From a0d0461f06936453d8ebe177ab8c2b2117988163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wispem-wantex <alex@playfulpachyderm.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:00:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] codegen: handle nullable foreign keys using 'ifnull' and add
 a test case for them

---
 ops/gas_init_test.sh                        | 5 ++++-
 pkg/codegen/modelgenerate/generate_model.go | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ops/gas_init_test.sh b/ops/gas_init_test.sh
index 5d1c2ef..f94ac45 100755
--- a/ops/gas_init_test.sh
+++ b/ops/gas_init_test.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ cd $test_project
 
 # Create a new table in the schema
 cat >> pkg/db/schema.sql <<EOF
+create table item_flavor (rowid integer primary key, name text not null) strict;
+
 create table items (
     rowid integer primary key,
-    description text not null default ''
+    description text not null default '',
+    flavor integer references item_flavor(rowid)
 ) strict;
 EOF
 
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/modelgenerate/generate_model.go b/pkg/codegen/modelgenerate/generate_model.go
index 656df0f..ba6065e 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/modelgenerate/generate_model.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/modelgenerate/generate_model.go
@@ -351,7 +351,11 @@ func GenerateDeleteItemFunc(tbl schema.Table) *ast.FuncDecl {
 func GenerateSQLFieldsConst(tbl schema.Table) *ast.GenDecl {
 	columns := make([]string, 0, len(tbl.Columns))
 	for _, col := range tbl.Columns {
-		columns = append(columns, col.Name)
+		if col.IsNullableForeignKey() {
+			columns = append(columns, fmt.Sprintf("ifnull(%s, 0) %s", col.Name, col.Name))
+		} else {
+			columns = append(columns, col.Name)
+		}
 	}
 	// Join with comma and space
 	value := "`" + strings.Join(columns, ", ") + "`"