`;
+            // scoped to types with `getDefaultLength` to skip mysql's `tinyint(1)` boolean width
+            if (v.length == null && v.type && helper && typeof v.mappedType.getDefaultLength !== 'undefined') {
+                v.length = helper.inferLengthFromColumnType(v.type);
+            }
             o[v.name] = v;
             return o;
         }, {});
@@ -68,7 +98,9 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
     }
     addColumnFromProperty(prop, meta, config) {
         prop.fieldNames?.forEach((field, idx) => {
-            const type = prop.enum ? 'enum' : prop.columnTypes[idx];
+            // numeric enums fall through to the underlying numeric type — no platform emits a CHECK we could parse back
+            const isStringEnum = !!prop.nativeEnumName || !!prop.items?.every(item => typeof item === 'string');
+            const type = prop.enum && isStringEnum ? 'enum' : prop.columnTypes[idx];
             const mappedType = this.#platform.getMappedType(type);
             if (mappedType instanceof DecimalType) {
                 const match = /\w+\((\d+), ?(\d+)\)/.exec(prop.columnTypes[idx]);
@@ -105,6 +137,7 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
                 default: prop.defaultRaw,
                 enumItems: prop.nativeEnumName || prop.items?.every(i => typeof i === 'string') ? prop.items : undefined,
                 comment: prop.comment,
+                collation: prop.collation,
                 extra: prop.extra,
                 ignoreSchemaChanges: prop.ignoreSchemaChanges,
             };
@@ -177,6 +210,7 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
         const { fksOnColumnProps, fksOnStandaloneProps, columnFks, fkIndexes, nullableForeignKeys, skippedColumnNames } = this.foreignKeysToProps(namingStrategy, scalarPropertiesForRelations);
         const name = namingStrategy.getEntityName(this.name, this.schema);
         const schema = new EntitySchema({ name, collection: this.name, schema: this.schema, comment: this.comment });
+        schema.meta.partitionBy = toEntityPartitionBy(this.partitioning, this.name, this.schema);
         const compositeFkIndexes = {};
         const compositeFkUniques = {};
         const potentiallyUnmappedIndexes = this.#indexes.filter(index => !index.primary && // Skip primary index. Whether it's in use by scalar column or FK, it's already mapped.
@@ -196,6 +230,7 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
                 name: index.keyName,
                 deferMode: index.deferMode,
                 expression: index.expression,
+                where: index.where,
                 // Advanced index options - convert column names to property names
                 columns: index.columns?.map(col => ({
                     ...col,
@@ -226,7 +261,7 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
                 index.invisible ||
                 index.disabled ||
                 index.clustered;
-            const isTrivial = !index.deferMode && !index.expression && !hasAdvancedOptions;
+            const isTrivial = !index.deferMode && !index.expression && !index.where && !hasAdvancedOptions;
             if (isTrivial) {
                 // Index is for FK. Map to the FK prop and move on.
                 const fkForIndex = fkIndexes.get(index);
@@ -598,6 +633,12 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
     hasCheck(checkName) {
         return !!this.getCheck(checkName);
     }
+    getTrigger(triggerName) {
+        return this.#triggers.find(t => t.name === triggerName);
+    }
+    hasTrigger(triggerName) {
+        return !!this.getTrigger(triggerName);
+    }
     getPrimaryKey() {
         return this.#indexes.find(i => i.primary);
     }
@@ -632,6 +673,7 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
             columnOptions.scale = column.scale;
             columnOptions.extra = column.extra;
             columnOptions.comment = column.comment;
+            columnOptions.collation = column.collation;
             columnOptions.enum = !!column.enumItems?.length;
             columnOptions.items = column.enumItems;
         }
@@ -698,6 +740,7 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
             scale: column.scale,
             extra: column.extra,
             comment: column.comment,
+            collation: column.collation,
             index: index ? index.keyName : undefined,
             unique: unique ? unique.keyName : undefined,
             enum: !!column.enumItems?.length,
@@ -862,16 +905,25 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
         if (index.fillFactor != null && (index.fillFactor < 0 || index.fillFactor > 100)) {
             throw new Error(`fillFactor must be between 0 and 100, got ${index.fillFactor} for index '${name}' on entity '${meta.className}'`);
         }
+        // The `expression` escape hatch takes the full index definition as raw SQL; combining it
+        // with `where` is dialect-dependent (PG/Oracle/MySQL drop `where`, MSSQL appends it) so we
+        // reject the combination up-front and ask users to inline the predicate into `expression`.
