bug: examples broken on mssql backend

[chloeh13q]

What happened?

Examples are broken on mssql backend.

Python 3.11.8 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Feb 16 2024, 20:49:36) [Clang 16.0.6 ] on darwin
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>>> import ibis
>>> con = ibis.mssql.connect(user="sa", host="localhost", password="1bis_Testing!", driver="ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server", TrustServerCertificate="yes", database="ibis_testing")
>>> ibis.set_backend(con)
>>> ibis.examples.CO2.fetch()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/chloe/Desktop/ibis/ibis/examples/__init__.py", line 85, in fetch
    return backend.create_table(table_name, obj, temp=True, overwrite=True)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/chloe/Desktop/ibis/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py", line 503, in create_table
    with self._safe_raw_sql(create_stmt) as cur:
  File "/opt/anaconda3/envs/ibis-dev-arm64/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 137, in __enter__
    return next(self.gen)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/chloe/Desktop/ibis/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py", line 269, in _safe_raw_sql
    cur.execute(query, *args, **kwargs)
pyodbc.ProgrammingError: ('42000', "[42000] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near 'ibis_mssql_table_4ksb7p5z7vfqffu77cve3a3kbq'. (102) (SQLExecDirectW)")

Seems to be broken on all the examples.

What version of ibis are you using?

main

What backend(s) are you using, if any?

mssql

Relevant log output

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[gforsyth]

Hmm, yeah, something funky is definitely happening here. The create table SQL we're generating (this is for the starwars example): is

'CREATE TABLE #[ibis_mssql_table_sf22odm3xvcjxhkiuk5pk6o4py] ([name] VARCHAR(max), [height] BIGINT, [mass] FLOAT, [hair_color] VARCHAR(max), [skin_color] VARCHAR(max), [eye_color] VARCHAR(max), [birth_year] FLOAT, [sex] VARCHAR(max), [gender] VARCHAR(max), [homeworld] VARCHAR(max), [species] VARCHAR(max), [films] VARCHAR(max), [vehicles] VARCHAR(max), [starships] VARCHAR(max))'

Definitely don't need or want the #[] around the table name

[gforsyth]

hmm, wait, I guess that's the mssql syntax for temporary tables? digging in a bit more

[gforsyth]

I think this is a sqlglot bug, although we may be constructing the expression incorrectly.

[nav] In [14]: query = """CREATE TABLE #crunch_no_brackets ([name] VARCHAR(max))"""

[ins] In [15]: with con.raw_sql(query) as c:
          ...:     pass

[ins] In [16]: query = """CREATE TABLE [brackets_no_crunch] ([name] VARCHAR(max))"""

[ins] In [17]: with con.raw_sql(query) as c:
          ...:     pass

[ins] In [18]: query = """CREATE TABLE #[brackets_with_crunch] ([name] VARCHAR(max))"""

[ins] In [19]: with con.raw_sql(query) as c:
          ...:     pass
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ProgrammingError                          Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[19], line 1
----> 1 with con.raw_sql(query) as c:
      2     pass

File ~/github.com/ibis-project/ibis/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py:279, in Backend.raw_sql(self, query, **kwargs)
    276 cursor = con.cursor()
    278 try:
--> 279     cursor.execute(query, **kwargs)
    280 except Exception:
    281     con.rollback()

ProgrammingError: ('42000', "[42000] [FreeTDS][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near 'brackets_with_crunch'. (102) (SQLExecDirectW)")

[gforsyth]

I think we're doing something wrong:

[ins] In [25]: exp = sg.parse_one("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temptest (name VARCHAR);",
          ...: dialect="duckdb")

[ins] In [26]: exp
Out[26]: 
Create(
  this=Schema(
    this=Table(
      this=Identifier(this=temptest, quoted=False)),
    expressions=[
      ColumnDef(
        this=Identifier(this=name, quoted=False),
        kind=DataType(this=Type.VARCHAR, nested=False))]),
  kind=TABLE,
  properties=Properties(
    expressions=[
      TemporaryProperty()]))

[ins] In [27]: exp.sql(dialect="mssql")
Out[27]: 'CREATE TABLE #temptest (name VARCHAR)'

[gforsyth]

Ok, I think that there are some edge-cases that we are definitely not handling correctly.

That said, there is also a sqlglot bug:

[ins] In [1]: import sqlglot as sg

[ins] In [2]: exp = sg.parse_one(
         ...:     "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE 'temptest' (name VARCHAR);", dialect="duckd
         ...: b"
         ...: )

[ins] In [3]: exp
Out[3]: 
Create(
  this=Schema(
    this=Table(
      this=Identifier(this=temptest, quoted=True)),
    expressions=[
      ColumnDef(
        this=Identifier(this=name, quoted=False),
        kind=DataType(this=Type.VARCHAR, nested=False))]),
  kind=TABLE,
  properties=Properties(
    expressions=[
      TemporaryProperty()]))

[ins] In [4]: exp.sql(dialect="tsql")
Out[4]: 'CREATE TABLE #[temptest] (name VARCHAR)'

That last should be CREATE TABLE [#temptest] (name VARCHAR)

[georgesittas]

FYI the temp table fix has been deployed with 23.13.0.