Ray's patch to fix empty table insertion.

src/java/com/samskivert/depot/impl/BuildVisitor.java

@@ -493,46 +493,15 @@ public abstract class BuildVisitor implements FragmentVisitor<Void>
 
     public Void visit (InsertClause insertClause)
     {
-        Class<? extends PersistentRecord> pClass = insertClause.getPersistentClass();
-        Object pojo = insertClause.getPojo();
-        DepotMarshaller<?> marsh = _types.getMarshaller(pClass);
         _innerClause = true;
-
-        Set<String> idFields = insertClause.getIdentityFields();
-        ColumnExp[] fields = marsh.getColumnFieldNames();
-
         _builder.append("insert into ");
         appendTableName(insertClause.getPersistentClass());
-        _builder.append(" (");
+        _builder.append(" ");
-
+        appendInsertColumns(insertClause);
-        boolean comma = false;
-        for (ColumnExp field : fields) {
-            if (idFields.contains(field.name)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (comma) {
-                _builder.append(", ");
-            }
-            comma = true;
-            appendLhsColumn(pClass, field);
-        }
-        _builder.append(") values (");
-
-        comma = false;
-        for (ColumnExp field : fields) {
-            if (idFields.contains(field.name)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (comma) {
-                _builder.append(", ");
-            }
-            comma = true;
-            bindField(pClass, field, pojo);
-        }
-        _builder.append(")");
         return null;
     }
 
+
     public Void visit (CreateIndexClause createIndexClause)
     {
         _builder.append("create ");
@@ -912,6 +881,43 @@ public abstract class BuildVisitor implements FragmentVisitor<Void>
         _builder.append(")");
     }
 
+    // output the column names and values for an insert
+    protected void appendInsertColumns (InsertClause insertClause)
+    {
+        Class<? extends PersistentRecord> pClass = insertClause.getPersistentClass();
+        Object pojo = insertClause.getPojo();
+        DepotMarshaller<?> marsh = _types.getMarshaller(pClass);
+        Set<String> idFields = insertClause.getIdentityFields();
+        ColumnExp[] fields = marsh.getColumnFieldNames();
+
+        _builder.append("(");
+        boolean comma = false;
+        for (ColumnExp field : fields) {
+            if (idFields.contains(field.name)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (comma) {
+                _builder.append(", ");
+            }
+            comma = true;
+            appendLhsColumn(pClass, field);
+        }
+        _builder.append(") values (");
+
+        comma = false;
+        for (ColumnExp field : fields) {
+            if (idFields.contains(field.name)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (comma) {
+                _builder.append(", ");
+            }
+            comma = true;
+            bindField(pClass, field, pojo);
+        }
+        _builder.append(")");
+    }
+
     protected BuildVisitor (DepotTypes types)
     {
         _types = types;

src/java/com/samskivert/depot/impl/PostgreSQLBuilder.java

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import com.samskivert.depot.Exps;
 import com.samskivert.depot.PersistentRecord;
 import com.samskivert.depot.annotation.FullTextIndex.Configuration;
 import com.samskivert.depot.annotation.FullTextIndex;
+import com.samskivert.depot.clause.InsertClause;
+import com.samskivert.depot.expression.ColumnExp;
 import com.samskivert.depot.impl.expression.IntervalExp;
 import com.samskivert.depot.impl.expression.DateFun.DatePart;
 import com.samskivert.depot.impl.expression.DateFun.DateTruncate;
@@ -136,6 +138,22 @@ public class PostgreSQLBuilder
             _builder.append("\"").append(field).append("\"");
         }
 
+        @Override protected void appendInsertColumns (InsertClause insertClause)
+        {
+            // see if we will be inserting any columns whatsoever
+            Class<? extends PersistentRecord> pClass = insertClause.getPersistentClass();
+            Set<String> idFields = insertClause.getIdentityFields();
+            for (ColumnExp field : _types.getMarshaller(pClass).getColumnFieldNames()) {
+                if (!idFields.contains(field.name)) {
+                    // we found a field we're inserting, so call super and finish
+                    super.appendInsertColumns(insertClause);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            // we never found anything we'll actually be inserting
+            _builder.append("default values");
+        }
+
         protected PGBuildVisitor (DepotTypes types)
         {
             super(types);