Well... Converting from string to integers anyway... To many 4th of July
Hot Dogs. going into nitrate overload. :)

I am pulling an array of string values from json data. The string values
are actually integers. I am converting to integers and summing each array
entry to the final tally.

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Jim Bates <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ted,
>
> Yes, I started out just getting a basic count to work. I am trying to keep
> the workflow as close to a basic user as possible. As such, I am building
> and using the MapR Apache Drill sandbox to test.
>
>
>    1. Always look at the drillbits.log file to see if drill had any
>    issues loading your UDF. That was where I learned that all workspace values
>    needed to be holders
>       -
>       - WARN  o.a.d.exec.expr.fn.FunctionConverter - Failure loading
>       function class
>       com.mapr.example.udfs.drill.MyDrillAggFunctions$MyLinearRegression1, 
> field
>       xList. Aggregate function 'MyLinearRegression1' workspace variable 
> 'xList'
>       is of type 'interface
>       org.apache.drill.exec.vector.complex.writer.BaseWriter$ComplexWriter'.
>       Please change it to Holder type.
>    2. Error messages:
>       - If you get an error in this format it means that Drill can not
>       find your function so it probably didn't load it. back to step 1:
>          -
>          - PARSE ERROR: From line 1, column 8 to line 1, column 44: No
>          match found for function signature MyFunctionName(<ANY>)
>       - If you get an error in this format it means that the function is
>       there but Drill could not find a signature that matched the param types 
> or
>       param numbers you were passing it. The exact wording will change but
>       the Missing function implementation is the key phrase to look for:
>          -
>          - Error: SYSTEM ERROR:
>          org.apache.drill.exec.exception.SchemaChangeException: Failure while 
> trying
>          to materialize incoming schema.  Errors:
>          - Error in expression at index -1.  Error: Missing function
>          implementation: [castBIGINT(VARCHAR-REPEATED)].  Full expression: 
> --UNKNOWN
>          EXPRESSION--
>       3. In your function definition for aggregate functions you need to
>    set null processing to internal and your isRandom to false. Example below:
>       -
>       - @FunctionTemplate(name = "MyFunctionName", scope =
>       FunctionTemplate.FunctionScope.POINT_AGGREGATE, nulls =
>       FunctionTemplate.NullHandling.INTERNAL, isRandom = false,
>       isBinaryCommutative = false, costCategory =
>       FunctionTemplate.FunctionCostCategory.COMPLEX)
>
> Below is an example from the Apache Drill tutorial data sets contained in
> the MapR Apache Drill sandbox. I am pulling an array if string values from
> json data. The string values are actually integers. I am converting to
> string and summing each array entry to the final tally. This in no way
> represents what this data was for but it did become a handy way for me to
> peck out the "correct" way to build an aggregation UDF function
>
> @FunctionTemplate(name = "MyArraySum", scope =
> FunctionTemplate.FunctionScope.POINT_AGGREGATE, nulls =
> FunctionTemplate.NullHandling.INTERNAL, isRandom = false,
> isBinaryCommutative = false, costCategory =
> FunctionTemplate.FunctionCostCategory.COMPLEX)
> public static class MyArraySum implements DrillAggFunc {
>
> @Param RepeatedVarCharHolder listToSearch;
> @Workspace NullableBigIntHolder count;
> @Workspace NullableBigIntHolder sum;
> @Workspace NullableVarCharHolder vc;
> @Output BigIntHolder out;
>
> @Override
> public void setup() {
> count.value=0;
> sum.value = 0;
> }
>
> @Override
> public void add() {
> int c = listToSearch.end - listToSearch.start;
> int val = 0;
> try {
> for(int i=0; i<c; i++){
> listToSearch.vector.getAccessor().get(i, vc);
> String inputStr =
> org.apache.drill.exec.expr.fn.impl.StringFunctionHelpers.toStringFromUTF8(vc.start,
> vc.end, vc.buffer);
> val = Integer.parseInt(inputStr);
> sum.value = sum.value + val;
> }
> } catch (Exception e) {
> val = 0;
> }
> count.value = count.value + 1;
> }
>
> Example select statement:
> SELECT MyArraySum(my_arrays) FROM (SELECT t.trans_info.prod_id as
> my_arrays FROM `dfs.clicks`.`./clicks/clicks.campaign.json` t limit 5);
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> I think that you may be having trouble with aggregators in general.
