Error on saving table to BigQuery - type mismatch

[dimitri-b]

Given this schema in a source table in BigQuery:

attempting to persist a table as a subset of the source table throws an error:

connect("bigquery:///gcp-project-id-here")

calendar = import_table("eCom_US.calendar")
temp = calendar{
    Calendar_Date,  // DATE
    Fin_Year,       // INTEGER
    Fin_Year_Label  // STRING
}[..5]
print(temp)

print(columns(temp))
// {Calendar_Date: string?, Fin_Year: int?, Fin_Year_Label: string?}

table test_data.temp_cal = temp
// Got error: 400 Query column 1 has type DATE which cannot be inserted into column Calendar_Date, which has type STRING

[erezsh]

Pushed a fix to the schemas branch. The code you gave should work now.

Right now the support for dates needs improvement. I will try to straighten it out in the coming weeks. If you get any more errors let me know!

[dimitri-b]

Tried the same code, got a new error, traceback below.
I checked in BigQuery UI - the dataset with that name exists, has tables inside.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/bin/preql", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/__main__.py", line 76, in main
    p('import ' + args.module)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/api.py", line 25, in inner
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/api.py", line 197, in __call__
    res = self._run_code(code, '<inline>', args)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/api.py", line 193, in _run_code
    return self._interp.execute_code(code + "\n", source_name, pql_args)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/interpreter.py", line 36, in inner
    return f(interp, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/interpreter.py", line 86, in _execute_code
    last = execute(stmt)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/evaluate.py", line 384, in execute
    return stmt._execute() or objects.null
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/evaluate.py", line 365, in _execute
    module = import_module(context.state, r)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/evaluate.py", line 349, in import_module
    i.include(module_path)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/interpreter.py", line 36, in inner
    return f(interp, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/interpreter.py", line 96, in _include
    self._execute_code(f.read(), fn)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/interpreter.py", line 86, in _execute_code
    last = execute(stmt)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/evaluate.py", line 384, in execute
    return stmt._execute() or objects.null
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/evaluate.py", line 168, in _execute
    set_var(table_def.name, t)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/state.py", line 220, in set_var
    return context.state.set_var(name, value)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/state.py", line 203, in set_var
    return self.ns.set_var(name, value)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/state.py", line 43, in set_var
    ns = ns.get_var(p)
  File "/PyCharmVenv/PreQL/lib/python3.9/site-packages/preql/core/state.py", line 36, in get_var
    raise NameNotFound(name)
preql.core.state.NameNotFound: test_data

[erezsh]

Yes, I understand why this is happening. I will fix it soon.

Sorry for the hick-ups, and thank you for your patience!

[erezsh]

Okay, so I misunderstood your problem, sorry! I now realize you're running a script with -m or -f, in which case the tables aren't automatically available. (the reasoning is that querying the schema each time you run a script will cause an unnecessary lag)

One solution (requires latest master), is to declare each table at the top:

table test_data {...}

Another solution which should already work, is to use connect():

connect("bigquery:///...", load_all_tables: true)

I'm also thinking of adding a command-line switch to always load all tables