Hi Ashwin,

Thanks for trying out drill. Below are a few of my comments in blue. For
the issues found I will raise relevant jira's. Let us know if you have
further questions.


On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Ashwin Jayaprakash <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, I was trying to run some queries on a JSON document. I think I may
> have discovered some bugs. I was using Drill 0.7.0.
>
> This is the JSON document (test1.json):
>
> {
>     "id": "0001",
>     "type": "donut",
>     "name": "Cake",
>     "ppu": 0.55,
>     "batters":
>         {
>             "batter":
>                 [
>                     { "id": "1001", "type": "Regular" },
>                     { "id": "1002", "type": "Chocolate" },
>                     { "id": "1003", "type": "Blueberry" },
>                     { "id": "1004", "type": "Devil's Food" }
>                 ]
>         },
>     "topping":
>         [
>             { "id": "5001", "type": "None" },
>             { "id": "5002", "type": "Glazed" },
>             { "id": "5005", "type": "Sugar" },
>             { "id": "5007", "type": "Powdered Sugar" },
>             { "id": "5006", "type": "Chocolate with Sprinkles" },
>             { "id": "5003", "type": "Chocolate" },
>             { "id": "5004", "type": "Maple" }
>         ]
> }
>
>
> 1) I think the parser got confused with the various "type" fields. I think
> this query is valid as "j.type" is "donut" for the one and only row.
> Although there are other "type" fields, I believe my query should have
> worked.
>
> select j.id id, j.name name, flatten(j.topping) tt,
> flatten(j.batters.batter) bb from
>
> dfs.root.`/Users/ashwin.jayaprakash/Downloads/apache-drill-0.7.0/sample/test1.json`
> j where j.type = 'donut';
> Query failed: Query failed: Failure while running fragment., Trying to
> flatten a non-repeated filed.
>

This looks like a bug. You can overcome this by adding the filter column to
the list of columns in the 'select' part
*select j.type, j.id <http://j.id> id, j.name <http://j.name> name,
flatten(j.topping) tt, flatten(j.batters.batter) bb from `sample.json` j
where j.type = 'donut'; *

>
>
> 2) The parser appears to be automatically converting "id" to a tinyint. I
> suppose this is correct, but wanted your opinion on this.
>
> select j.id id, j.name name, flatten(j.topping) tt,
> flatten(j.batters.batter) bb from
>
> dfs.root.`/Users/ashwin.jayaprakash/Downloads/apache-drill-0.7.0/sample/test1.json`
> j where id = 'donut';
> Query failed: Query failed: Failure while running fragment., index: -4,
> length: 4 (expected: range(0, 16384))
>
> To my knowledge drill only tries to do an implicit cast based on your
filter(or join) condition. If you compare a column with a string literal,
drill tries to cast the column as a string
The same query works without flatten or by changing your filter condition
so that the filter condition succeeds. So its most likely a flatten related
issue
*select j.id <http://j.id> id, j.name <http://j.name> name from
`sample.json` j where j.id <http://j.id> = 'donut';*

*select j.id <http://j.id> id, j.name <http://j.name> name,
flatten(j.topping) tt, flatten(j.batters.batter) bb from `user.json` j
where j.id <http://j.id> = '0001';*


>
> 3) Isn't there a way to filter the records before the flattening happens by
> specifying that the path "j.topping.type" should only be "Sugar".
>
> select j.id id, j.name name, flatten(j.topping) tt,
> flatten(j.batters.batter) bb from
>
> dfs.root.`/Users/ashwin.jayaprakash/Downloads/apache-drill-0.7.0/sample/test1.json`
> j where j.topping.type = 'Sugar';
> Query failed: Query failed: Failure while running fragment.,
> org.apache.drill.exec.vector.complex.RepeatedMapVector cannot be cast to
> org.apache.drill.exec.vector.complex.MapVector
>

You cannot do something like this as of today. However you can apply a
filter on a particular element in the array.
*select j.id <http://j.id> id, j.name <http://j.name> name,
flatten(j.topping) tt, flatten(j.batters.batter) bb from `user.json` j
where j.topping[2].type = 'Sugar'; *

>
> 4) Is there a length function supported on the nested arrays?
>
I believe not. Some can correct me if I am wrong.

>
> 5) There is a spelling mistake in the error message :) "Trying to flatten a
> non-repeated filed." - "filed"
>

I will raise a JIRA to get this fixed.

>
> Thanks.
>

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