+        if (index.expression && index.where != null) {
+            throw new Error(`Index '${name}' on entity '${meta.className}': cannot combine \`expression\` with \`where\` — inline the WHERE clause into the \`expression\` escape hatch, or drop \`expression\` and use structured \`properties\` + \`where\`.`);
+        }
+        const where = this.processIndexWhere(index.where, meta);
         this.#indexes.push({
             keyName: name,
             columnNames: properties,
             composite: properties.length > 1,
-            // JSON columns can have unique index but not unique constraint, and we need to distinguish those, so we can properly drop them
-            constraint: type !== 'index' && !properties.some((d) => d.includes('.')),
+            // JSON columns can have unique index but not unique constraint, and we need to distinguish those, so we can properly drop them.
+            // Partial indexes (`where`) must use CREATE [UNIQUE] INDEX form — constraints can't carry predicates.
+            constraint: type !== 'index' && !properties.some((d) => d.includes('.')) && !where,
             primary: type === 'primary',
             unique: type !== 'index',
             type: index.type,
             expression: this.processIndexExpression(name, index.expression, meta),
+            where,
             options: index.options,
             deferMode: index.deferMode,
             columns,
@@ -882,56 +934,155 @@ export class DatabaseTable {
             clustered: index.clustered,
         });
     }
+    processIndexWhere(where, meta) {
+        if (where == null) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        // The driver is always an `AbstractSqlDriver` here — `DatabaseTable` is only instantiated
+        // by SQL-side schema code, so the platform's config-bound driver is guaranteed to be one.
+        const driver = this.#platform.getConfig().getDriver();
+        return driver.renderPartialIndexWhere(meta.class, where);
+    }
     addCheck(check) {
         this.#checks.push(check);
     }
+    addTrigger(trigger) {
+        this.#triggers.push(trigger);
+    }
     toJSON() {
         const columns = this.#columns;
-        const columnsMapped = Utils.keys(columns).reduce((o, col) => {
+        // locale-independent comparison so the snapshot is stable across machines
+        const byString = (a, b) => (a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0);
+        const sortedColumnKeys = Utils.keys(columns).sort(byString);
+        // mirror `DatabaseTable.init()`: derive `primary`/`unique` from index membership
+        // so metadata (which keeps `primary: false` on composite PK columns) and introspection agree
+        const primaryColumns = new Set();
+        const uniqueColumns = new Set();
+        for (const idx of this.#indexes) {
+            if (idx.primary) {
+                idx.columnNames.forEach(c => primaryColumns.add(c));
+            }
+            if (idx.unique && !idx.primary && idx.columnNames.length > 0) {
+                uniqueColumns.add(idx.columnNames[0]);
+            }
+        }
+        // integer/float widths live in the type name (`int2`/`int4`/`float8`) — drop redundant precision/scale
+        const isFixedPrecisionFamily = (mappedType) => mappedType instanceof t.integer ||
+            mappedType instanceof t.smallint ||
+            mappedType instanceof t.tinyint ||
+            mappedType instanceof t.mediumint ||
+            mappedType instanceof t.bigint ||
+            mappedType instanceof t.float ||
+            mappedType instanceof t.double;
+        const supportsUnsigned = this.#platform.supportsUnsigned();
+        const columnsMapped = sortedColumnKeys.reduce((o, col) => {
             const c = columns[col];
+            // omit `autoincrement` from options so `serial` (metadata) and `int4` (introspection) collapse the same
+            const rawType = c.type?.toLowerCase();
+            const normOptions = { length: c.length, precision: c.precision, scale: c.scale };
+            const type = this.#platform.normalizeColumnType(c.type ?? '', normOptions)?.toLowerCase() || rawType;
+            const fixedPrecision = isFixedPrecisionFamily(c.mappedType);
             const normalized = {
                 name: c.name,
-                type: c.type,
-                unsigned: !!c.unsigned,
+                type,
+                unsigned: supportsUnsigned && !!c.unsigned,
                 autoincrement: !!c.autoincrement,
-                primary: !!c.primary,
+                primary: primaryColumns.has(c.name) || !!c.primary,
                 nullable: !!c.nullable,
-                unique: !!c.unique,
-                length: c.length ?? null,
-                precision: c.precision ?? null,
-                scale: c.scale ?? null,
+                unique: uniqueColumns.has(c.name) || !!c.unique,
+                length: c.length || null,
+                precision: fixedPrecision ? null : (c.precision ?? null),
+                scale: fixedPrecision ? null : (c.scale ?? null),
                 default: c.default ?? null,
                 comment: c.comment ?? null,
+                collation: c.collation ?? null,
                 enumItems: c.enumItems ?? [],
                 mappedType: Utils.keys(t).find(k => t[k] === c.mappedType.constructor),
