fix: deletion of null values

common/datablocks/src/kernels/data_block_filter.rs

@@ -29,18 +29,31 @@ impl DataBlock {
 
         let predict_boolean_nonull = Self::cast_to_nonull_boolean(predicate)?;
         // faster path for constant filter
-        if predict_boolean_nonull.is_const() {
-            let flag = predict_boolean_nonull.get_bool(0)?;
-            if flag {
-                return Ok(block);
+        if let Ok(Some(const_bool)) = Self::try_as_const_bool(&predict_boolean_nonull) {
+            return if const_bool {
+                Ok(block)
             } else {
-                return Ok(DataBlock::empty_with_schema(block.schema().clone()));
-            }
+                Ok(DataBlock::empty_with_schema(block.schema().clone()))
+            };
         }
-
         let boolean_col: &BooleanColumn = Series::check_get(&predict_boolean_nonull)?;
-        let rows = boolean_col.len();
-        let count_zeros = boolean_col.values().null_count();
+        Self::filter_block_with_bool_column(block, boolean_col)
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_as_const_bool(column_reference: &ColumnRef) -> Result<Option<bool>> {
+        if column_reference.is_const() {
+            Ok(Some(column_reference.get_bool(0)?))
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn filter_block_with_bool_column(
+        block: DataBlock,
+        filter: &BooleanColumn,
+    ) -> Result<DataBlock> {
+        let rows = filter.len();
+        let count_zeros = filter.values().null_count();
         match count_zeros {
             0 => Ok(block),
             _ => {
@@ -49,7 +62,7 @@ impl DataBlock {
                 }
                 let mut after_columns = Vec::with_capacity(block.num_columns());
                 for data_column in block.columns() {
-                    after_columns.push(data_column.filter(boolean_col));
+                    after_columns.push(data_column.filter(filter));
                 }
 
                 Ok(DataBlock::create(block.schema().clone(), after_columns))

common/datablocks/tests/it/kernels/data_block_filter.rs

@@ -139,3 +139,33 @@ fn test_filter_all_const_data_block() -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_filter_try_as_const_bool() -> Result<()> {
+    {
+        fn const_val(v: bool) {
+            let const_col = ConstColumn::new(Series::from_data(vec![v]), 6);
+            let predicate: Arc<dyn Column> = Arc::new(const_col);
+            let r = DataBlock::try_as_const_bool(&predicate);
+            assert!(matches!(r, Ok(Some(p)) if p == v));
+        }
+        // const values, should return Some(val)
+        const_val(true);
+        const_val(false);
+    }
+    {
+        // non-const value, should return None
+        let predicate = Series::from_data(vec![false]);
+        let r = DataBlock::try_as_const_bool(&predicate);
+        assert!(matches!(r, Ok(None)));
+    }
+
+    {
+        // const non-bool column , should return Err
+        let const_col = ConstColumn::new(Series::from_data(vec![vec![1]]), 6);
+        let predicate: Arc<dyn Column> = Arc::new(const_col);
+        let r = DataBlock::try_as_const_bool(&predicate);
+        assert!(matches!(r, Err(_)));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}

query/src/interpreters/interpreter_delete.rs

@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ impl Interpreter for DeleteInterpreter {
         &self,
         _input_stream: Option<SendableDataBlockStream>,
     ) -> Result<SendableDataBlockStream> {
-        // TODO
-        // 1. check privilege
-        // 2. optimize the plan, at least constant folding?
+        // TODO check privilege
         let catalog_name = self.plan.catalog_name.as_str();
         let db_name = self.plan.database_name.as_str();
         let tbl_name = self.plan.table_name.as_str();

query/src/storages/fuse/io/read/block_reader.rs

@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ impl BlockReader {
             let idx = *col_idx[i];
             let field = self.arrow_schema.fields[idx].clone();
             let column_descriptor = &self.parquet_schema_descriptor.columns()[idx];
-            //let column_meta = &part.columns_meta[&idx];
             let column_meta = &meta
                 .col_metas
                 .get(&(i as u32))

query/src/storages/fuse/operations/mod.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ mod truncate;
 pub mod util;
 
 pub use fuse_sink::FuseTableSink;
+pub use mutation::delete_from_block;
 pub use operation_log::AppendOperationLogEntry;
 pub use operation_log::TableOperationLog;
 pub use util::column_metas;

query/src/storages/fuse/operations/mutation/block_filter.rs

@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
 //  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 //  limitations under the License.
 
