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SELECT COALESCE(...) isn't inferred as non-nullable field #19730

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@damccorm

In Calcite, Coalesce is described as:


ReturnTypes.cascade(ReturnTypes.LEAST_RESTRICTIVE,
SqlTypeTransforms.LEAST_NULLABLE)

However, giving non-null constant as an argument doesn't result in a non-nullable expression:


Schema inputSchema = Schema.of(
Schema.Field.of("name", Schema.FieldType.STRING.withNullable(true)));
PCollection<Row> input = p.apply(Create.of(ImmutableList.<Row>of())
.withCoder(SchemaCoder.of(inputSchema)));
Schema outputSchema = input
.apply(SqlTransform.query("SELECT COALESCE(name, 'unknown')
as name FROM PCOLLECTION"))
.getSchema();
assertEquals(
Schema.builder().addStringField("name").build(),
outputSchema);

Not sure if it's a problem in Calcite or Beam SQL.

There are no other functions that can be used to produce a non-nullable field.

Imported from Jira BEAM-7610. Original Jira may contain additional context.
Reported by: kanterov.

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