             };
-            if (c.generated) {
-                normalized.generated = c.generated;
-            }
-            if (c.nativeEnumName) {
-                normalized.nativeEnumName = c.nativeEnumName;
-            }
-            if (c.extra) {
-                normalized.extra = c.extra;
-            }
-            if (c.ignoreSchemaChanges) {
-                normalized.ignoreSchemaChanges = c.ignoreSchemaChanges;
-            }
-            if (c.defaultConstraint) {
-                normalized.defaultConstraint = c.defaultConstraint;
+            for (const field of [
+                'generated',
+                'nativeEnumName',
+                'extra',
+                'ignoreSchemaChanges',
+                'defaultConstraint',
+            ]) {
+                if (c[field]) {
+                    normalized[field] = c[field];
+                }
             }
             o[col] = normalized;
             return o;
         }, {});
+        const normalizeIndex = (idx) => {
+            const out = {
+                columnNames: idx.columnNames,
+                composite: !!idx.composite,
+                // PK indexes are always backed by a constraint — force it so postgres introspection matches
+                constraint: !!idx.constraint || !!idx.primary,
+                keyName: idx.keyName,
+                primary: !!idx.primary,
+                unique: !!idx.unique,
+            };
+            const optional = [
+                'expression',
+                'type',
+                'deferMode',
+                'columns',
+                'include',
+                'fillFactor',
+                'invisible',
+                'disabled',
+                'clustered',
+            ];
+            for (const field of optional) {
+                if (idx[field] != null && idx[field] !== false) {
+                    out[field] = idx[field];
+                }
+            }
+            return out;
+        };
+        const normalizeFk = (fk) => {
+            const isNoAction = (rule) => !rule || rule.toLowerCase() === 'no action';
+            // JSON.stringify drops undefined properties — let them through instead of guarding
+            return {
+                columnNames: fk.columnNames,
+                constraintName: fk.constraintName,
+                localTableName: fk.localTableName,
+                referencedColumnNames: fk.referencedColumnNames,
+                referencedTableName: fk.referencedTableName,
+                updateRule: isNoAction(fk.updateRule) ? undefined : fk.updateRule,
+                deleteRule: isNoAction(fk.deleteRule) ? undefined : fk.deleteRule,
+                deferMode: fk.deferMode,
+            };
+        };
+        const normalizeCheck = (check) => {
+            const out = { name: check.name };
+            if (typeof check.expression === 'string') {
+                out.expression = check.expression;
+            }
+            for (const field of ['definition', 'columnName']) {
+                if (check[field]) {
+                    out[field] = check[field];
+                }
+            }
+            return out;
+        };
+        const sortedIndexes = [...this.#indexes].sort((a, b) => byString(a.keyName, b.keyName)).map(normalizeIndex);
+        const sortedChecks = [...this.#checks].sort((a, b) => byString(a.name, b.name)).map(normalizeCheck);
+        const sortedTriggers = [...this.#triggers].sort((a, b) => byString(a.name, b.name));
+        const sortedForeignKeys = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(this.#foreignKeys)
+            .sort(([a], [b]) => byString(a, b))
+            .map(([k, v]) => [k, normalizeFk(v)]));
         return {
             name: this.name,
             schema: this.schema,
             columns: columnsMapped,
-            indexes: this.#indexes,
-            checks: this.#checks,
-            foreignKeys: this.#foreignKeys,
-            nativeEnums: this.nativeEnums,
-            comment: this.comment,
+            indexes: sortedIndexes,
+            checks: sortedChecks,
+            triggers: sortedTriggers,
+            foreignKeys: sortedForeignKeys,
+            // emit `comment` even when unset so introspection (which always reads it) matches metadata
+            comment: this.comment ?? null,
         };
     }
 }

package/schema/SchemaComparator.d.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ export declare class SchemaComparator {
     diffColumn(fromColumn: Column, toColumn: Column, fromTable: DatabaseTable, logging?: boolean): Set<string>;
     diffEnumItems(items1?: string[], items2?: string[]): boolean;
     diffComment(comment1?: string, comment2?: string): boolean;
+    /**
+     * `from` is the introspected DB state, `to` is the target metadata. A column-level `COLLATE`
+     * clause naming the table/database default is just verbose syntax for inheriting that default,
+     * so both sides are normalized — anything matching `tableDefault` collapses to `undefined` and
+     * compares equal to "no explicit collation". Comparison is case-insensitive on dialects that
+     * treat collation identifiers as case-insensitive (MySQL/MSSQL/SQLite); PostgreSQL's
+     * `pg_collation.collname` is case-sensitive and is compared verbatim.
