fix(editor): preserve view type in object navigation

apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { mergeSqlSemanticReferenceAnalysis, resolveSqlSemanticNavigationTarget }
 import { buildElasticsearchCompletionItemsFromContext, getElasticsearchCompletionContext, getElasticsearchCompletionResultValidFor, shouldAutoOpenElasticsearchCompletion, type ElasticsearchCompletionItem } from "@/lib/elasticsearch/elasticsearchCompletion";
 import { buildMongoCompletionItemsFromContext, getMongoCompletionContext, getMongoCompletionResultValidFor, shouldAutoOpenMongoCompletion, type MongoCompletionItem } from "@/lib/mongo/mongoCompletion";
 import { resolveSqlCompletionTableLookupTarget } from "@/lib/sql/sqlCompletionLookupTarget";
-import { extractIdentifierDetailsAt, isSqlKeyword, matchTable, splitQualifiedIdentifier } from "@/lib/sql/sqlNavigation";
+import { extractIdentifierDetailsAt, isSqlKeyword, matchTable, splitQualifiedIdentifier, sqlObjectHoverDetail, sqlObjectNavigationTarget, type SqlObjectNavigationTarget } from "@/lib/sql/sqlNavigation";
 import { lineColumnToOffset, parseSqlErrorLocation } from "@/lib/sql/sqlDiagnostics";
 import {
   DBX_TABLE_REFERENCE_MIME,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ import * as api from "@/lib/backend/api";
 import { areSqlSemanticDiagnosticsEqual, buildSqlParserErrorDiagnostic, buildSqlSemanticDiagnostics, isSqlSemanticDiagnosticInputContext, shouldRunSqlSemanticDiagnostics, sqlSemanticDiagnosticRangesForViewport, tableReferenceKey, type SqlSemanticDiagnostic } from "@/lib/sql/semantic/diagnostics";
 import { buildRedisSyntaxDiagnostics, shouldRunRedisDiagnostics } from "@/lib/redis/redisSyntaxDiagnostics";
 import { buildRedisCompletionItemsFromContext, getRedisCompletionContext, getRedisCompletionResultValidFor, shouldAutoOpenRedisCompletion, takesKeyArgument, type RedisCompletionItem } from "@/lib/redis/redisCompletion";
-import type { SqlCompletionColumn, SqlCompletionForeignKey, SqlCompletionItem, SqlCompletionObject, SqlCompletionTable } from "@/lib/sql/sqlCompletion";
+import type { SqlCompletionColumn, SqlCompletionForeignKey, SqlCompletionItem, SqlCompletionObject, SqlCompletionReferencedTable, SqlCompletionTable } from "@/lib/sql/sqlCompletion";
 import type { DatabaseType, SqlReferenceAnalysis, SqlTableReference, SqlTextSpan } from "@/types/database";
 
 const props = defineProps<{
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
   formatError: [message: string];
   execute: [source: SqlExecutionOverride];
   save: [];
-  clickTable: [tableName: string];
+  clickTable: [target: SqlObjectNavigationTarget];
   viewTableData: [tableName: string];
   viewTableDdl: [tableName: string];
   editTableStructure: [tableName: string];
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ async function resolveSqlHoverTooltip(currentView: EditorViewType, pos: number)
         pos: range.from,
         end: range.to,
         create: () => ({
-          dom: createHoverDom(table.name, table.schema ? `table in ${table.schema}` : "table"),
+          dom: createHoverDom(table.name, sqlObjectHoverDetail(table)),
         }),
       };
     }
@@ -3149,20 +3149,22 @@ onMounted(async () => {
               // 1. Check if it's a table name
               const matchedTable = matchTable(identifier, cachedTables);
               if (matchedTable) {
-                emit("clickTable", matchedTable.schema ? `${matchedTable.schema}.${matchedTable.name}` : matchedTable.name);
+                emit("clickTable", sqlObjectNavigationTarget(matchedTable));
                 return;
               }
 