+use std::ops::Not;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use common_datablocks::DataBlock;
+use common_datavalues::BooleanColumn;
 use common_datavalues::DataSchemaRefExt;
+use common_datavalues::Series;
 use common_exception::Result;
 use common_planners::Expression;
 
@@ -37,45 +40,61 @@ pub async fn delete_from_block(
     // extract the columns that are going to be filtered on
     let col_ids = {
         if filter_column_ids.is_empty() {
+            // here the situation: filter_expr is not null, but filter_column_ids in not empty, which
+            // indicates the expr being evaluated is unrelated to the value of rows:
+            //   e.g.
+            //       `delete from t where 1 = 1`, `delete from t where now()`,
+            //       or `delete from t where RANDOM()::INT::BOOLEAN`
+            // tobe refined:
+            // if the `filter_expr` is of "constant" nullary :
+            //   for the whole block, whether all of the rows should be kept or dropped,
+            //   we can just return from here, without accessing the block data
             filtering_whole_block = true;
-            // To be optimized (in `interpreter_delete`, if we adhere the style of interpreter_select)
-            // In this case, the expr being evaluated is unrelated to the value of rows:
-            // - if the `filter_expr` is of "constant" function:
-            //   for the whole block, whether all of the rows should be kept or dropped
-            // - but, the expr may NOT be deterministic, e.g.
-            //   A nullary non-constant func, which returns true, false or NULL randomly
             all_the_columns_ids(table)
         } else {
             filter_column_ids
         }
     };
+
     // read the cols that we are going to filtering on
     let reader = table.create_block_reader(ctx, col_ids)?;
     let data_block = reader.read_with_block_meta(block_meta).await?;
 
-    // inverse the expr
-    let inverse_expr = Expression::UnaryExpression {
-        op: "not".to_string(),
-        expr: Box::new(filter_expr.clone()),
-    };
-
     let schema = table.table_info.schema();
-    let expr_field = inverse_expr.to_data_field(&schema)?;
+    let expr_field = filter_expr.to_data_field(&schema)?;
     let expr_schema = DataSchemaRefExt::create(vec![expr_field]);
 
+    // get the filter
     let expr_exec = ExpressionExecutor::try_create(
         ctx.clone(),
         "filter expression executor (delete) ",
         schema.clone(),
         expr_schema,
-        vec![inverse_expr],
+        vec![filter_expr.clone()],
         false,
     )?;
-
-    // get the single col data block, which indicates the rows should be kept/removed
     let filter_result = expr_exec.execute(&data_block)?;
 
-    // read the whole block
+    let predicates = DataBlock::cast_to_nonull_boolean(filter_result.column(0))?;
+    // shortcut, if predicates is const boolean (or can be cast to boolean)
+    if let Some(const_bool) = DataBlock::try_as_const_bool(&predicates)? {
+        return if const_bool {
+            // all the rows should be removed
+            Ok(Deletion::Remains(DataBlock::empty_with_schema(
+                data_block.schema().clone(),
+            )))
+        } else {
+            // none of the rows should be removed
+            Ok(Deletion::NothingDeleted)
+        };
+    }
+
+    // reverse the filter
+    let boolean_col: &BooleanColumn = Series::check_get(&predicates)?;
+    let values = boolean_col.values();
+    let filter = BooleanColumn::from_arrow_data(values.not());
+
+    // read the whole block if necessary
     let whole_block = if filtering_whole_block {
         data_block
     } else {
@@ -84,9 +103,11 @@ pub async fn delete_from_block(
         whole_block_reader.read_with_block_meta(block_meta).await?
     };
 
-    // returns the data remains after deletion
-    let data_block = DataBlock::filter_block(whole_block, filter_result.column(0))?;
+    // filter out rows
+    let data_block = DataBlock::filter_block_with_bool_column(whole_block, &filter)?;
+
     let res = if data_block.num_rows() == block_meta.row_count as usize {
+        // false positive, nothing removed indeed
         Deletion::NothingDeleted
     } else {
         Deletion::Remains(data_block)

query/src/storages/fuse/operations/mutation/mutations_collector.rs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use common_exception::Result;
 use opendal::Operator;
 
 use crate::sessions::QueryContext;
+use crate::storages::fuse::io::write_meta;
 use crate::storages::fuse::io::BlockWriter;
 use crate::storages::fuse::io::MetaReaders;
 use crate::storages::fuse::io::SegmentWriter;
@@ -133,16 +134,12 @@ impl<'a> DeletionCollector<'a> {
         let new_summary = reduce_statistics(&new_segment_summaries)?;
         new_snapshot.summary = new_summary;
 