+     */
+    diffCollation(fromCollation?: string, toCollation?: string, tableDefault?: string): boolean;
     /**
      * Finds the difference between the indexes index1 and index2.
      * Compares index1 with index2 and returns index2 if there are any differences or false in case there are no differences.
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ export declare class SchemaComparator {
      * @see https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/issues/7308
      */
     private diffViewExpression;
+    private diffTrigger;
     parseJsonDefault(defaultValue?: string | null): Dictionary | string | null;
     hasSameDefaultValue(from: Column, to: Column): boolean;
     private mapColumnToProperty;

package/schema/SchemaComparator.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ArrayType, BooleanType, DateTimeType, inspect, JsonType, parseJsonSafe, Utils, } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { DatabaseTable } from './DatabaseTable.js';
+import { diffPartitioning } from './partitioning.js';
 /**
  * Compares two Schemas and return an instance of SchemaDifference.
  */
@@ -176,14 +177,17 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
             addedForeignKeys: {},
             addedIndexes: {},
             addedChecks: {},
+            addedTriggers: {},
             changedColumns: {},
             changedForeignKeys: {},
             changedIndexes: {},
             changedChecks: {},
+            changedTriggers: {},
             removedColumns: {},
             removedForeignKeys: {},
             removedIndexes: {},
             removedChecks: {},
+            removedTriggers: {},
             renamedColumns: {},
             renamedIndexes: {},
             fromTable,
@@ -197,6 +201,17 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
             });
             changes++;
         }
+        if (diffPartitioning(fromTable.getPartitioning(), toTable.getPartitioning(), this.#platform.getDefaultSchemaName())) {
+            tableDifferences.changedPartitioning = {
+                from: fromTable.getPartitioning(),
+                to: toTable.getPartitioning(),
+            };
+            this.log(`table partitioning changed for ${tableDifferences.name}`, {
+                fromPartitioning: fromTable.getPartitioning(),
+                toPartitioning: toTable.getPartitioning(),
+            });
+            changes++;
+        }
         const fromTableColumns = fromTable.getColumns();
         const toTableColumns = toTable.getColumns();
         // See if all the columns in "from" table exist in "to" table
@@ -263,6 +278,19 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
             if (!this.diffIndex(index, toTableIndex)) {
                 continue;
             }
+            // Constraint-vs-index form mismatch needs drop+create with the OLD form's drop SQL,
+            // which `changedIndexes` (uses new form only) can't do. Primary keys stay on the
+            // changed path which emits `add primary key`.
