make more tests green

lib/impure/db_mysql.nim

@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ proc dbFormat(formatstr: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string]): string =
   var a = 0
   for c in items(string(formatstr)):
     if c == '?':
-      if args[a].isNil:
+      add(result, dbQuote(args[a]))
-        add(result, "NULL")
-      else:
-        add(result, dbQuote(args[a]))
       inc(a)
     else:
       add(result, c)
@@ -183,24 +180,8 @@ iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
       row = mysql.fetchRow(sqlres)
       if row == nil: break
       for i in 0..L-1:
-        if row[i] == nil:
+        setLen(result[i], 0)
-          if backup == nil:
+        result[i].add row[i]
-            newSeq(backup, L)
-          if backup[i] == nil and result[i] != nil:
-            shallowCopy(backup[i], result[i])
-          result[i] = nil
-        else:
-          if result[i] == nil:
-            if backup != nil:
-              if backup[i] == nil:
-                backup[i] = ""
-              shallowCopy(result[i], backup[i])
-              setLen(result[i], 0)
-            else:
-              result[i] = ""
-          else:
-            setLen(result[i], 0)
-          add(result[i], row[i])
       yield result
     properFreeResult(sqlres, row)
 
@@ -323,10 +304,7 @@ proc getRow*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
     if row != nil:
       for i in 0..L-1:
         setLen(result[i], 0)
-        if row[i] == nil:
+        add(result[i], row[i])
-          result[i] = nil
-        else:
-          add(result[i], row[i])
     properFreeResult(sqlres, row)
 
 proc getAllRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
@@ -345,10 +323,7 @@ proc getAllRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
       setLen(result, j+1)
       newSeq(result[j], L)
       for i in 0..L-1:
-        if row[i] == nil:
+        result[j][i] = $row[i]
-          result[j][i] = nil
-        else:
-          result[j][i] = $row[i]
       inc(j)
     mysql.freeResult(sqlres)
 

lib/impure/db_postgres.nim

@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ proc dbFormat(formatstr: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string]): string =
   else:
     for c in items(string(formatstr)):
       if c == '?':
-        if args[a] == nil:
+        add(result, dbQuote(args[a]))
-          add(result, "NULL")
-        else:
-          add(result, dbQuote(args[a]))
         inc(a)
       else:
         add(result, c)
@@ -179,7 +176,7 @@ proc setRow(res: PPGresult, r: var Row, line, cols: int32) =
     setLen(r[col], 0)
     let x = pqgetvalue(res, line, col)
     if x.isNil:
-      r[col] = nil
+      r[col] = ""
     else:
       add(r[col], x)
 

lib/impure/db_sqlite.nim

@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ proc dbError*(db: DbConn) {.noreturn.} =
 
 proc dbQuote*(s: string): string =
   ## DB quotes the string.
-  if s.isNil: return "NULL"
   result = "'"
   for c in items(s):
     if c == '\'': add(result, "''")

lib/pure/collections/tables.nim

@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ when isMainModule:
     doAssert clearTable[42] == "asd"
     clearTable.clear()
     doAssert(not clearTable.hasKey(123123))
-    doAssert clearTable.getOrDefault(42) == nil
+    doAssert clearTable.getOrDefault(42) == ""
 
   block: #5482
     var a = [("wrong?","foo"), ("wrong?", "foo2")].newOrderedTable()

lib/pure/htmlparser.nim

@@ -1869,7 +1869,6 @@ proc entityToUtf8*(entity: string): string =
   ## "" is returned if the entity name is unknown. The HTML parser
   ## already converts entities to UTF-8.
   runnableExamples:
-    doAssert entityToUtf8(nil) == ""
     doAssert entityToUtf8("") == ""
     doAssert entityToUtf8("a") == ""
     doAssert entityToUtf8("gt") == ">"