chamikaramj commented on a change in pull request #15185:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/15185#discussion_r689701349
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File path: sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
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@@ -1841,15 +2118,29 @@ class ReadFromBigQuery(PTransform):
on GCS, and then reads from each produced file. File format is Avro by
default.
+ .. warning::
+ DATETIME columns are parsed as strings in the fastavro library. As a
+ result, such columns will be converted to Python strings instead of
native
+ Python DATETIME types.
+
Args:
+ method: The method to use to read from BigQuery. It may be EXPORT or
+ DIRECT_READ. EXPORT invokes a BigQuery export request
+ (https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/exporting-data). DIRECT_READ
reads
+ directly from BigQuery storage using the BigQuery Read API
+ (https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/storage). If
+ unspecified, the default is currently EXPORT.
+ use_fastavro (bool): If method is `DIRECT_READ` and :data:`True`, the
Review comment:
I think fastavro is the default for Avro source (Python3) for better
perf and other issues in the Avro library. @tvalentyn might have more context.
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