Github user hpandeycodeit commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/madlib/pull/315#discussion_r215148966
--- Diff: src/ports/postgres/modules/knn/knn.py_in ---
@@ -53,22 +55,12 @@ def knn_validate_src(schema_madlib, point_source,
point_column_name, point_id,
if label_column_name and label_column_name.strip():
cols_in_tbl_valid(point_source, [label_column_name], 'kNN')
- cols_in_tbl_valid(point_source, (point_column_name, point_id), 'kNN')
- cols_in_tbl_valid(test_source, (test_column_name, test_id), 'kNN')
-
- if not is_col_array(point_source, point_column_name):
- plpy.error("kNN Error: Feature column '{0}' in train table is not"
- " an array.".format(point_column_name))
- if not is_col_array(test_source, test_column_name):
- plpy.error("kNN Error: Feature column '{0}' in test table is not"
- " an array.".format(test_column_name))
--- End diff --
As per the Jira and our discussion, it is okay to fail at distance function
if the point_column_name and test_column_name params are not arrays.
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