sql: fix overload type checking of nested case expressions

If we have a nested case expression where the inner case expression
is ambiguous the AnyCollatedString type would be selected and it would
leak to the execution engine causing the 'failed to parse locale ""'
internal error. Instead have the overload type checker remember if
it saw a AnyCollatedString type and go back and repair types if a
concrete type is found in any of the other exprs.

Release note: none
Epic: none
Fixes: cockroachdb#101418

Author: cucaroach

pkg/sql/sem/tree/overload.go

@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ func (s *overloadTypeChecker) typeCheckOverloadedExprs(
 
 	// Filter out overloads on resolved types. This includes resolved placeholders
 	// and any other resolvable exprs.
+	ambiguousCollatedTypes := false
 	var typeableIdxs intsets.Fast
 	for i, ok := s.resolvableIdxs.Next(0); ok; i, ok = s.resolvableIdxs.Next(i + 1) {
 		typeableIdxs.Add(i)
@@ -836,6 +837,8 @@ func (s *overloadTypeChecker) typeCheckOverloadedExprs(
 				break
 			}
 		}
+		// Don't allow ambiguous types to be desired, this prevents for instance
+		// AnyCollatedString from trumping the concrete collated type.
 		if sameType != nil {
 			paramDesired = sameType
 		}
@@ -844,6 +847,9 @@ func (s *overloadTypeChecker) typeCheckOverloadedExprs(
 			return err
 		}
 		s.typedExprs[i] = typ
+		if typ.ResolvedType() == types.AnyCollatedString {
+			ambiguousCollatedTypes = true
+		}
 		rt := typ.ResolvedType()
 		s.overloadIdxs = filterParams(s.overloadIdxs, s.params, func(
 			params TypeList,
@@ -852,6 +858,32 @@ func (s *overloadTypeChecker) typeCheckOverloadedExprs(
 		})
 	}
 
+	// If we typed any exprs as AnyCollatedString but have a concrete collated
+	// string type, redo the types using the contrete type. Note we're probably
+	// still lacking full compliance with PG on collation handling:
+	// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/collation.html#id-1.6.11.4.4
+	if ambiguousCollatedTypes {
+		var concreteType *types.T
+		for i, ok := typeableIdxs.Next(0); ok; i, ok = typeableIdxs.Next(i + 1) {
+			typ := s.typedExprs[i].ResolvedType()
+			if typ != types.AnyCollatedString {
+				concreteType = typ
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if concreteType != nil {
+			for i, ok := typeableIdxs.Next(0); ok; i, ok = typeableIdxs.Next(i + 1) {
+				if s.typedExprs[i].ResolvedType() == types.AnyCollatedString {
+					typ, err := s.exprs[i].TypeCheck(ctx, semaCtx, concreteType)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					s.typedExprs[i] = typ
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// At this point, all remaining overload candidates accept the argument list,
 	// so we begin checking for a single remainig candidate implementation to choose.
 	// In case there is more than one candidate remaining, the following code uses

pkg/sql/sem/tree/type_check_test.go

@@ -473,6 +473,33 @@ func TestTypeCheckCollatedString(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, rightTyp.Locale(), "en-US-u-ks-level2")
 }
 
+func TestTypeCheckCollatedStringNestedCaseComparison(t *testing.T) {
+	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
+	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	semaCtx := tree.MakeSemaContext()
+
+	// The collated string constant must be on the LHS for this test, so that
+	// the type-checker chooses the collated string overload first.
+	for _, exprStr := range []string{
+		`CASE WHEN false THEN CASE WHEN (NOT (false)) THEN NULL END ELSE ('' COLLATE "es_ES") END >= ('' COLLATE "es_ES")`,
+		`CASE WHEN false THEN NULL ELSE ('' COLLATE "es_ES") END >= ('' COLLATE "es_ES")`,
+		`CASE WHEN false THEN ('' COLLATE "es_ES") ELSE NULL END >= ('' COLLATE "es_ES")`,
+		`('' COLLATE "es_ES") >= CASE WHEN false THEN CASE WHEN (NOT (false)) THEN NULL END ELSE ('' COLLATE "es_ES") END`} {
+		expr, err := parser.ParseExpr(exprStr)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		typed, err := tree.TypeCheck(ctx, expr, &semaCtx, types.Any)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		for _, ex := range []tree.Expr{typed.(*tree.ComparisonExpr).Left, typed.(*tree.ComparisonExpr).Right} {
+			typ := ex.(tree.TypedExpr).ResolvedType()
+			require.Equal(t, types.CollatedStringFamily, typ.Family())
+			require.Equal(t, "es_ES", typ.Locale())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTypeCheckCaseExprWithPlaceholders(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)