benj created DRILL-7747: --------------------------- Summary: Function to determine Unknow fields / on fly generated missing fields Key: DRILL-7747 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-7747 Project: Apache Drill Issue Type: Wish Components: Functions - Drill Affects Versions: 1.17.0 Reporter: benj
it would be really useful to have a function allowing to know if a field comes from an existing column or not. With this data: {code:sql} apache drill 1.17> SELECT * FROM dfs.test.`f1.parquet`; +---+--------+-------+ | a | b | c | +---+--------+-------+ | 1 | test-1 | other | | 2 | test-2 | null | | 3 | test-3 | old | +---+--------+-------+ apache drill 1.17> SELECT * FROM dfs.test.`f2.parquet`; +----+---------+ | a | b | +----+---------+ | 10 | test-10 | | 20 | test-20 | | 30 | test-30 | +----+---------+ apache drill 1.17> SELECT *, drilltypeof(c), modeof(c) FROM dfs.test.`f*.parquet`; +------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+ | dir0 | a | b | c | EXPR$1 | EXPR$2 | +------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+ | f1.parquet | 1 | test-1 | other | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | | f1.parquet | 2 | test-2 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | | f1.parquet | 3 | test-3 | old | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | | f2.parquet | 10 | test-10 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | | f2.parquet | 20 | test-20 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | | f2.parquet | 30 | test-30 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | +------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+ {code} It will be nice to know when 'c' data is present because the column exists in the Parquet (or other type file) or if the value NULL was generated because the column was missing. Example a function 'origin' that take a column name and return for each row if the value was 'generated' or 'original' (other/better keyword could be choose) Virtual Example with previous data: {code:sql} apache drill> SELECT *, drilltypeof(c), modeof(c), origin(c) AS origin FROM dfs.test.`f*.parquet`; +------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+-----------+ | dir0 | a | b | c | EXPR$1 | EXPR$2 | origin | +------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+-----------+ | f1.parquet | 1 | test-1 | other | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | original | | f1.parquet | 2 | test-2 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | original | | f1.parquet | 3 | test-3 | old | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | original | | f2.parquet | 10 | test-10 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | generated | | f2.parquet | 20 | test-20 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | generated | | f2.parquet | 30 | test-30 | null | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | generated | +------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+-----------+ {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)