-        // write the new segment out (and keep it in undo log)
+        // write the new snapshot out (and keep it in undo log)
         let snapshot_loc = self.location_generator.snapshot_location_from_uuid(
             &new_snapshot.snapshot_id,
             new_snapshot.format_version(),
         )?;
-        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&new_snapshot)?;
-        self.data_accessor
-            .object(&snapshot_loc)
-            .write(bytes)
-            .await?;
+        write_meta(&self.data_accessor, &snapshot_loc, &new_snapshot).await?;
         Ok((new_snapshot, snapshot_loc))
     }
 

tests/suites/0_stateless/03_dml/03_0025_delete_from.result

@@ -7,3 +7,20 @@ other rows should be kept
 1
 deleted unconditionally
 1
+nullable column cases
+delete with condition "const false"
+1
+normal deletion
+expects one row deleted
+1
+expects null valued row kept
+1
+delete all null valued rows
+expects no null valued row kept
+1
+expects 1 null valued row kept
+1
+deleted unconditionally (with const true)
+1
+deleted with nullary expr now()
+1

tests/suites/0_stateless/03_dml/03_0025_delete_from.sql

@@ -22,4 +22,40 @@ select 'deleted unconditionally';
 delete from t;
 select count(*) = 0 from t;
 
+drop table t all;
+
+-- setup
+select 'nullable column cases';
+create table t (c Int null);
+insert into t values (1),(2),(NULL);
+
+select 'delete with condition "const false"';
+delete from t where 1 = 0;
+select count(*) = 3 from t;
+
+select 'normal deletion';
+delete from t where c = 1;
+select 'expects one row deleted';
+select count(*) = 2 from t;
+select 'expects null valued row kept';
+select count(*) = 1 from t where c IS NULL;
+
+select 'delete all null valued rows';
+delete from t where c IS NULL;
+select 'expects no null valued row kept';
+select count(*) = 0 from t where c IS NULL;
+select 'expects 1 null valued row kept';
+select count(*) = 1 from t where c IS NOT NULL;
+
+select 'deleted unconditionally (with const true)';
+delete from t where 1 = 1;
+select count(*) = 0 from t;
+
+insert into t values (1),(2),(NULL);
+select 'deleted with nullary expr now()';
+delete from t where now();
+select count(*) = 0 from t;
+
+drop table t all;
+
 DROP DATABASE db1;

tests/suites/0_stateless/03_dml/03_0025_delete_from_v2.result

@@ -7,3 +7,20 @@ other rows should be kept
 1
 deleted unconditionally
 1
+nullable column cases
+delete with condition "const false"
+1
+normal deletion
+expects one row deleted
+1
+expects null valued row kept
+1
+delete all null valued rows
+expects no null valued row kept
+1
+expects 1 null valued row kept
+1
+deleted unconditionally (with const true)
+1
+deleted with nullary expr now()
+1

tests/suites/0_stateless/03_dml/03_0025_delete_from_v2.sql

@@ -24,4 +24,40 @@ select 'deleted unconditionally';
 delete from t;
 select count(*) = 0 from t;
 
+drop table t all;
+
+-- setup
+select 'nullable column cases';
+create table t (c Int null);
+insert into t values (1),(2),(NULL);
+
+select 'delete with condition "const false"';
+delete from t where 1 = 0;
+select count(*) = 3 from t;
+
+select 'normal deletion';
+delete from t where c = 1;
+select 'expects one row deleted';
+select count(*) = 2 from t;
+select 'expects null valued row kept';
+select count(*) = 1 from t where c IS NULL;
+
+select 'delete all null valued rows';
+delete from t where c IS NULL;
+select 'expects no null valued row kept';
+select count(*) = 0 from t where c IS NULL;
+select 'expects 1 null valued row kept';
+select count(*) = 1 from t where c IS NOT NULL;
+
+select 'deleted unconditionally (with const true)';
+delete from t where 1 = 1;
+select count(*) = 0 from t;
+
+insert into t values (1),(2),(NULL);
+select 'deleted with nullary expr now()';
+delete from t where now();
+select count(*) = 0 from t;
+
+drop table t all;
+
 DROP DATABASE db1;