fix(sql): standardize NULL handling of argmin/argmax (#10227)

Co-authored-by: Phillip Cloud <[email protected]>

ibis/backends/polars/compiler.py

@@ -1256,20 +1256,15 @@ def execute_hash(op, **kw):
 
 
 def _arg_min_max(op, func, **kw):
-    key = op.key
-    arg = op.arg
-
-    if (op_where := op.where) is not None:
-        key = ops.IfElse(op_where, key, None)
-        arg = ops.IfElse(op_where, arg, None)
+    key = translate(op.key, **kw)
+    arg = translate(op.arg, **kw)
 
-    translate_arg = translate(arg, **kw)
-    translate_key = translate(key, **kw)
+    if op.where is not None:
+        where = translate(op.where, **kw)
+        arg = arg.filter(where)
+        key = key.filter(where)
 
-    not_null_mask = translate_arg.is_not_null() & translate_key.is_not_null()
-    return translate_arg.filter(not_null_mask).get(
-        func(translate_key.filter(not_null_mask))
-    )
+    return arg.get(func(key))
 
 
 @translate.register(ops.ArgMax)

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/base.py

@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@ class SQLGlotCompiler(abc.ABC):
         ops.All: "bool_and",
         ops.Any: "bool_or",
         ops.ApproxCountDistinct: "approx_distinct",
-        ops.ArgMax: "max_by",
-        ops.ArgMin: "min_by",
         ops.ArrayContains: "array_contains",
         ops.ArrayFlatten: "flatten",
         ops.ArrayLength: "array_size",

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/bigquery/__init__.py

@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ class BigQueryCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
         ops.TimeFromHMS: "time_from_parts",
         ops.TimestampNow: "current_timestamp",
         ops.ExtractHost: "net.host",
+        ops.ArgMin: "min_by",
+        ops.ArgMax: "max_by",
     }
 
     def to_sqlglot(

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/clickhouse.py

@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ class ClickHouseCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
         ops.ApproxCountDistinct: "uniqHLL12",
         ops.ApproxMedian: "median",
         ops.Arbitrary: "any",
-        ops.ArgMax: "argMax",
-        ops.ArgMin: "argMin",
         ops.ArrayContains: "has",
         ops.ArrayFlatten: "arrayFlatten",
         ops.ArrayIntersect: "arrayIntersect",
@@ -673,6 +671,18 @@ def visit_Last(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
             )
         return self.agg.anyLast(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
 
+    def visit_ArgMin(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
+        return sge.Dot(
+            this=self.agg.argMin(self.f.tuple(arg), key, where=where),
+            expression=sge.convert(1),
+        )
+
+    def visit_ArgMax(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
+        return sge.Dot(
+            this=self.agg.argMax(self.f.tuple(arg), key, where=where),
+            expression=sge.convert(1),
+        )
+
     def visit_CountDistinctStar(
         self, op: ops.CountDistinctStar, *, where, **_: Any
     ) -> str:

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/datafusion.py

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ class DataFusionCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
     post_rewrites = (split_select_distinct_with_order_by,)
 
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.ArrayDistinct,
         ops.ArrayFilter,
         ops.ArrayMap,
@@ -457,6 +455,14 @@ def visit_Last(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
             where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)
         return self.agg.last_value(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
 
+    def visit_ArgMin(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
+        return self.agg.first_value(arg, where=where, order_by=[sge.Ordered(this=key)])
+
+    def visit_ArgMax(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
+        return self.agg.first_value(
+            arg, where=where, order_by=[sge.Ordered(this=key, desc=True)]
+        )
+
     def visit_Aggregate(self, op, *, parent, groups, metrics):
         """Support `GROUP BY` expressions in `SELECT` since DataFusion does not."""
         quoted = self.quoted

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/druid.py

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ class DruidCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
 
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
         ops.ApproxMedian,
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.ArrayDistinct,
         ops.ArrayFilter,
         ops.ArrayFlatten,

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/duckdb.py

@@ -543,6 +543,14 @@ def visit_Last(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
             where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)
         return self.agg.last(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
 
+    def visit_ArgMin(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
+        return self.agg.first(arg, where=where, order_by=[sge.Ordered(this=key)])
+
+    def visit_ArgMax(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
+        return self.agg.first(
+            arg, where=where, order_by=[sge.Ordered(this=key, desc=True)]
+        )
+
     def visit_Quantile(self, op, *, arg, quantile, where):
         suffix = "cont" if op.arg.dtype.is_numeric() else "disc"
         funcname = f"percentile_{suffix}"

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/exasol.py

@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ class ExasolCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
 
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
         ops.AnalyticVectorizedUDF,
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.ArrayDistinct,
         ops.ArrayFilter,
         ops.ArrayFlatten,

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/flink.py

@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ class FlinkCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
         ops.AnalyticVectorizedUDF,
         ops.ApproxMedian,
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.ArrayFlatten,
         ops.ArrayStringJoin,
         ops.Correlation,

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/impala.py

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ class ImpalaCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
     }
 
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.ArrayPosition,
         ops.Array,
         ops.Covariance,

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/mssql.py

@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ class MSSQLCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
 
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
         ops.ApproxMedian,
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.Array,
         ops.ArrayDistinct,
         ops.ArrayFlatten,

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/mysql.py

@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ def POS_INF(self):
     NEG_INF = POS_INF
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
         ops.ApproxMedian,
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.Array,
         ops.ArrayFlatten,
         ops.ArrayMap,

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/oracle.py

@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ class OracleCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
     }
 
     UNSUPPORTED_OPS = (
-        ops.ArgMax,
-        ops.ArgMin,
         ops.Array,
         ops.ArrayFlatten,
         ops.ArrayMap,

