feat(api): add distinct option to collect

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/bigquery/__init__.py

@@ -479,16 +479,24 @@ def visit_StringToTimestamp(self, op, *, arg, format_str):
             return self.f.parse_timestamp(format_str, arg, timezone)
         return self.f.parse_datetime(format_str, arg)
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
-        if where is not None and include_null:
-            raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
-                "Combining `include_null=True` and `where` is not supported "
-                "by bigquery"
-            )
-        out = self.agg.array_agg(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
+        if where is not None:
+            if include_null:
+                raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
+                    "Combining `include_null=True` and `where` is not supported by bigquery"
+                )
+            if distinct:
+                raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
+                    "Combining `distinct=True` and `where` is not supported by bigquery"
+                )
+            arg = compiler.if_(where, arg, NULL)
+        if distinct:
+            arg = sge.Distinct(expressions=[arg])
+        if order_by:
+            arg = sge.Order(this=arg, expressions=order_by)
         if not include_null:
-            out = sge.IgnoreNulls(this=out)
-        return out
+            arg = sge.IgnoreNulls(this=arg)
+        return self.f.array_agg(arg)
 
     def _neg_idx_to_pos(self, arg, idx):
         return self.if_(idx < 0, self.f.array_length(arg) + idx, idx)

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/clickhouse.py

@@ -611,12 +611,13 @@ def visit_ArrayUnion(self, op, *, left, right):
     def visit_ArrayZip(self, op: ops.ArrayZip, *, arg, **_: Any) -> str:
         return self.f.arrayZip(*arg)
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
         if include_null:
             raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
                 "`include_null=True` is not supported by the clickhouse backend"
             )
-        return self.agg.groupArray(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
+        func = self.agg.groupUniqArray if distinct else self.agg.groupArray
+        return func(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
 
     def visit_First(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
         if include_null:

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/datafusion.py

@@ -327,7 +327,11 @@ def visit_ArrayRepeat(self, op, *, arg, times):
     def visit_ArrayPosition(self, op, *, arg, other):
         return self.f.coalesce(self.f.array_position(arg, other), 0)
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
+        if distinct:
+            raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
+                "`collect` with `distinct=True` is not supported"
+            )
         if not include_null:
             cond = arg.is_(sg.not_(NULL, copy=False))
             where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/duckdb.py

@@ -156,10 +156,12 @@ def visit_ArrayPosition(self, op, *, arg, other):
             self.f.coalesce(self.f.list_indexof(arg, other), 0),
         )
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
         if not include_null:
             cond = arg.is_(sg.not_(NULL, copy=False))
             where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)
+        if distinct:
+            arg = sge.Distinct(expressions=[arg])
         return self.agg.array_agg(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
 
     def visit_ArrayIndex(self, op, *, arg, index):

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/flink.py

@@ -572,20 +572,24 @@ def visit_MapMerge(self, op: ops.MapMerge, *, left, right):
     def visit_StructColumn(self, op, *, names, values):
         return self.cast(sge.Struct(expressions=list(values)), op.dtype)
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
         if order_by:
             raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
                 "ordering of order-sensitive aggregations via `order_by` is "
                 "not supported for this backend"
             )
-        # the only way to get filtering *and* respecting nulls is to use
-        # `FILTER` syntax, but it's broken in various ways for other aggregates
-        out = self.f.array_agg(arg)
         if not include_null:
             cond = arg.is_(sg.not_(NULL, copy=False))
             where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)
+        out = self.f.array_agg(arg)
         if where is not None:
             out = sge.Filter(this=out, expression=sge.Where(this=where))
+        if distinct:
+            # TODO: Flink supposedly supports `ARRAY_AGG(DISTINCT ...)`, but it
+            # doesn't work with filtering (either `include_null=False` or
+            # additional filtering). Their `array_distinct` function does maintain
+            # ordering though, so we can use it here.
+            out = self.f.array_distinct(out)
         return out
 
     def visit_Strip(self, op, *, arg):