>>
>> Have you been able to build *any* aggregator of anything?  I haven't.
>>
>> When I try to build an aggregator of int's or doubles, I get a very
>> persistent problem with Drill even seeing my aggregates:
>>
>> 0: jdbc:drill:zk=local> *select sum_int(employee_id) from
>> cp.`employee.json`;*
>>
>> Jul 04, 2015 4:19:35 PM
>> org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorException <init>
>>
>> SEVERE: org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorException: No match
>> found for function signature sum_int(<ANY>)
>>
>> Jul 04, 2015 4:19:35 PM org.apache.calcite.runtime.CalciteException <init>
>>
>> SEVERE: org.apache.calcite.runtime.CalciteContextException: From line 1,
>> column 8 to line 1, column 27: No match found for function signature
>> sum_int(<ANY>)
>>
>> *Error: PARSE ERROR: From line 1, column 8 to line 1, column 27: No match
>> found for function signature sum_int(<ANY>)*
>>
>> *[Error Id: 91b78fa6-6dd1-4214-a85f-c2bf2c393145 on 10.0.1.2:31010
>> <http://10.0.1.2:31010>] (state=,code=0)*
>>
>> 0: jdbc:drill:zk=local> *select sum_int(cast(employee_id as int)) from
>> cp.`employee.json`*;
>>
>> Jul 04, 2015 4:19:45 PM
>> org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorException <init>
>>
>> SEVERE: org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorException: No match
>> found for function signature sum_int(<NUMERIC>)
>>
>> Jul 04, 2015 4:19:45 PM org.apache.calcite.runtime.CalciteException <init>
>>
>> SEVERE: org.apache.calcite.runtime.CalciteContextException: From line 1,
>> column 8 to line 1, column 40: No match found for function signature
>> sum_int(<NUMERIC>)
>>
>> *Error: PARSE ERROR: From line 1, column 8 to line 1, column 40: No match
>> found for function signature sum_int(<NUMERIC>)*
>>
>> *[Error Id: f649fc85-6b6a-4468-9a4f-bfef0b23d06b on 10.0.1.2:31010
>> <http://10.0.1.2:31010>] (state=,code=0)*
>>
>> 0: jdbc:drill:zk=local>
>>
>>
>> It looks like there is some undocumented subtlety about how to register an
>> aggregator.
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Jim Bates <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm working on the same thing. I want to aggregate a list of values. It
>> has
>> > been a search and guess game for the most part. I'm still stuck in the
>> > process of getting the values all into a list. The writers look
>> interesting
>> > but for aggregation functions  it looks like the input is the param and
>> > output objects can't hold the aggregations steps. The Workspace is where
>> > that happens. If I try and use a Writer in a workspace it won't load and
>> > tells me to change it to Holders which was why I was using them to start
>> > with. Maybe I'm missing the architecture of the agg function. It looked
>> > like it was....
>> >
>> > @Param comes in -> initialize @Workspace vars in setup -> process data
>> > through @Workspace vars in add -> finalize @Output in output.
>> >
>> > So I'm back to trying to figure out how to create a
>> RepeatedBigIntHolder or
>> > a RepeatedVarCharHolder...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I am working on trying to build any kind of list constructing
>> aggregator
>> > > and having absolute fits.
>> > >
>> > > To simplify life, I decided to just build a generic list builder that
>> is
>> > a
>> > > scalar function that returns a list containing its argument.  Thus
>> > zoop(3)
>> > > => [3], zoop('abc') => 'abc' and zoop([1,2,3]) => [[1,2,3]].
>> > >
>> > > The ComplexWriter looks like the place to go. As usual, the complete
>> lack
>> > > of comments in most of Drill makes this very hard since I have to
>> guess
>> > > what works and what doesn't.