               // 2. Parse SQL at click position to get referenced tables
               const context = getSqlCompletionContext(doc, pos);
-              let referencedTables = context.referencedTables;
+              let referencedTables: Array<SqlCompletionReferencedTable & Pick<SqlCompletionTable, "type">> = context.referencedTables;
               // Enrich referenced tables with schema from cachedTables
               referencedTables = referencedTables.map((rt) => {
-                const cached = cachedTables.find((ct) => ct.name.toLowerCase() === rt.name.toLowerCase());
-                if (cached && cached.schema && !rt.schema) {
-                  return { ...rt, schema: cached.schema };
-                }
-                return rt;
+                const cached = cachedTables.find((ct) => ct.name.toLowerCase() === rt.name.toLowerCase() && (!rt.schema || !ct.schema || ct.schema.toLowerCase() === rt.schema.toLowerCase()));
+                if (!cached) return rt;
+                return {
+                  ...rt,
+                  ...(!rt.schema && cached.schema ? { schema: cached.schema } : {}),
+                  ...(cached.type ? { type: cached.type } : {}),
+                };
               });
 
               // Check if identifier has a qualifier (e.g., c.card_name or schema.table)
@@ -3170,7 +3172,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
               const matchedRef = matchTable(identifier, referencedTables);
               if (matchedRef) {
-                emit("clickTable", matchedRef.schema ? `${matchedRef.schema}.${matchedRef.name}` : matchedRef.name);
+                emit("clickTable", sqlObjectNavigationTarget(matchedRef));
                 return;
               }
               const colName = identifierParts[identifierParts.length - 1] ?? identifier;

apps/desktop/src/components/grid/DataGrid.vue

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import ImagePreviewDialog from "@/components/grid/ImagePreviewDialog.vue";
 import TemporalCellEditor from "@/components/grid/TemporalCellEditor.vue";
 import EnumCellEditor from "@/components/grid/EnumCellEditor.vue";
 import type { QueryResult, ColumnInfo, DatabaseType, ForeignKeyInfo, IndexInfo, TriggerInfo, TableInfoTab } from "@/types/database";
+import { tableObjectSourceKind } from "@/lib/table/tableObjectSourceKind";
 import * as api from "@/lib/backend/api";
 import { formatElapsedSeconds } from "@/lib/common/elapsedTime";
 import { dataGridCellDisplayText, dataGridCellEditorText } from "@/lib/dataGrid/dataGridCellCoercion";
@@ -8289,7 +8290,8 @@ async function fetchDdl() {
   showTableInfo.value = true;
   ddlLoading.value = true;
   try {
-    ddlContent.value = await api.getTableDdl(props.connectionId, props.database || "", props.tableMeta.schema || props.database || "", props.tableMeta.tableName, undefined, props.tableMeta.catalog);
+    // Preserve view identity so the backend loads the stored view source instead of synthesizing table DDL.
+    ddlContent.value = await api.getTableDdl(props.connectionId, props.database || "", props.tableMeta.schema || props.database || "", props.tableMeta.tableName, tableObjectSourceKind(props.tableMeta.tableType), props.tableMeta.catalog);
   } catch (e: any) {
     ddlContent.value = `-- Error: ${e}`;
   } finally {

apps/desktop/src/components/layout/ContentArea.vue

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import { useTabScroll } from "@/composables/useTabScroll";
 import { formatElapsedSeconds } from "@/lib/common/elapsedTime";
 import type { CustomSaveHandler } from "@/composables/useDataGridEditor";
 import type { QueryTab, ConnectionConfig, TableInfoTab, TreeNode, VectorCollectionMeta, ObjectBrowserViewport } from "@/types/database";
+import type { SqlObjectNavigationTarget } from "@/lib/sql/sqlNavigation";
 import { sqlFormatDialectForDbType, type SqlFormatDialect } from "@/lib/sql/sqlFormatter";
 import { productionContextForDatabase } from "@/lib/database/productionSafety";
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
   paginate: [offset: number, limit: number, whereInput?: string, orderBy?: string];
   sort: [column: string, columnIndex: number, direction: "asc" | "desc" | null, whereInput?: string, mode?: DataGridSortMode];
   executeSql: [sql: string];
-  clickTable: [tableName: string];
+  clickTable: [target: SqlObjectNavigationTarget];
   viewTableData: [tableName: string];
   viewTableDdl: [tableName: string];
   editTableStructure: [tableName: string];
@@ -646,8 +647,8 @@ function closeColumnInfo() {
   columnInfoError.value = undefined;
 }
 
-function onHandleClickTable(tableName: string) {
-  emit("clickTable", tableName);
+function onHandleClickTable(target: SqlObjectNavigationTarget) {
+  emit("clickTable", target);
 }
 
 function onHandleViewTableData(tableName: string) {