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/postgres.py

@@ -372,10 +372,12 @@ def visit_ArrayIntersect(self, op, *, left, right):
             )
         )
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
         if not include_null:
             cond = arg.is_(sg.not_(NULL, copy=False))
             where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)
+        if distinct:
+            arg = sge.Distinct(expressions=[arg])
         return self.agg.array_agg(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
 
     def visit_First(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/pyspark.py

@@ -432,12 +432,16 @@ def visit_ArrayContains(self, op, *, arg, other):
     def visit_ArrayStringJoin(self, op, *, arg, sep):
         return self.f.concat_ws(sep, arg)
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
         if include_null:
             raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
                 "`include_null=True` is not supported by the pyspark backend"
             )
-        return self.agg.array_agg(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
+        if where:
+            arg = self.if_(where, arg, NULL)
+        if distinct:
+            arg = sge.Distinct(expressions=[arg])
+        return self.agg.array_agg(arg, order_by=order_by)
 
     def visit_StringFind(self, op, *, arg, substr, start, end):
         if end is not None:

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/snowflake.py

@@ -452,25 +452,36 @@ def visit_TimestampFromUNIX(self, op, *, arg, unit):
         timestamp_units_to_scale = {"s": 0, "ms": 3, "us": 6, "ns": 9}
         return self.f.to_timestamp(arg, timestamp_units_to_scale[unit.short])
 
-    def _array_collect(self, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def _array_collect(self, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct=False):
         if include_null:
             raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
                 "`include_null=True` is not supported by the snowflake backend"
             )
+        if where is not None and distinct:
+            raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(
+                "Combining `distinct=True` and `where` is not supported by snowflake"
+            )
 
         if where is not None:
             arg = self.if_(where, arg, NULL)
 
+        if distinct:
+            arg = sge.Distinct(expressions=[arg])
+
         out = self.f.array_agg(arg)
 
         if order_by:
             out = sge.WithinGroup(this=out, expression=sge.Order(expressions=order_by))
 
         return out
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
         return self._array_collect(
-            arg=arg, where=where, order_by=order_by, include_null=include_null
+            arg=arg,
+            where=where,
+            order_by=order_by,
+            include_null=include_null,
+            distinct=distinct,
         )
 
     def visit_First(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):

ibis/backends/sql/compilers/trino.py

@@ -182,10 +182,12 @@ def visit_ArrayContains(self, op, *, arg, other):
             NULL,
         )
 
-    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null):
+    def visit_ArrayCollect(self, op, *, arg, where, order_by, include_null, distinct):
         if not include_null:
             cond = arg.is_(sg.not_(NULL, copy=False))
             where = cond if where is None else sge.And(this=cond, expression=where)
+        if distinct:
+            arg = sge.Distinct(expressions=[arg])
         return self.agg.array_agg(arg, where=where, order_by=order_by)
 
     def visit_JSONGetItem(self, op, *, arg, index):

ibis/backends/tests/test_aggregation.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import itertools
 from datetime import date
 from operator import methodcaller
 
@@ -1301,67 +1302,75 @@ def test_group_concat_ordered(alltypes, df, filtered):
     assert result == expected
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(
-    ["druid", "exasol", "impala", "mssql", "mysql", "oracle", "sqlite"],
-    raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError,
-)
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(
-    ["clickhouse", "pyspark", "flink"], raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError
-)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("filtered", [True, False])
-def test_collect_ordered(alltypes, df, filtered):
-    ibis_cond = (_.id % 13 == 0) if filtered else None
-    pd_cond = (df.id % 13 == 0) if filtered else True
-    result = (
-        alltypes.filter(_.bigint_col == 10)
-        .id.cast("str")
-        .collect(where=ibis_cond, order_by=_.id.desc())
-        .execute()
-    )
-    expected = list(
-        df.id[(df.bigint_col == 10) & pd_cond].sort_values(ascending=False).astype(str)
-    )
-    assert result == expected
+def gen_test_collect_marks(distinct, filtered, ordered, include_null):
+    """The marks for this test fail for different combinations of parameters.
+    Rather than set `strict=False` (which can let bugs sneak through), we split
+    the mark generation into a function"""
+    if distinct:
+        yield pytest.mark.notimpl(["datafusion"], raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError)
+    if ordered:
+        yield pytest.mark.notimpl(
+            ["clickhouse", "pyspark", "flink"], raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError
+        )
+    if include_null:
+        yield pytest.mark.notimpl(
+            ["clickhouse", "pyspark", "snowflake"], raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError
+        )
+
+    # Handle special cases
+    if filtered and distinct:
+        yield pytest.mark.notimpl(
+            ["bigquery", "snowflake"],
+            raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError,
+            reason="Can't combine where and distinct",
+        )
+    elif filtered and include_null:
+        yield pytest.mark.notimpl(
+            ["bigquery"],
+            raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError,
+            reason="Can't combine where and include_null",
+        )
+    elif include_null:
+        yield pytest.mark.notimpl(
+            ["bigquery"],
+            raises=GoogleBadRequest,
+            reason="BigQuery can't retrieve arrays with null values",
+        )
 
