Slice 5 — extending: a per-customer SQL override
There is a limit to what the metadata-driven framework can express.
A customer needs a different aggregation rule for their sales-check report. Or a unique custom view to feed their cost dashboard. Or a stored procedure whose behaviour deviates fundamentally from the standard. The framework's overlay tables (Slice 4) can add fields and override SQL fragments, but they cannot replace the logic of a stored procedure — the proc is code, not data.
When that limit is reached, xly's escape hatch is to commit a hand-written
SQL file under script/客户/<customer-name>/ and apply it directly to that
customer's schema. This bypasses the metadata layer entirely. It is a
real channel, used in production, for several customers — and the wiki must
document it honestly: the scope, the cost, when to reach for it, and the
operational hygiene it requires.
What we're documenting
A representative override taken from one customer directory under
script/客户/:
| Customer | 重庆展印 (Chongqing Zhanyin Printing) |
| Override file | script/客户/重庆展印/Sp_SalSalesCheck.sql |
| What it replaces | The standard Sp_SalSalesCheck stored procedure (sales-check listing) |
| Companion file |
script/客户/重庆展印/viw_salsaleschecking_pro.sql (a custom view this proc reads from) |
| Deployment | Manual — applied by an engineer / DBA against this customer's schema |
The file's first two lines tell you everything about the channel's shape:
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `Sp_SalSalesCheck`;
delimiter ;;
CREATE PROCEDURE `Sp_SalSalesCheck`(IN sLoginId varchar(100), …)
The standard proc is dropped, the custom one takes its place. The
metadata layer in gdsmodule continues to reference the proc by name
(sProcName = 'Sp_SalSalesCheck'); the runtime calls it as it always
would — the difference lives entirely inside the procedure body, which
is now the engineer-authored variant.
Customers with overrides in the codebase
Each customer with bespoke SQL gets a subdirectory under script/客户/,
named for the customer (typically the Chinese trading name). Each
subdirectory holds anywhere from one to a dozen .sql files. Most files
are custom procs (Sp_*) and custom views (viw_*). Reading the
directory listing is itself a form of system documentation: the
customers and features here are the ones that needed bespoke behaviour
the framework couldn't express. The current set of customer directories
will grow and shrink over time — ls script/客户/ for the live list.
How an override gets in
There is no automated channel. Searching the Java codebase for phrases like "load script/客户" or a deployment service that walks those directories returns nothing. The mechanism is operational:
- An engineer authors the override
.sql(using the standard proc as a starting point, modifying the body). - The file is committed under
script/客户/<customer>/for traceability. - The file is run manually against the target customer's MySQL
schema using
mysql --defaults-file=… < the-file.sql(or equivalent). - From that point, the customer's schema has a different proc body from every other customer's. The framework code is unchanged.
The repo location matters: keeping these in the codebase repo (not in a separate "ops" area) means the engineer team can see at a glance which customers diverge from standard. It does not mean these files ship as part of any build.
Why this is a different channel from Slice 4
Slice 4's customization (gdsconfigformcustomslave) and Slice 1's
metadata-driven Add/Update path both stay inside the framework.
Customer-specific behaviour expressed there is layered over the
shared codebase — every tenant's runtime reads the same Java, the same
MyBatis mappers, the same standard procs.
The Slice 5 channel is underneath the framework. The customer's
schema has a literally-different stored procedure with the same name.
The Java/MyBatis code calling Sp_SalSalesCheck has no idea whether
the standard or a 重庆展印 variant is on the other end of the call. The
framework doesn't know; the framework can't tell.
This makes overrides:
- Powerful. Anything you can write in MySQL stored-procedure SQL, you can use to replace standard behaviour.
- Operationally fragile. The override must be re-applied (or kept alive) whenever the customer's schema is rebuilt, restored, or migrated. It does not travel with backups of the codebase, only with backups of the database.
-
Hard to reason about. A maintainer reading the standard
Sp_SalSalesChecksource has to remember that for some customers the proc on the live DB is a different piece of code with the same name. Stack traces and "what does this proc do" depend on which schema you're connected to.
