Re: POC PATCH: copy from ... exceptions to: (was Re: VLDB Features)

On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 6:07 PM Alena Rybakina <lena(dot)ribackina(at)yandex(dot)ru> wrote:
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> Hi!
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> Thank you for your contribution to this thread.
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>
> I reviewed it and have a few questions.
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> 1. I have seen that you delete a table before creating it, to which you want to add errors due to a failed "copy from" operation. I think this is wrong because this table can save useful data for the user.
> At a minimum, we should warn the user about this, but I think we can just add some number at the end of the name, such as name_table1, name_table_2.

Sorry. I don't understand this part.
Currently, if the error table name already exists, then the copy will
fail, an error will be reported.
I try to first create a table, if no error then the error table will be dropped.
Can you demo the expected behavior?

> 2. I noticed that you are forming a table name using the type of errors that prevent rows from being added during 'copy from' operation.
> I think it would be better to use the name of the source file that was used while 'copy from' was running.
> In addition, there may be several such files, it is also worth considering.
>

Another column added.
now it looks like:

SELECT * FROM save_error_csv_error;
filename | lineno | line
| field | source | err_message |
err_detail | errorcode
----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------+-------+--------+---------------------------------------------+------------+-----------
STDIN | 1 | 2002 232 40 50 60 70
80 | NULL | NULL | extra data after last expected column |
NULL | 22P04
STDIN | 1 | 2000 230 23
| d | NULL | missing data for column "d" | NULL
| 22P04
STDIN | 1 | z,,""
| a | z | invalid input syntax for type integer: "z" | NULL
| 22P02
STDIN | 2 | \0,,
| a | \0 | invalid input syntax for type integer: "\0" | NULL
| 22P02

> 3. I found spelling:
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> /* no err_nsp.error_rel table then crete one. for holding error. */
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fixed.

> 4. Maybe rewrite this comment
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> these info need, no error will drop err_nsp.error_rel table
> to:
> this information is necessary, no error will lead to the deletion of the err_sp.error_rel table.
>

fixed.

> 5. Is this part of the comment needed? I think it duplicates the information below when we form the query.
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> * . column list(order by attnum, begin from ctid) =
> * {ctid, lineno,line,field,source,err_message,err_detail,errorcode}
> * . data types (from attnum = -1) ={tid, int8,text,text,text,text,text,text}
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> I'm not sure if we need to order the rows by number. It might be easier to work with these lines in the order they appear.
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Simplified the comment. "order by attnum" is to make sure that if
there is a table already existing, and the column name is like X and
the data type like Y, then we consider this table is good for holding
potential error info.

COPY FROM, main entry point is NextCopyFrom.
Now for non-binary mode, if you specified save_error then it will not
fail at NextCopyFrom.
all these three errors will be tolerated: extra data after last
expected column, missing data for column, data type conversion.