+            if (!index.primary && !!index.constraint !== !!toTableIndex.constraint) {
+                tableDifferences.removedIndexes[index.keyName] = index;
+                tableDifferences.addedIndexes[index.keyName] = toTableIndex;
+                this.log(`index ${index.keyName} changed form in table ${tableDifferences.name}`, {
+                    fromTableIndex: index,
+                    toTableIndex,
+                });
+                changes += 2;
+                continue;
+            }
             tableDifferences.changedIndexes[index.keyName] = toTableIndex;
             this.log(`index ${index.keyName} changed in table ${tableDifferences.name}`, {
                 fromTableIndex: index,
@@ -309,6 +337,33 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
             tableDifferences.changedChecks[check.name] = toTableCheck;
             changes++;
         }
+        const fromTableTriggers = fromTable.getTriggers();
+        const toTableTriggers = toTable.getTriggers();
+        for (const trigger of toTableTriggers) {
+            if (fromTable.hasTrigger(trigger.name)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            tableDifferences.addedTriggers[trigger.name] = trigger;
+            this.log(`trigger ${trigger.name} added to table ${tableDifferences.name}`, { trigger });
+            changes++;
+        }
+        for (const trigger of fromTableTriggers) {
+            if (!toTable.hasTrigger(trigger.name)) {
+                tableDifferences.removedTriggers[trigger.name] = trigger;
+                this.log(`trigger ${trigger.name} removed from table ${tableDifferences.name}`);
+                changes++;
+                continue;
+            }
+            const toTableTrigger = toTable.getTrigger(trigger.name);
+            if (this.diffTrigger(trigger, toTableTrigger)) {
+                this.log(`trigger ${trigger.name} changed in table ${tableDifferences.name}`, {
+                    fromTableTrigger: trigger,
+                    toTableTrigger,
+                });
+                tableDifferences.changedTriggers[trigger.name] = toTableTrigger;
+                changes++;
+            }
+        }
         const fromForeignKeys = { ...fromTable.getForeignKeys() };
         const toForeignKeys = { ...toTable.getForeignKeys() };
         for (const fromConstraint of Object.values(fromForeignKeys)) {
@@ -516,6 +571,11 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
             log(`'comment' changed for column ${fromTable.name}.${fromColumn.name}`, { fromColumn, toColumn });
             changedProperties.add('comment');
         }
+        if (!(fromColumn.ignoreSchemaChanges?.includes('collation') || toColumn.ignoreSchemaChanges?.includes('collation')) &&
+            this.diffCollation(fromColumn.collation, toColumn.collation, fromTable.collation)) {
+            log(`'collation' changed for column ${fromTable.name}.${fromColumn.name}`, { fromColumn, toColumn });
+            changedProperties.add('collation');
+        }
         const isNonNativeEnumArray = !(fromColumn.nativeEnumName || toColumn.nativeEnumName) &&
             (fromColumn.mappedType instanceof ArrayType || toColumn.mappedType instanceof ArrayType);
         if (!isNonNativeEnumArray && this.diffEnumItems(fromColumn.enumItems, toColumn.enumItems)) {
@@ -537,12 +597,26 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
         // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
         return comment1 != comment2 && !(comment1 == null && comment2 === '') && !(comment2 == null && comment1 === '');
     }
+    /**
+     * `from` is the introspected DB state, `to` is the target metadata. A column-level `COLLATE`
+     * clause naming the table/database default is just verbose syntax for inheriting that default,
+     * so both sides are normalized — anything matching `tableDefault` collapses to `undefined` and
+     * compares equal to "no explicit collation". Comparison is case-insensitive on dialects that
+     * treat collation identifiers as case-insensitive (MySQL/MSSQL/SQLite); PostgreSQL's
+     * `pg_collation.collname` is case-sensitive and is compared verbatim.
+     */
+    diffCollation(fromCollation, toCollation, tableDefault) {
+        const fold = this.#platform.caseInsensitiveCollationNames() ? (s) => s.toLowerCase() : (s) => s;
+        const norm = (c) => c && tableDefault && fold(c) === fold(tableDefault) ? undefined : c == null ? undefined : fold(c);
+        return norm(fromCollation) !== norm(toCollation);
+    }
     /**
      * Finds the difference between the indexes index1 and index2.
      * Compares index1 with index2 and returns index2 if there are any differences or false in case there are no differences.
      */
     diffIndex(index1, index2) {
-        // if one of them is a custom expression or full text index, compare only by name
+        // Opaque raw expressions (`expression` escape hatch) and full-text indexes can't be
+        // compared structurally — fall back to name-only matching.
         if (index1.expression || index2.expression || index1.type === 'fulltext' || index2.type === 'fulltext') {
             return index1.keyName !== index2.keyName;
         }
@@ -593,6 +667,11 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
         if (!!index1.clustered !== !!index2.clustered) {
             return false;
         }
+        // Compare WHERE predicate of partial indexes structurally (whitespace/quoting/casing
+        // are normalized via the same helper used for check constraints).
