feat: Support SQL VALUES clause and inline renaming of columns in CTE & derived table definitions

crates/polars-sql/Cargo.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description = "SQL transpiler for Polars. Converts SQL to Polars logical plans"
 
 [dependencies]
 arrow = { workspace = true }
-polars-core = { workspace = true }
+polars-core = { workspace = true, features = ["rows"] }
 polars-error = { workspace = true }
 polars-lazy = { workspace = true, features = ["abs", "binary_encoding", "concat_str", "cross_join", "cum_agg", "dtype-date", "dtype-decimal", "is_in", "list_eval", "log", "meta", "regex", "round_series", "sign", "string_reverse", "strings", "timezones", "trigonometry"] }
 polars-ops = { workspace = true }
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ polars-core = { workspace = true, features = ["fmt"] }
 [features]
 default = []
 nightly = []
-csv = ["polars-lazy/csv"]
-ipc = ["polars-lazy/ipc"]
-json = ["polars-lazy/json", "polars-plan/extract_jsonpath"]
 binary_encoding = ["polars-lazy/binary_encoding"]
+csv = ["polars-lazy/csv"]
 diagonal_concat = ["polars-lazy/diagonal_concat"]
 dtype-decimal = ["polars-lazy/dtype-decimal"]
+ipc = ["polars-lazy/ipc"]
+json = ["polars-lazy/json", "polars-plan/extract_jsonpath"]
 list_eval = ["polars-lazy/list_eval"]
 parquet = ["polars-lazy/parquet"]
 semi_anti_join = ["polars-lazy/semi_anti_join"]

crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 
+use polars_core::frame::row::Row;
 use polars_core::prelude::*;
 use polars_lazy::prelude::*;
 use polars_ops::frame::JoinCoalesce;
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ use sqlparser::ast::{
     Distinct, ExcludeSelectItem, Expr as SQLExpr, FunctionArg, GroupByExpr, JoinConstraint,
     JoinOperator, ObjectName, ObjectType, Offset, OrderByExpr, Query, Select, SelectItem, SetExpr,
     SetOperator, SetQuantifier, Statement, TableAlias, TableFactor, TableWithJoins, UnaryOperator,
-    Value as SQLValue, WildcardAdditionalOptions,
+    Value as SQLValue, Values, WildcardAdditionalOptions,
 };
 use sqlparser::dialect::GenericDialect;
 use sqlparser::parser::{Parser, ParserOptions};
@@ -275,6 +276,10 @@ impl SQLContext {
             SetExpr::SetOperation { op, .. } => {
                 polars_bail!(SQLInterface: "'{}' operation not yet supported", op)
             },
+            SetExpr::Values(Values {
+                explicit_row: _,
+                rows,
+            }) => self.process_values(rows),
             op => polars_bail!(SQLInterface: "'{}' operation not yet supported", op),
         }
     }
@@ -315,6 +320,25 @@ impl SQLContext {
         }
     }
 
+    fn process_values(&mut self, values: &[Vec<SQLExpr>]) -> PolarsResult<LazyFrame> {
+        let frame_rows: Vec<Row> = values.iter().map(|row| {
+            let row_data: Result<Vec<_>, _> = row.iter().map(|expr| {
+                let expr = parse_sql_expr(expr, self, None)?;
+                match expr {
+                    Expr::Literal(value) => {
+                        value.to_any_value()
+                            .ok_or_else(|| polars_err!(SQLInterface: "invalid literal value: {:?}", value))
+                            .map(|av| av.into_static().unwrap())
+                    },
+                    _ => polars_bail!(SQLInterface: "VALUES clause expects literals; found {}", expr),
+                }
+            }).collect();
+            row_data.map(Row::new)
+        }).collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
+
+        Ok(DataFrame::from_rows(frame_rows.as_ref())?.lazy())
+    }
+
     // EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM DF
     fn execute_explain(&mut self, stmt: &Statement) -> PolarsResult<LazyFrame> {
         match stmt {
@@ -393,8 +417,9 @@ impl SQLContext {
             }
             for cte in &with.cte_tables {
                 let cte_name = cte.alias.name.value.clone();
-                let cte_lf = self.execute_query(&cte.query)?;
-                self.register_cte(&cte_name, cte_lf);
+                let mut lf = self.execute_query(&cte.query)?;
+                lf = self.rename_columns_from_table_alias(lf, &cte.alias)?;
+                self.register_cte(&cte_name, lf);
             }
         }
         Ok(())
@@ -764,7 +789,7 @@ impl SQLContext {
                 name, alias, args, ..
             } => {
                 if let Some(args) = args {
-                    return self.execute_tbl_function(name, alias, args);
+                    return self.execute_table_function(name, alias, args);
                 }
                 let tbl_name = name.0.first().unwrap().value.as_str();
                 if let Some(lf) = self.get_table_from_current_scope(tbl_name) {
@@ -788,7 +813,8 @@ impl SQLContext {
             } => {
                 polars_ensure!(!(*lateral), SQLInterface: "LATERAL not supported");
                 if let Some(alias) = alias {
-                    let lf = self.execute_query_no_ctes(subquery)?;
+                    let mut lf = self.execute_query_no_ctes(subquery)?;
+                    lf = self.rename_columns_from_table_alias(lf, alias)?;
                     self.table_map.insert(alias.name.value.clone(), lf.clone());
                     Ok((alias.name.value.clone(), lf))
                 } else {
@@ -861,7 +887,7 @@ impl SQLContext {
         }
     }
 