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/postgres.py

@@ -192,23 +192,21 @@ def visit_Mode(self, op, *, arg, where):
             expr = sge.Filter(this=expr, expression=sge.Where(this=where))
         return expr
 
-    def visit_ArgMinMax(self, op, *, arg, key, where, desc: bool):
-        conditions = [arg.is_(sg.not_(NULL)), key.is_(sg.not_(NULL))]
-
-        if where is not None:
-            conditions.append(where)
+    def _argminmax(self, op, *, arg, key, where, desc: bool):
+        cond = key.is_(sg.not_(NULL))
+        where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)
 
         agg = self.agg.array_agg(
             sge.Ordered(this=sge.Order(this=arg, expressions=[key]), desc=desc),
-            where=sg.and_(*conditions),
+            where=where,
         )
         return sge.paren(agg, copy=False)[0]
 
     def visit_ArgMin(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
-        return self.visit_ArgMinMax(op, arg=arg, key=key, where=where, desc=False)
+        return self._argminmax(op, arg=arg, key=key, where=where, desc=False)
 
     def visit_ArgMax(self, op, *, arg, key, where):
-        return self.visit_ArgMinMax(op, arg=arg, key=key, where=where, desc=True)
+        return self._argminmax(op, arg=arg, key=key, where=where, desc=True)
 
     def visit_Sum(self, op, *, arg, where):
         arg = (

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/pyspark.py

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class PySparkCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
     }
 
     SIMPLE_OPS = {
+        ops.ArgMax: "max_by",
+        ops.ArgMin: "min_by",
         ops.ArrayDistinct: "array_distinct",
         ops.ArrayFlatten: "flatten",
         ops.ArrayIntersect: "array_intersect",

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/snowflake.py

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class SnowflakeCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
     SIMPLE_OPS = {
         ops.All: "min",
         ops.Any: "max",
+        ops.ArgMax: "max_by",
+        ops.ArgMin: "min_by",
         ops.ArrayDistinct: "array_distinct",
         ops.ArrayFlatten: "array_flatten",
         ops.ArrayIndex: "get",

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/sqlite.py

@@ -206,12 +206,7 @@ def visit_ArgMax(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._visit_arg_reduction("max", *args, **kwargs)
 
     def _visit_arg_reduction(self, func, op, *, arg, key, where):
-        cond = arg.is_(sg.not_(NULL))
-
-        if op.where is not None:
-            cond = sg.and_(cond, where)
-
-        agg = self.agg[func](key, where=cond)
+        agg = self.agg[func](key, where=where)
         return self.f.anon.json_extract(self.f.json_array(arg, agg), "$[0]")
 
     def visit_UnwrapJSONString(self, op, *, arg):

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/trino.py

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class TrinoCompiler(SQLGlotCompiler):
 
     SIMPLE_OPS = {
         ops.Arbitrary: "any_value",
+        ops.ArgMax: "max_by",
+        ops.ArgMin: "min_by",
         ops.Pi: "pi",
         ops.E: "e",
         ops.RegexReplace: "regexp_replace",

ibis/backends/tests/test_aggregation.py

@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ def mean_udf(s):
 ]
 
 argidx_not_grouped_marks = [
-    "datafusion",
     "impala",
     "mysql",
     "mssql",
@@ -411,7 +410,6 @@ def mean_and_std(v):
                     [
                         "impala",
                         "mysql",
-                        "datafusion",
                         "mssql",
                         "druid",
                         "oracle",
@@ -431,7 +429,6 @@ def mean_and_std(v):
                     [
                         "impala",
                         "mysql",
-                        "datafusion",
                         "mssql",
                         "druid",
                         "oracle",
@@ -689,6 +686,39 @@ def test_first_last_ordered(alltypes, method, filtered, include_null):
         assert res == sol
 
 
+@pytest.mark.notimpl(
+    [
+        "druid",
+        "exasol",
+        "flink",
+        "impala",
+        "mssql",
+        "mysql",
+        "oracle",
+    ],
+    raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError,
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["argmin", "argmax"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filtered", [True, False], ids=["filtered", "unfiltered"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("null_result", [True, False], ids=["null", "non-null"])
+def test_argmin_argmax(alltypes, method, filtered, null_result):
+    t = alltypes.mutate(by_col=_.int_col.nullif(0).nullif(9), val_col=10 * _.int_col)
+
+    if filtered:
+        where = _.int_col != (1 if method == "argmin" else 8)
+        sol = 20 if method == "argmin" else 70
+    else:
+        where = None
+        sol = 10 if method == "argmin" else 80
+
+    if null_result:
+        t = t.mutate(val_col=_.val_col.nullif(sol))
+
+    expr = getattr(t.val_col, method)("by_col", where=where)
+    res = expr.execute()
+    assert pd.isna(res) if null_result else res == sol
+
+
 @pytest.mark.notimpl(
     [
         "impala",

ibis/expr/types/generic.py

@@ -1766,6 +1766,9 @@ def min(self, where: ir.BooleanValue | None = None) -> Scalar:
     def argmax(self, key: ir.Value, where: ir.BooleanValue | None = None) -> Scalar:
         """Return the value of `self` that maximizes `key`.
 
+        If more than one value maximizes `key`, the returned value is backend
+        specific. The result may be `NULL`.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         key
@@ -1801,6 +1804,9 @@ def argmax(self, key: ir.Value, where: ir.BooleanValue | None = None) -> Scalar:
     def argmin(self, key: ir.Value, where: ir.BooleanValue | None = None) -> Scalar:
         """Return the value of `self` that minimizes `key`.
 
+        If more than one value minimizes `key`, the returned value is backend
+        specific. The result may be `NULL`.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         key