+        if (this.diffExpression(index1.where ?? '', index2.where ?? '')) {
+            return false;
+        }
         if (!index1.unique && !index1.primary) {
             // this is a special case: If the current key is neither primary or unique, any unique or
             // primary key will always have the same effect for the index and there cannot be any constraint
@@ -714,6 +793,30 @@ export class SchemaComparator {
         }
         return true;
     }
+    diffTrigger(from, to) {
+        // Raw DDL expression cannot be meaningfully compared to introspected
+        // trigger metadata, so skip diffing when the metadata side uses it.
+        if (to.expression) {
+            // Both sides have expression — compare the raw DDL directly
+            if (from.expression) {
+                return this.diffExpression(from.expression, to.expression);
+            }
+            // Only metadata side has expression — the raw DDL cannot be compared to
+            // introspected metadata. Changes to the expression value won't be detected;
+            // drop and recreate the trigger manually to apply expression changes.
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (from.timing !== to.timing || from.forEach !== to.forEach) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ([...from.events].sort().join(',') !== [...to.events].sort().join(',')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ((from.when ?? '') !== (to.when ?? '')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return this.diffExpression(from.body, to.body);
+    }
     parseJsonDefault(defaultValue) {
         /* v8 ignore next */
         if (!defaultValue) {

package/schema/SchemaHelper.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { type Connection, type Dictionary, type Options, type Transaction, type RawQueryFragment } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import type { AbstractSqlConnection } from '../AbstractSqlConnection.js';
 import type { AbstractSqlPlatform } from '../AbstractSqlPlatform.js';
-import type { CheckDef, Column, ForeignKey, IndexDef, Table, TableDifference } from '../typings.js';
+import type { CheckDef, Column, ForeignKey, IndexDef, Table, TableDifference, SqlTriggerDef } from '../typings.js';
 import type { DatabaseSchema } from './DatabaseSchema.js';
 import type { DatabaseTable } from './DatabaseTable.js';
 /** Base class for database-specific schema helpers. Provides SQL generation for DDL operations. */
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ export declare abstract class SchemaHelper {
     enableForeignKeysSQL(): string;
     /** Returns SQL to append to schema migration scripts (e.g., re-enabling FK checks). */
     getSchemaEnd(disableForeignKeys?: boolean): string;
+    /** Sets the current schema for the session (e.g. `SET search_path`). */
+    getSetSchemaSQL(_schema: string): string;
+    /** Whether the driver supports setting a runtime schema per migration run. */
+    supportsMigrationSchema(): boolean;
+    /** Restores the session's schema to the connection's default after a migration. */
+    getResetSchemaSQL(_defaultSchema: string): string;
+    /** Returns `undefined` for schemaless drivers, throws for drivers that have schemas but no session switch. */
+    resolveMigrationSchema(schema: string | undefined): string | undefined;
     finalizeTable(table: DatabaseTable, charset: string, collate?: string): string;
     appendComments(table: DatabaseTable): string[];
     supportsSchemaConstraints(): boolean;
@@ -31,6 +39,8 @@ export declare abstract class SchemaHelper {
     getListTablesSQL(): string;
     /** Retrieves all tables from the database. */
     getAllTables(connection: AbstractSqlConnection, schemas?: string[], ctx?: Transaction): Promise<Table[]>;
+    /** Checks whether a specific table exists in a given schema (not the connection's current schema). */
+    tableExists(connection: AbstractSqlConnection, tableName: string, schemaName: string | undefined, ctx?: Transaction): Promise<boolean>;
     getListViewsSQL(): string;
     loadViews(schema: DatabaseSchema, connection: AbstractSqlConnection, schemaName?: string, ctx?: Transaction): Promise<void>;
     /** Returns SQL to rename a column in a table. */
@@ -41,6 +51,46 @@ export declare abstract class SchemaHelper {
      * Hook for adding driver-specific index options (e.g., fill factor for PostgreSQL).