 
 @pytest.mark.notimpl(
     ["druid", "exasol", "impala", "mssql", "mysql", "oracle", "sqlite"],
     raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError,
 )
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("filtered", [True, False])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "include_null",
+    "distinct, filtered, ordered, include_null",
     [
-        False,
-        param(
-            True,
-            marks=[
-                pytest.mark.notimpl(
-                    ["clickhouse", "pyspark", "snowflake"],
-                    raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError,
-                    reason="`include_null=True` is not supported",
-                ),
-                pytest.mark.notimpl(
-                    ["bigquery"],
-                    raises=com.UnsupportedOperationError,
-                    reason="Can't mix `where` and `include_null=True`",
-                    strict=False,
-                ),
-            ],
-        ),
+        param(*ps, marks=list(gen_test_collect_marks(*ps)))
+        for ps in itertools.product(*([[True, False]] * 4))
     ],
 )
-def test_collect(alltypes, df, filtered, include_null):
-    ibis_cond = (_.id % 13 == 0) if filtered else None
-    pd_cond = (df.id % 13 == 0) if filtered else slice(None)
-    expr = (
-        alltypes.string_col.nullif("3")
-        .collect(where=ibis_cond, include_null=include_null)
-        .length()
+def test_collect(alltypes, df, distinct, filtered, ordered, include_null):
+    expr = alltypes.mutate(x=_.string_col.nullif("3")).x.collect(
+        where=((_.id % 13 == 0) if filtered else None),
+        include_null=include_null,
+        distinct=distinct,
+        order_by=(_.x.desc() if ordered else ()),
     )
     res = expr.execute()
-    vals = df.string_col if include_null else df.string_col[df.string_col != "3"]
-    sol = len(vals[pd_cond])
+
+    x = df.string_col.where(df.string_col != "3", None)
+    if filtered:
+        x = x[df.id % 13 == 0]
+    if not include_null:
+        x = x.dropna()
+    if distinct:
+        x = x.drop_duplicates()
+    sol = sorted(x, key=lambda x: (x is not None, x), reverse=True)
+
+    if not ordered:
+        # If unordered, order afterwards so we can compare
+        res = sorted(res, key=lambda x: (x is not None, x), reverse=True)
+
     assert res == sol
 
 

ibis/expr/operations/reductions.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import ibis.expr.datashape as ds
 import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt
 import ibis.expr.rules as rlz
-from ibis.common.annotations import attribute
+from ibis.common.annotations import ValidationError, attribute
 from ibis.common.typing import VarTuple  # noqa: TCH001
 from ibis.expr.operations.core import Column, Value
 from ibis.expr.operations.relations import Relation  # noqa: TCH001
@@ -376,6 +376,15 @@ class ArrayCollect(Filterable, Reduction):
     arg: Column
     order_by: VarTuple[SortKey] = ()
     include_null: bool = False
+    distinct: bool = False
+
+    def __init__(self, arg, order_by, distinct, **kwargs):
+        if distinct and order_by and [arg] != [key.expr for key in order_by]:
+            raise ValidationError(
+                "`collect` with `order_by` and `distinct=True` and may only "
+                "order by the collected column"
+            )
+        super().__init__(arg=arg, order_by=order_by, distinct=distinct, **kwargs)
 
     @attribute
     def dtype(self):

ibis/expr/tests/test_reductions.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import ibis
 import ibis.expr.operations as ops
 from ibis import _
+from ibis.common.annotations import ValidationError
 from ibis.common.deferred import Deferred
 from ibis.common.exceptions import IbisTypeError
 
@@ -161,3 +162,22 @@ def test_ordered_aggregations_no_order(method):
     q3 = func(order_by=())
     assert q1.equals(q2)
     assert q1.equals(q3)
+
+
+def test_collect_distinct():
+    t = ibis.table({"a": "string", "b": "int", "c": "int"}, name="t")
+    # Fine
+    t.a.collect(distinct=True)
+    t.a.collect(distinct=True, order_by=t.a.desc())
+    (t.a + 1).collect(distinct=True, order_by=(t.a + 1).desc())
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="only order by the collected column"):
+        t.b.collect(distinct=True, order_by=t.a)
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="only order by the collected column"):
+        t.b.collect(
+            distinct=True,
+            order_by=(
+                t.a,
+                t.b,
+            ),
+        )