fix(storage/sql): escape connection string values

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Problem

OpenConnection builds connection strings by pasting config values in unescaped.

• Postgres: values are joined as key=value without quotes. A password with a space or quote is cut short, and the rest is read as more settings (x sslmode=disable host=other). An empty value shifts the next key.
• MySQL: the DSN is assembled by hand, so the driver never escapes the password or database name.

Driver errors don't include the password (checked), so this is a correctness problem, not a leak.

Fix

• Postgres: single-quote every value and escape \ and ' (libpq syntax). Keys are sorted, and keys that can't be written safely are rejected.
• MySQL: build the DSN with mysql.Config.FormatDSN(), and join host and port with net.JoinHostPort so IPv6 works. Options after ? in dbname (app?parseTime=true) are still parsed by the driver.
• Docs: a note on quoting secrets in YAML. Unquoted 0123 becomes 83, and # starts a comment.

Tests

storage/sql_dsn_internal_test.go builds each connection string and parses it back with the driver's own parser (pgconn.ParseConfig, mysql.ParseDSN). Passwords tested: empty, spaces, quotes, backslash, @/?&#%:, and an attempt to add settings. The check is that every field comes back unchanged and nothing extra appears. No database needed.

Relation to #258

Independent of #258. Whichever merges second takes the other's MYSQL case. If this one lands first, #258 sets ClientFoundRows on the driver config instead of appending it to dbname.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • SQL connection settings support passwords containing spaces and special characters such as quotes, @, /, and ?.
  • MySQL connection strings can include driver options after the database name, such as parseTime=true.
  • Percent-encoded MySQL database names are decoded correctly.

• Bug Fixes

  • Invalid PostgreSQL and MySQL connection settings are rejected with clearer errors.
  • PostgreSQL connection errors no longer expose passwords.

• Documentation

  • Added guidance to quote sensitive YAML values to preserve them exactly.

Behavior changes

• Postgres values that were wrapped in quotes to work around the old bug (password: "'p w'") now keep the quotes as part of the value. Remove them.
• A MySQL user name containing : is rejected. The driver doesn't escape user names.
• Postgres parse errors show the connection string with the password replaced by xxxxx. pgx's own masking missed passwords containing ' .

Out of scope

postgresDSN / mysqlDSN stay in sql.go next to the existing provider switches for now. Moving each provider into its own file is tracked in #266. These helpers move there unchanged.

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The SQL adapter now builds PostgreSQL and MySQL DSNs through validated helpers. PostgreSQL values are escaped and parse errors redact passwords. MySQL database names and options are validated. Tests and documentation cover these cases.

Changes

SQL DSN handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
DSN builders and integration storage/sql.go, go.mod	OpenConnection now uses dedicated PostgreSQL and MySQL DSN helpers. PostgreSQL values are escaped, sorted, validated, and redacted in parse errors. MySQL database names are URL-decoded, options are parsed, and invalid usernames or options return errors. The SQL drivers are direct dependencies.
DSN validation and configuration guidance storage/sql_dsn_internal_test.go, docs/storage.md	Tests cover password redaction, MySQL database-name decoding, invalid escapes, and colon-containing usernames. Documentation describes escaping, MySQL options, and YAML quoting.

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Change: Bug fix

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MySQL deployments configured with a bracketed IPv6 host can fail to connect. Normalize that accepted host form before merging.

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🟡 Minor · Normalize bracketed IPv6 hosts before joining. · sql.go:159

storage/sql.go:159
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Normalize bracketed IPv6 hosts before joining. The MySQL configuration exposes host without an unbracketed-only restriction. With host: "[::1]", net.JoinHostPort produces [[::1]]:3306. The pinned MySQL driver preserves this address and passes the malformed value to net.Dialer.DialContext, so connection setup can fail. Remove one outer bracket pair before calling net.JoinHostPort, and cover both bracketed and unbracketed IPv6 values.

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In `@storage/sql.go` at line 159, Normalize the host value in the
configuration-building flow before calling net.JoinHostPort: remove one
surrounding bracket pair when config["host"] is bracketed, while leaving
unbracketed hosts unchanged. Ensure both bracketed and unbracketed IPv6 values
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In `@storage/sql.go`:
- Line 159: Normalize the host value in the configuration-building flow before
calling net.JoinHostPort: remove one surrounding bracket pair when
config["host"] is bracketed, while leaving unbracketed hosts unchanged. Ensure
both bracketed and unbracketed IPv6 values produce a correctly bracketed
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Tested end to end: real services built against this branch (0e0ebac2) and against main, each using a throwaway database container.

Service	Database	Password	main	this PR
Sample todo service, config from YAML	Postgres 16	p@ss w'rd "q" \x #y%z?/	❌ password authentication failed, database= empty	✅ ready, create + list OK
Same	MySQL 8.4	same	✅	✅ ready, create + list OK
Downstream service, passes settings through its own DSN helper	Postgres 16	p@ss\\w\'q#%?/	❌ password authentication failed	✅ healthy, migrations ran, clean restart

Postgres on main breaks on spaces, and on \\ / \' inside unquoted values. MySQL already worked for these passwords because the driver splits on the last @ and /. The MySQL change is about using FormatDSN instead of string building.

Also found: on MySQL, startup runs CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS with an empty name unless schema is set, even though the docs call schema Postgres-only. Unrelated to this PR, see #266.