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[jira] [Commented] (ARROW-2587) [Python] Unable to write StructArrays with multiple children to parquet

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harikrishnan commented on ARROW-2587:
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 Any update on this one? Is there any alternative/hack I can follow to make it work till this gets fixed?

 

 

> [Python] Unable to write StructArrays with multiple children to parquet
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-2587
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2587
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Python
>    Affects Versions: 0.9.0
>            Reporter: jacques
>            Assignee: Micah Kornfield
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: parquet
>             Fix For: 1.0.0
>
>         Attachments: Screen Shot 2018-05-16 at 12.24.39.png
>
>
> Although I am able to read StructArray from parquet, I am still unable to write it back from pa.Table to parquet.
> I get an "ArrowInvalid: Nested column branch had multiple children"
> Here is a quick example:
> {noformat}
> In [2]: import pyarrow.parquet as pq
> In [3]: table = pq.read_table('test.parquet')
> In [4]: table
>  Out[4]: 
>  pyarrow.Table
>  weight: double
>  animal_type: string
>  animal_interpretation: struct<is_large_animal: bool, is_mammal: bool>
>    child 0, is_large_animal: bool
>    child 1, is_mammal: bool
>  metadata
>  --------
>  \{'org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.row.metadata': '{"type":"struct","fields":[{"name":"weight","type":"double","nullable":true,"metadata":{}},\{"name":"animal_type","type":"string","nullable":true,"metadata":{}},{"name":"animal_interpretation","type":{"type":"struct","fields":[\\{"name":"is_large_animal","type":"boolean","nullable":true,"metadata":{}},\\\{"name":"is_mammal","type":"boolean","nullable":true,"metadata":{}}]},"nullable":false,"metadata":{}}]}'}
> In [5]: table.schema
>  Out[5]: 
>  weight: double
>  animal_type: string
>  animal_interpretation: struct<is_large_animal: bool, is_mammal: bool>
>    child 0, is_large_animal: bool
>    child 1, is_mammal: bool
>  metadata
>  --------
>  \{'org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.row.metadata': '{"type":"struct","fields":[{"name":"weight","type":"double","nullable":true,"metadata":{}},\{"name":"animal_type","type":"string","nullable":true,"metadata":{}},{"name":"animal_interpretation","type":{"type":"struct","fields":[\\{"name":"is_large_animal","type":"boolean","nullable":true,"metadata":{}},\\\{"name":"is_mammal","type":"boolean","nullable":true,"metadata":{}}]},"nullable":false,"metadata":{}}]}'}
> In [6]: pq.write_table(table,"test_write.parquet")
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  ArrowInvalid                              Traceback (most recent call last)
>  <ipython-input-6-bd9d7deee437> in <module>()
>  ----> 1 pq.write_table(table,"test_write.parquet")
> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyarrow/parquet.pyc in write_table(table, where, row_group_size, version, use_dictionary, compression, use_deprecated_int96_timestamps, coerce_timestamps, flavor, **kwargs)
>      982                 use_deprecated_int96_timestamps=use_int96,
>      983                 **kwargs) as writer:
>  --> 984             writer.write_table(table, row_group_size=row_group_size)
>      985     except Exception:
>      986         if is_path(where):
> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyarrow/parquet.pyc in write_table(self, table, row_group_size)
>      325             table = _sanitize_table(table, self.schema, self.flavor)
>      326         assert self.is_open
>  --> 327         self.writer.write_table(table, row_group_size=row_group_size)
>      328 
>      329     def close(self):
> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyarrow/_parquet.so in pyarrow._parquet.ParquetWriter.write_table()
> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyarrow/lib.so in pyarrow.lib.check_status()
> ArrowInvalid: Nested column branch had multiple children
> {noformat}
>  
> I would really appreciate a fix on this.
> Best,
> Jacques



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