The right rule of thumb: prefer Slice-4 metadata customization. Reach for Slice-5 SQL overrides only when the metadata model genuinely cannot express what the customer needs.
Worked-example: 重庆展印's Sp_SalSalesCheck vs the standard
Quantified diff against the live dev DB:
| Aspect | Standard Sp_SalSalesCheck (in DB) |
重庆展印 override (script/客户/重庆展印/Sp_SalSalesCheck.sql) |
|---|---|---|
| Body length | 1,714 lines | 723 lines (≈42 % the size) |
| Parameter signature | 14 params: sLoginId, sCustomerId, sBrId, sSuId, bFilter, sUnTaskFormId, pageNum, pageSize, totalCount(OUT), countCloumn, countMapJson(OUT), sFilterOrderBy, sGroupby_select_sql, sGroupby_group_sql
|
Identical — same 14 params in the same order |
SysSystemSettings.CbxSrcNoCheck lookup |
Not used | Used (drives "未对账印件清单来源" — which billing-type sources feed the report) |
Fun_GetLookCustomer(sLoginId, sBrId, sSuId) permission scoping |
Used | Used (same call) |
Temp-table-based aggregation flow (B1, B2 etc., several DROP TEMPORARY TABLE + INSERT INTO blocks) |
Heavy (the bulk of the 1,714 lines) | Removed / simplified |
So 重庆展印's override:
- Keeps the framework call-site unchanged (identical parameter signature so the metadata-driven dispatcher (proc-dispatch.md) still invokes it correctly).
- Adds a
CbxSrcNoChecksystem-setting branch that the standard doesn't expose. Twelve otherSp_*procs in the schema also useCbxSrcNoCheck(Sp_Manufacture_MftWorkOrderAround,Sp_OverdueNoCheck,Sp_Receivables_*family, plus siblingSp_SalSalesCheck1/_1227/_YanBao/_ded_copy1); the override brings that pattern into the customer's main proc. - Strips the standard's heavy temp-table aggregation flow — a simpler query path, not a more complex one. The customer's check semantics evidently don't need the full standard aggregation.
A maintainer wanting the exact business-rule difference should diff the two file bodies directly:
mysql --defaults-file=$HOME/.my.cnf xlyweberp_saas_ai \
-BNe "SELECT ROUTINE_DEFINITION FROM information_schema.routines \
WHERE ROUTINE_NAME='Sp_SalSalesCheck'" > /tmp/std.sql
diff /tmp/std.sql script/客户/重庆展印/Sp_SalSalesCheck.sql | head -200
The companion view viw_salsaleschecking_pro.sql exists for the same
reason — when the override needs a join shape the standard doesn't
provide, the engineer authors a customer-specific view, drops it into
the same directory, and applies it to that customer's schema alongside
the proc.
Concepts this slice introduces
- The two customization channels (sharpens the existing concept page): metadata edits via BACK (slices 1, 2, 4) versus raw SQL overrides applied directly to a customer's schema (this slice).
- Schema divergence between customers — the same proc name can mean different procs in different customer DBs. Affects how maintainers reason about runtime behaviour.
Reference entries this slice exercises
- New page (Maintainer): Per-customer SQL overrides — the
script/客户/<customer>/convention, the manual application process, the operational implications, the auditing patterns that let a maintainer see which customers diverge from standard for which procs.
Open verification items
-
Is the application of these scripts truly entirely manual, or is
there a Quartz-job /
DbToDbControllermechanism that loads them? ThexlyFlow/dbtodbpackage is named suspiciously close to "DB migration" but the surface area looked like inter-DB sync, not script application. Confirm by readingDbToDbServiceImpl.java. -
Auditing. Build a small script that connects to a customer's DB
and diffs every
Sp_*/viw_*body against the standard. Customers running unexpectedly-divergent procs are an operational risk. -
Side-by-side
Sp_SalSalesCheckdiff — the wiki currently describes the override structurally. A future revision should include the actual body diff that shows which business rule changed for 重庆展印 and why. - Lifecycle. When a customer migrates schemas (upgrade, restore, rebuild), how is each override re-applied? A documented runbook for that operation belongs in the maintainer chapter on deployment.