>> > >
>> > > In my code, I note that ComplexWriter has a nice rootAsList()
>> method.  I
>> > > used this in zip and it works nicely to construct lists for output.  I
>> > note
>> > > that the resulting ListWriter has a method copyReader(FieldReader
>> var1)
>> > > which looks really good.
>> > >
>> > > Unfortunately, the only implementation of copyReader() is in
>> > > AbstractFieldWriter and it looks this:
>> > >
>> > > public void copyReader(FieldReader reader) {
>> > >     this.fail("Copy FieldReader");
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > I would like to formally say at this point "WTF"?
>> > >
>> > > In digging in further, I see other methods that look handy like
>> > >
>> > > public void write(IntHolder holder) {
>> > >     this.fail("Int");
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > And then in looking at implementations, it looks like there is a
>> > > combinatorial explosion because every type seems to need a write
>> method
>> > for
>> > > every other type.
>> > >
>> > > What is the thought here?  How can I copy an arbitrary value into a
>> list?
>> > >
>> > > My next thought was to build code that dispatches on type.  There is a
>> > > method called getType() on the FieldReader.  Unfortunately, that
>> drives
>> > > into code generated by protoc and I see no way to dispatch on the
>> type of
>> > > an incoming value.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > How is this supposed to work?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 2:14 PM, mehant baid <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > For a detailed example on using ComplexWriter interface you can
>> take a
>> > > look
>> > > > at the Mappify
>> > > > <
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://github.com/apache/drill/blob/master/exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/expr/fn/impl/Mappify.java
>> > > > >
>> > > > (kvgen) function. The function itself is very simple however it
>> makes
>> > use
>> > > > of the utility methods in MappifyUtility
>> > > > <
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://github.com/apache/drill/blob/master/exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/expr/fn/impl/MappifyUtility.java
>> > > > >
>> > > > and MapUtility
>> > > > <
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://github.com/apache/drill/blob/master/exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/vector/complex/MapUtility.java
>> > > > >
>> > > > which perform most of the work.
>> > > >
>> > > > Currently we don't have a generic infrastructure to handle errors
>> > coming
>> > > > out of functions. However there is UserException, which when raised
>> > will
>> > > > make sure that Drill does not gobble up the error message in that
>> > > > exception. So you can probably throw a UserException with the
>> failing
>> > > input
>> > > > in your function to make sure it propagates to the user.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks
>> > > > Mehant
>> > > >
>> > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Jacques Nadeau <[email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > *Holders are for both input and output.  You can also use
>> > CompleWriter
>> > > > for
>> > > > > output and FieldReader for input if you want to write or read a
>> > complex
>> > > > > value.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I don't think we've provided a really clean way to construct a
>> > > > > Repeated*Holder for output purposes.  You can probably do it by
>> > > reaching
>> > > > > into a bunch of internal interfaces in Drill.  However, I would
>> > > recommend
>> > > > > using the ComplexWriter output pattern for now.  This will be a
>> > little
>> > > > less
>> > > > > efficient but substantially less brittle.  I suggest you open up a
>> > jira
>> > > > for
>> > > > > using a Repeated*Holder as an output.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Ted Dunning <
>> [email protected]>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Holders are for input, I think.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Try the different kinds of writers.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Jim Bates <[email protected]
>> >
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Using a repeatedholder as a @param I've got working. I was
>> > working
>> > > > on a
>> > > > > > > custom aggregator function using DrillAggFunc. In this I can
>> do
>> > > > simple
>> > > > > > > things but If I want to build a list values and do something
>> with
>> > > it
>> > > > in
>> > > > > > the
>> > > > > > > final output method I think I need to use RepeatedHolders in
>> the
>> > > > > > > @Workspace. To do that I need to create a new one in the setup
>> > > > method.
>> > > > > I
>> > > > > > > can't get one built. They all require a BufferAllocator to be
>> > > passed
>> > > > in
>> > > > > > to
>> > > > > > > build it. I have not found a way to get an allocator yet. Any
>> > > > > > suggestions?
