[jira] [Created] (DRILL-7747) Function to determine Unknow fields / on fly generated missing fields

["benj (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

benj created DRILL-7747:
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             Summary: Function to determine Unknow fields / on fly generated missing fields
                 Key: DRILL-7747
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-7747
             Project: Apache Drill
          Issue Type: Wish
          Components: Functions - Drill
    Affects Versions: 1.17.0
            Reporter: benj


it would be really useful to have a function allowing to know if a field comes from an existing column or not.

With this data:
{code:sql}
apache drill 1.17> SELECT * FROM dfs.test.`f1.parquet`;
+---+--------+-------+
| a |   b    |   c   |
+---+--------+-------+
| 1 | test-1 | other |
| 2 | test-2 | null  |
| 3 | test-3 | old   |
+---+--------+-------+

apache drill 1.17> SELECT * FROM dfs.test.`f2.parquet`;
+----+---------+
| a  |    b    |
+----+---------+
| 10 | test-10 |
| 20 | test-20 |
| 30 | test-30 |
+----+---------+

apache drill 1.17> SELECT *, drilltypeof(c), modeof(c) FROM dfs.test.`f*.parquet`;
+------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+
|    dir0    | a  |    b    |   c   | EXPR$1  |  EXPR$2  |
+------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+
| f1.parquet | 1  | test-1  | other | VARCHAR | NULLABLE |
| f1.parquet | 2  | test-2  | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE |
| f1.parquet | 3  | test-3  | old   | VARCHAR | NULLABLE |
| f2.parquet | 10 | test-10 | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE |
| f2.parquet | 20 | test-20 | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE |
| f2.parquet | 30 | test-30 | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE |
+------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+
{code}

It will be nice to know when 'c' data is present because the column exists in the Parquet  (or other type file) or if the value NULL was generated because the column was missing.

Example a function 'origin' that take a column name and return for each row if the value was 'generated' or 'original' (other/better keyword could be choose)
Virtual Example with previous data:
{code:sql}
apache drill> SELECT *, drilltypeof(c), modeof(c), origin(c) AS origin FROM dfs.test.`f*.parquet`;
+------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+-----------+
|    dir0    | a  |    b    |   c   | EXPR$1  |  EXPR$2  |  origin   |
+------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+-----------+
| f1.parquet | 1  | test-1  | other | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | original |
| f1.parquet | 2  | test-2  | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | original |
| f1.parquet | 3  | test-3  | old   | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | original |
| f2.parquet | 10 | test-10 | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | generated |
| f2.parquet | 20 | test-20 | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | generated |
| f2.parquet | 30 | test-30 | null  | VARCHAR | NULLABLE | generated |
+------------+----+---------+-------+---------+----------+-----------+
{code}






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