[jira] [Commented] (SQOOP-3061) Sqoop --options-file failed with error "Malformed option in options file" even though the query is correct

[Eric Lin (JIRA)]

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Eric Lin commented on SQOOP-3061:
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Hi [~maugli],

Thanks a lot for your help and guidance to get my very first commit. I will try 
to contribute more in the near future.

> Sqoop --options-file failed with error "Malformed option in options file" 
> even though the query is correct
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SQOOP-3061
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SQOOP-3061
>             Project: Sqoop
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 1.4.6
>            Reporter: Eric Lin
>            Assignee: Eric Lin
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: patch
>         Attachments: SQOOP-3061.2.patch, SQOOP-3061.3.patch, 
> SQOOP-3061.4.patch, SQOOP-3061.5.patch, SQOOP-3061.patch
>
>
> if you have the following in the options file:
> --query
> SELECT * FROM test WHERE a = 'b'
> and then run 
> {code}
> sqoop --options-file <file-path>
> {code}
> it will fail with the following error:
> {code}
> 16/11/22 16:08:59 ERROR sqoop.Sqoop: Error while expanding arguments
> java.lang.Exception: Malformed option in options 
> file(/tmp/sqoop_runner_from_stdin_1112_12354__sqoop_options_file): SELECT * 
> FROM test WHERE a = 'b'
> at 
> org.apache.sqoop.util.OptionsFileUtil.removeQuoteCharactersIfNecessary(OptionsFileUtil.java:170)
> at 
> org.apache.sqoop.util.OptionsFileUtil.removeQuotesEncolosingOption(OptionsFileUtil.java:136)
> at 
> org.apache.sqoop.util.OptionsFileUtil.expandArguments(OptionsFileUtil.java:90)
> at 
> com.cloudera.sqoop.util.OptionsFileUtil.expandArguments(OptionsFileUtil.java:33)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:199)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:227)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.main(Sqoop.java:236)
> Malformed option in options 
> file(/tmp/sqoop_runner_from_stdin_1112_12354__sqoop_options_file): SELECT * 
> FROM test WHERE a = 'b'
> {code}
> This is caused by function 
> org.apache.sqoop.util.OptionsFileUtil.removeQuoteCharactersIfNecessary only 
> checks for starting and ending quotes and will fail if the query does not 
> start with a quote but ends with a quote, like the example query above.
> {code}
>   private static String removeQuoteCharactersIfNecessary(String fileName,
>       String option, char quote) throws Exception {
>     boolean startingQuote = (option.charAt(0) == quote);
>     boolean endingQuote = (option.charAt(option.length() - 1) == quote);
>     if (startingQuote && endingQuote) {
>       if (option.length() == 1) {
>         throw new Exception("Malformed option in options file("
>             + fileName + "): " + option);
>       }
>       return option.substring(1, option.length() - 1);
>     }
>     if (startingQuote || endingQuote) {
>        throw new Exception("Malformed option in options file("
>            + fileName + "): " + option);
>     }
>     return option;
>   }
> {code}



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