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ted Dunning <
>> > [email protected]
>> > > >
>> > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > If you look at the zip function in
>> > > > > > > > https://github.com/mapr-demos/simple-drill-functions you
>> can
>> > > have
>> > > > an
>> > > > > > > > example of building a structure.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > The basic idea is that your output is denoted as
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >         @Output
>> > > > > > > >         BaseWriter.ComplexWriter writer;
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > The pattern for building a list of lists of integers is like
>> > > this:
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >         writer.setValueCount(n);
>> > > > > > > >         ...
>> > > > > > > >         BaseWriter.ListWriter outer = writer.rootAsList();
>> > > > > > > >         outer.start(); // [ outer list
>> > > > > > > >         ...
>> > > > > > > >         // for each inner list
>> > > > > > > >             BaseWriter.ListWriter inner = outer.list();
>> > > > > > > >             inner.start();
>> > > > > > > >             // for each inner list element
>> > > > > > > >                 inner.integer().writeInt(accessor.get(i));
>> > > > > > > >             }
>> > > > > > > >             inner.end();   // ] inner list
>> > > > > > > >         }
>> > > > > > > >         outer.end(); // ] outer list
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Jim Bates <
>> > [email protected]>
>> > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > I have working aggregation and simple UDFs. I've been
>> trying
>> > to
>> > > > > > > document
>> > > > > > > > > and understand each of the options available in a Drill
>> UDF.
>> > > > > > > > Understanding
>> > > > > > > > > the different FunctionScope's, the ones that are allowed,
>> the
>> > > > ones
>> > > > > > that
>> > > > > > > > are
>> > > > > > > > > not. The impact of different cost categories. The
>> different
>> > > > steps
>> > > > > > > needed
>> > > > > > > > > to understand handling any of the supported data types
>> and
>> > > > > > structures
>> > > > > > > in
>> > > > > > > > > drill.
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > Here are a few of my current road blocks. Any pointers
>> would
>> > be
>> > > > > > greatly
>> > > > > > > > > appreciated.
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > >    1. I've been trying to understand how to correctly use
>> > > > > > > RepeatedHolders
>> > > > > > > > >    of whatever type. For this discussion lets start with a
>> > > > > > > > >    RepeatedBigIntHolder. I'm trying to figure out the best
>> > way
>> > > to
>> > > > > > > create
>> > > > > > > > a
>> > > > > > > > > new
>> > > > > > > > >    one. I have not figured out where in the existing drill
>> > code
>> > > > > > someone
>> > > > > > > > > does
>> > > > > > > > >    this. If I use a  RepeatedBigIntHolder as a Workspace
>> > object
>> > > > is
>> > > > > is
>> > > > > > > > null
>> > > > > > > > > to
>> > > > > > > > >    start with. I created a new one in the startup section
>> of
>> > > the
>> > > > > udf
>> > > > > > > but
>> > > > > > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > >    vector was null. I can find no reference in creating a
>> new
>> > > > > > > > BigIntVector.
>> > > > > > > > >    There is a way to create a BigIntVector and I did find
>> an
>> > > > > example
>> > > > > > of
>> > > > > > > > >    creating a new VarCharVector but I can't do that using
>> the
>> > > > drill
>> > > > > > jar
>> > > > > > > > > files
>> > > > > > > > >    from 1.0. The org.apache.drill.common.types.TypeProtos
>> and
>> > > > > > > > >    the org.apache.drill.common.types.TypeProtos.MinorType
>> > > classes
>> > > > > do
>> > > > > > > not
>> > > > > > > > >    appear to be accessible from the drill jar files.
>> > > > > > > > >    2. What is the best way to close out a UDF in the
>> event it
>> > > > > > generates
>> > > > > > > > an
>> > > > > > > > >    exception? Are there specific steps one should follow
>> to
>> > > make
>> > > > a
>> > > > > > > clean
>> > > > > > > > > exit
>> > > > > > > > >    in a catch block that are beneficial to Drill?
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
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