-    fn execute_tbl_function(
+    fn execute_table_function(
         &mut self,
         name: &ObjectName,
         alias: &Option<TableAlias>,
@@ -1084,6 +1110,28 @@ impl SQLContext {
             _ => expr,
         })
     }
+
+    fn rename_columns_from_table_alias(
+        &mut self,
+        mut frame: LazyFrame,
+        alias: &TableAlias,
+    ) -> PolarsResult<LazyFrame> {
+        if alias.columns.is_empty() {
+            Ok(frame)
+        } else {
+            let schema = frame.schema_with_arenas(&mut self.lp_arena, &mut self.expr_arena)?;
+            if alias.columns.len() != schema.len() {
+                polars_bail!(
+                    SQLSyntax: "number of columns ({}) in alias '{}' does not match the number of columns in the table/query ({})",
+                    alias.columns.len(), alias.name.value, schema.len()
+                )
+            } else {
+                let existing_columns: Vec<_> = schema.iter_names().collect();
+                let new_columns: Vec<_> = alias.columns.iter().map(|c| c.value.clone()).collect();
+                Ok(frame.rename(existing_columns, new_columns))
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl SQLContext {

py-polars/tests/unit/sql/test_miscellaneous.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 import polars as pl
-from polars.exceptions import SQLInterfaceError
+from polars.exceptions import SQLInterfaceError, SQLSyntaxError
 from polars.testing import assert_frame_equal
 
 
@@ -194,3 +194,50 @@ def test_sql_on_compatible_frame_types() -> None:
     # don't register all compatible objects
     with pytest.raises(SQLInterfaceError, match="relation 'dfp' was not found"):
         pl.SQLContext(register_globals=True).execute("SELECT * FROM dfp")
+
+
+def test_nested_cte_column_aliasing() -> None:
+    # trace through nested CTEs with multiple levels of column & table aliasing
+    df = pl.sql(
+        """
+        WITH
+          x AS (SELECT w.* FROM (VALUES(1,2), (3,4)) AS w(a, b)),
+          y (m, n) AS (
+            WITH z(c, d) AS (SELECT a, b FROM x)
+              SELECT d*2 AS d2, c*3 AS c3 FROM z
+        )
+        SELECT n, m FROM y
+        """,
+        eager=True,
+    )
+    assert df.to_dict(as_series=False) == {
+        "n": [3, 9],
+        "m": [4, 8],
+    }
+
+
+def test_invalid_derived_table_column_aliases() -> None:
+    values_query = "SELECT * FROM (VALUES (1,2), (3,4))"
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        SQLSyntaxError,
+        match=r"columns \(5\) in alias 'tbl' does not match .* the table/query \(2\)",
+    ):
+        pl.sql(f"{values_query} AS tbl(a, b, c, d, e)")
+
+    assert pl.sql(f"{values_query} tbl", eager=True).rows() == [(1, 2), (3, 4)]
+
+
+def test_values_clause_table_registration() -> None:
+    with pl.SQLContext(frames=None, eager=True) as ctx:
+        # initially no tables are registered
+        assert ctx.tables() == []
+
+        # confirm that VALUES clause derived table is registered, post-query
+        res1 = ctx.execute("SELECT * FROM (VALUES (-1,1)) AS tbl(x, y)")
+        assert ctx.tables() == ["tbl"]
+
+        # and confirm that we can select from it by the registered name
+        res2 = ctx.execute("SELECT x, y FROM tbl")
+        for res in (res1, res2):
+            assert res.to_dict(as_series=False) == {"x": [-1], "y": [1]}

py-polars/tests/unit/sql/test_numeric.py

@@ -14,14 +14,20 @@
 
 
 def test_div() -> None:
-    df = pl.DataFrame(
-        {
-            "a": [20.5, None, 10.0, 5.0, 2.5],
-            "b": [6, 12, 24, None, 5],
-        },
-    )
-    res = df.sql("SELECT DIV(a, b) AS a_div_b, DIV(b, a) AS b_div_a FROM self")
+    res = pl.sql("""
+        SELECT label, DIV(a, b) AS a_div_b, DIV(tbl.b, tbl.a) AS b_div_a
+        FROM (
+          VALUES
+            ('a', 20.5, 6),
+            ('b', NULL, 12),
+            ('c', 10.0, 24),
+            ('d', 5.0, NULL),
+            ('e', 2.5, 5)
+        ) AS tbl(label, a, b)
+    """).collect()
+
     assert res.to_dict(as_series=False) == {
+        "label": ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"],
         "a_div_b": [3, None, 0, None, 0],
         "b_div_a": [0, None, 2, None, 2],
     }