      */
     protected getCreateIndexSuffix(_index: IndexDef): string;
+    /**
+     * Default emits ` where <predicate>` for partial indexes. Only Oracle overrides this to
+     * return `''` (it emulates partials via CASE-WHEN columns). MySQL sidesteps the whole path
+     * with its own `getCreateIndexSQL` that never calls this, and MariaDB refuses the feature
+     * entirely via an override on `getIndexColumns`.
+     */
+    protected getIndexWhereClause(index: IndexDef): string;
+    /**
+     * Wraps each indexed column in `(CASE WHEN <predicate> THEN <col> END)` for dialects that
+     * emulate partial indexes via functional indexes (MySQL/MariaDB/Oracle). Combined with NULL
+     * being treated as distinct in unique indexes, this enforces uniqueness only where the
+     * predicate holds. Throws if combined with the advanced `columns` option.
+     */
+    protected emulatePartialIndexColumns(index: IndexDef): string;
+    /**
+     * Strips `<col> IS NOT NULL` clauses (with the dialect's identifier quoting) from an
+     * introspected partial-index predicate when the column matches one of the index's own
+     * columns. MikroORM auto-emits this guard for unique indexes on nullable columns
+     * (MSSQL, Oracle) — it's an internal artifact, not user intent.
+     *
+     * Strips at most one guard per column (the tail-most occurrence), matching how MikroORM
+     * appends a single guard per index column. This preserves user intent when they redundantly
+     * include the same `<col> IS NOT NULL` in their predicate — the guard we added is removed,
+     * their copy survives.
+     */
+    protected stripAutoNotNullFilter(filterDef: string, columnNames: string[], identifierPattern: RegExp): string;
+    /**
+     * Whether `[…]` is a quoted identifier (MSSQL convention). Other dialects either reuse
+     * `[` for array literals/constructors or never produce it in introspected predicates,
+     * so the default is `false` and the MSSQL helper opts in.
+     */
+    protected get bracketQuotedIdentifiers(): boolean;
+    /**
+     * Splits on top-level ` AND ` (case-insensitive), ignoring matches that sit inside string
+     * literals, quoted identifiers, or parenthesized groups — so a predicate like
+     * `'foo AND bar' = col` or `(a AND b) OR c` is not mis-split.
+     */
+    protected splitTopLevelAnd(s: string): string[];
+    /** Returns true iff the leading `(` matches the trailing `)` (i.e. they wrap the whole string). */
+    protected isBalancedWrap(s: string): boolean;
     /**
      * Build the column list for an index, supporting advanced options like sort order, nulls ordering, and collation.
      * Note: Prefix length is only supported by MySQL/MariaDB which override this method.
@@ -57,6 +107,8 @@ export declare abstract class SchemaHelper {
     hasNonDefaultPrimaryKeyName(table: DatabaseTable): boolean;
     castColumn(name: string, type: string): string;
     alterTableColumn(column: Column, table: DatabaseTable, changedProperties: Set<string>): string[];
+    /** Returns the bare `collate <name>` clause for column DDL. Overridden by PostgreSQL to quote the identifier. */
+    protected getCollateSQL(collation: string): string;
     createTableColumn(column: Column, table: DatabaseTable, changedProperties?: Set<string>): string | undefined;
     getPreAlterTable(tableDiff: TableDifference, safe: boolean): string[];
     getPostAlterTable(tableDiff: TableDifference, safe: boolean): string[];
@@ -84,6 +136,16 @@ export declare abstract class SchemaHelper {
     getReferencedTableName(referencedTableName: string, schema?: string): string;
     createIndex(index: IndexDef, table: DatabaseTable, createPrimary?: boolean): string;
     createCheck(table: DatabaseTable, check: CheckDef): string;
+    /**
+     * Generates SQL to create a database trigger on a table.
+     * Override in driver-specific helpers for custom DDL (e.g., PostgreSQL function wrapping).
+     */
+    createTrigger(table: DatabaseTable, trigger: SqlTriggerDef): string;
+    /**
+     * Generates SQL to drop a database trigger from a table.
+     * Override in driver-specific helpers for custom DDL.
+     */
+    dropTrigger(table: DatabaseTable, trigger: SqlTriggerDef): string;
     /** @internal */
     getTableName(table: string, schema?: string): string;
     getTablesGroupedBySchemas(tables: Table[]): Map<string | undefined, Table[]>;