Fix create node on empty table

src/storage/local_table.cpp

@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ void VarListLocalColumn::prepareCommitForChunk(node_group_idx_t nodeGroupIdx) {
     varListColumn->scan(nodeGroupIdx, listColumnChunkInStorage.get());
     offset_t nextOffsetToWrite = 0;
     auto numNodesInGroup =
-        column->metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, TransactionType::READ_ONLY).numValues;
+        nodeGroupIdx >= column->metadataDA->getNumElements() ?
+            0 :
+            column->metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, TransactionType::READ_ONLY).numValues;
     for (auto& [vectorIdx, localVector] : chunk->vectors) {
         auto startOffsetInChunk = StorageUtils::getStartOffsetOfVectorInChunk(vectorIdx);
         auto listVector = localVector->vector.get();

src/storage/store/node_column.cpp

@@ -167,11 +167,14 @@ void NodeColumn::scan(node_group_idx_t nodeGroupIdx, ColumnChunk* columnChunk) {
     if (nullColumn) {
         nullColumn->scan(nodeGroupIdx, columnChunk->getNullChunk());
     }
-    auto chunkMetadata = metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, TransactionType::WRITE);
-    FileUtils::readFromFile(dataFH->getFileInfo(), columnChunk->getData(),
-        columnChunk->getNumBytes(), chunkMetadata.pageIdx * BufferPoolConstants::PAGE_4KB_SIZE);
-    columnChunk->setNumValues(
-        metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, transaction::TransactionType::READ_ONLY).numValues);
+    if (nodeGroupIdx >= metadataDA->getNumElements()) {
+        columnChunk->setNumValues(0);
+    } else {
+        auto chunkMetadata = metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, TransactionType::WRITE);
+        FileUtils::readFromFile(dataFH->getFileInfo(), columnChunk->getData(),
+            columnChunk->getNumBytes(), chunkMetadata.pageIdx * BufferPoolConstants::PAGE_4KB_SIZE);
+        columnChunk->setNumValues(chunkMetadata.numValues);
+    }
 }
 
 void NodeColumn::scanInternal(

src/storage/store/var_list_node_column.cpp

@@ -37,15 +37,16 @@ void VarListNodeColumn::scan(Transaction* transaction, node_group_idx_t nodeGrou
 
 void VarListNodeColumn::scan(
     node_group_idx_t nodeGroupIdx, kuzu::storage::ColumnChunk* columnChunk) {
-    NodeColumn::scan(nodeGroupIdx, columnChunk);
     auto varListColumnChunk = reinterpret_cast<VarListColumnChunk*>(columnChunk);
-    auto numValuesInChunk =
-        metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, transaction::TransactionType::READ_ONLY).numValues;
-    varListColumnChunk->setNumValues(numValuesInChunk);
-    varListColumnChunk->resizeDataColumnChunk(
-        metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, transaction::TransactionType::READ_ONLY).numPages *
-        PageSizeClass::PAGE_4KB);
-    dataNodeColumn->scan(nodeGroupIdx, varListColumnChunk->getDataColumnChunk());
+    if (nodeGroupIdx >= metadataDA->getNumElements()) {
+        varListColumnChunk->setNumValues(0);
+    } else {
+        NodeColumn::scan(nodeGroupIdx, columnChunk);
+        auto metadata = metadataDA->get(nodeGroupIdx, transaction::TransactionType::READ_ONLY);
+        varListColumnChunk->setNumValues(metadata.numValues);
+        varListColumnChunk->resizeDataColumnChunk(metadata.numPages * PageSizeClass::PAGE_4KB);
+        dataNodeColumn->scan(nodeGroupIdx, varListColumnChunk->getDataColumnChunk());
+    }
 }
 
 void VarListNodeColumn::scanInternal(

test/test_files/tinysnb/update_node/create.test

@@ -160,3 +160,19 @@
 {age: 10, name: A}
 -STATEMENT COMMIT
 ---- ok
+
+-CASE CreateDeleteNodeOnEmptyTable
+-STATEMENT CREATE NODE TABLE emptyTable(id INT64, prop INT64[], PRIMARY KEY(id));
+---- ok
+-STATEMENT CREATE (e:emptyTable {id: 0, prop: [3,2]})
+---- ok
+-STATEMENT MATCH (a:emptyTable) RETURN a.*
+---- 1
+0|[3,2]
+-STATEMENT MATCH (a:emptyTable) DELETE a
+---- ok
+-STATEMENT CREATE (e:emptyTable {id: 2, prop: [1,5,6]})
+---- ok
+-STATEMENT MATCH (a:emptyTable) RETURN a.*
+---- 1
+2|[1,5,6]