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Mirror of pandas-dev/pandas#71504. Runs the pandas test suite through dagz.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed SQL reads using an integer dtype so large values in Decimal columns and nullable integer columns are preserved without precision loss.
    • Integer conversion still rejects non-integral Decimal values, and NumPy integer columns retain their existing behavior when values are missing.
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    • Clarified how integer dtype can help preserve large integral Decimal values when reading SQL data with read_sql and read_sql_query.

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SQL result conversion now applies requested integer dtypes before inference can round large values. The change retains existing NumPy integer behavior for missing values and adds tests and documentation for the conversion behavior.

Changes: SQL dtype precision

Layer / File(s) Summary
Apply dtype targets during conversion
pandas/io/sql.py
The conversion helper applies dtype targets by column. Eligible integer-target columns bypass inference, and PyArrow wrapping applies only to inferred columns. The result wrapper forwards dtype to the helper.
Validate and document precision behavior
pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py, pandas/io/sql.py, doc/source/whatsnew/v3.2.0.rst
Tests cover exact integer conversion, cast errors, missing values, empty results, and float and datetime targets. The API documentation and release note describe the precision-loss condition and integer dtype option.

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The release note may overstate the precision fix, and a narrow Decimal conversion case may still return an incorrectly accepted integer. Resolve or explicitly accept these concerns before merging.

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- Bug in :func:`read_json` with ``typ="series"`` returning ``datetime64`` dtype for all-null data instead of ``float64``, matching ``DataFrame`` columns (:issue:`35464`)
- Bug in :func:`read_sas` raising ``IndexError`` or reading the wrong format or label for SAS7BDAT files with columns renamed or relabeled after the file was written (:issue:`60809`)
- Bug in :func:`read_sql_query` and :func:`read_sql_table` with a SQLAlchemy connection returning column labels that require ``sqlalchemy`` to unpickle (:issue:`52816`)
- Bug in :func:`read_sql` and :func:`read_sql_query` with ``dtype`` silently rounding integers larger than ``2**53`` in a ``Decimal`` column or an integer column containing ``NULL`` through ``float64`` (:issue:`61667`)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Qualify the release note for ADBC connections with the default dtype_backend.

The entry states the rounding bug is fixed for read_sql and read_sql_query with no connection limit. ADBC reads with the default dtype_backend still convert through float64, so the entry overstates the fix. The exclusion should cover only that backend, not all ADBC connections.

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 - Bug in :func:`read_json` with ``typ="series"`` returning ``datetime64`` dtype for all-null data instead of ``float64``, matching ``DataFrame`` columns (:issue:`35464`)
 - Bug in :func:`read_sas` raising ``IndexError`` or reading the wrong format or label for SAS7BDAT files with columns renamed or relabeled after the file was written (:issue:`60809`)
 - Bug in :func:`read_sql_query` and :func:`read_sql_table` with a SQLAlchemy connection returning column labels that require ``sqlalchemy`` to unpickle (:issue:`52816`)
-- Bug in :func:`read_sql` and :func:`read_sql_query` with ``dtype`` silently rounding integers larger than ``2**53`` in a ``Decimal`` column or an integer column containing ``NULL`` through ``float64`` (:issue:`61667`)
+- Bug in :func:`read_sql` and :func:`read_sql_query` with ``dtype`` silently rounding integers larger than ``2**53`` in a ``Decimal`` column or an integer column containing ``NULL`` through ``float64`` (:issue:`61667`). This fix does not cover ADBC connections with the default ``dtype_backend``, which still convert through ``float64``.
 - Bug in :meth:`HDFStore.append` raising ``ValueError: Buffer dtype mismatch`` instead of the "different categories" error when appending a categorical whose categories have a different dtype than the existing ones (:issue:`71128`)
 - Bug in :meth:`Series.to_json` with ``orient="table"`` writing a falsy :class:`Series` name such as ``0``, ``False`` or ``""`` as ``"values"`` (:issue:`19129`)
 - Bug where the pickled bytes (e.g. for ``joblib.hash``) of a :class:`Series`, :class:`DataFrame` or :class:`Index` with datetimelike or extension-dtype data depended on which operations had previously been run on it (:issue:`49170`)
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- Bug in :func:`read_sql` and :func:`read_sql_query` with ``dtype`` silently rounding integers larger than ``2**53`` in a ``Decimal`` column or an integer column containing ``NULL`` through ``float64`` (:issue:`61667`)
- Bug in :func:`read_sql` and :func:`read_sql_query` with ``dtype`` silently rounding integers larger than ``2**53`` in a ``Decimal`` column or an integer column containing ``NULL`` through ``float64`` (:issue:`61667`). This fix does not cover ADBC connections with the default ``dtype_backend``, which still convert through ``float64``.
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Update the release note for read_sql and read_sql_query to clarify that the fix
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…al Decimals

Only Decimal and int+NULL columns lose precision through inference, so only
those skip it; other int columns keep main's casting behavior.

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- Around line 224-229: Update the Decimal integrality check around inferred and
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inferred == "decimal"
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val.is_finite() and val == val.to_integral_value()
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Reject near-integral, non-integral Decimals before float inference.

For Decimal("1.00000000000000000001") with dtype={"a": "Int64"}, the all-integral check fails, so the column goes to convert_object_array at pandas/io/sql.py:224-231. With the default coerce_float=True, the value can become float64 1.0. The later frame.astype(dtype) in _wrap_result then accepts it as 1. A value such as 1.5 still fails the cast, but a near-integral Decimal loses its fractional part without an error. This conflicts with the stated intent that non-integral Decimals are rejected.

Check the original Decimal values for integrality before inference. Raise the same error the cast raises for 1.5, so the rejection does not depend on float precision. Add a regression case with a near-integral Decimal beside the existing 1.5 test.

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Update the Decimal integrality check around inferred and arrays[i][~mask] to
reject non-integral Decimal values before they reach float inference, raising
the same error as the integer cast; add a regression case for
Decimal("1.00000000000000000001") alongside the existing 1.5 test.

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