dsanderbi opened a new issue, #6073: URL: https://github.com/apache/hop/issues/6073
### Apache Hop version? 2.16 ### Java version? 17 ### Operating system Windows ### What happened? When using the SQL action in a workflow **Hop** throws an error if the **Connection** **Name** is provided through a **variable** instead of a _static value_. <img width="682" height="254" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/82ee1a9b-7d05-49b1-ad94-8b1ce42cfe13"; /> <img width="822" height="157" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5d264c5e-9093-465d-bfc5-5b97a5faf18e"; /> ### Steps to Reproduce - Define a Hop variable, e.g. ${DB_CONNECTION} - Assign a valid database connection name to this variable - Create a new workflow - Add a SQL action - Set the Connection field to ${DB_CONNECTION} - Save - Reopen the SQL action ```bash NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.hop.core.database.DatabaseMeta.getReservedWords()" because "databaseMeta" is null Root cause: NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.hop.core.database.DatabaseMeta.getReservedWords()" because "databaseMeta" is null ``` ### Issue Priority Priority: 2 ### Issue Component Component: Actions -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
