rquery
does not parse expression of the SQL
node. Thus it does not know which tokens are string-literals, and which are column names. To assist with this user can annotate column names with .[]
.
library("rquery")
<- '2017-04-02'
date_cutoff
<- mk_td("df",
td c("cust",
"trans_date",
"sales"))
<- td %.>%
ops select_rows_se(
., qe(trans_date <= str_to_date(.(date_cutoff), '%Y-%m-%d'))) %.>%
sql_node(
.,qae(max_date = max(.[trans_date]),
const_col1 = "a'",
const_col2 = 'a"'),
mods = "GROUP BY .[cust]",
orig_columns = FALSE)
cat(format(ops))
## mk_td("df", c(
## "cust",
## "trans_date",
## "sales")) %.>%
## select_rows(.,
## trans_date <= str_to_date("2017-04-02", "%Y-%m-%d")) %.>%
## sql_node(.,
## max_date %:=% max( trans_date )
## const_col1 %:=% "a'"
## const_col2 %:=% "a\"";
## GROUP BY "cust",
## *=FALSE)
Notice how this renders into different SQL
for each of our two database descriptions.
<- rquery_db_info(
db1 identifier_quote_char = "'",
string_quote_char = '"')
cat(to_sql(ops, db1))
## SELECT
## max( 'trans_date' ) AS 'max_date',
## "a'" AS 'const_col1',
## "a\"" AS 'const_col2'
## FROM (
## SELECT * FROM (
## SELECT
## 'cust',
## 'trans_date',
## 'sales'
## FROM
## 'df'
## ) tsql_56860454087854791521_0000000000
## WHERE 'trans_date' <= str_to_date ( "2017-04-02" , "%Y-%m-%d" )
## ) tsql_56860454087854791521_0000000001 GROUP BY 'cust'
<- rquery_db_info(
db2 identifier_quote_char = '"',
string_quote_char = "'")
cat(to_sql(ops, db2))
## SELECT
## max( "trans_date" ) AS "max_date",
## 'a'' AS "const_col1",
## 'a\'' AS "const_col2"
## FROM (
## SELECT * FROM (
## SELECT
## "cust",
## "trans_date",
## "sales"
## FROM
## "df"
## ) tsql_12239907159420646858_0000000000
## WHERE "trans_date" <= str_to_date ( '2017-04-02' , '%Y-%m-%d' )
## ) tsql_12239907159420646858_0000000001 GROUP BY "cust"
Notice our included quote characters were translated. This is an unwanted side-effect of using the qae()
shortcut which does not tokenize, so it does not know which quotes are in which roles in the expression.
To override quote translation in the sql_node()
(which is simple string substitution without quote context or escaping) you must use the clunkier “build up a string as a list of tokens” (where sub-listed items are string literals and names are column names).
<- td %.>%
ops select_rows_se(
., qe(trans_date <= str_to_date(.(date_cutoff), '%Y-%m-%d'))) %.>%
sql_node(
.,list(
"max_date" %:=% "max(.[trans_date])",
"const_col1" = list(list("a'")),
"const_col2" = list(list('b"'))),
mods = "GROUP BY .[cust]",
orig_columns = FALSE)
cat(format(ops))
## mk_td("df", c(
## "cust",
## "trans_date",
## "sales")) %.>%
## select_rows(.,
## trans_date <= str_to_date("2017-04-02", "%Y-%m-%d")) %.>%
## sql_node(.,
## %:=% max( trans_date )
## const_col1 %:=% list("a'")
## const_col2 %:=% list("b\"");
## GROUP BY "cust",
## *=FALSE)
cat(to_sql(ops, db1))
## SELECT
## NA,
## "a'" AS 'const_col1',
## "b\"" AS 'const_col2'
## FROM (
## SELECT * FROM (
## SELECT
## 'cust',
## 'trans_date',
## 'sales'
## FROM
## 'df'
## ) tsql_17031403389915222762_0000000000
## WHERE 'trans_date' <= str_to_date ( "2017-04-02" , "%Y-%m-%d" )
## ) tsql_17031403389915222762_0000000001 GROUP BY 'cust'
cat(to_sql(ops, db2))
## SELECT
## NA,
## 'a\'' AS "const_col1",
## 'b"' AS "const_col2"
## FROM (
## SELECT * FROM (
## SELECT
## "cust",
## "trans_date",
## "sales"
## FROM
## "df"
## ) tsql_64707185728251594095_0000000000
## WHERE "trans_date" <= str_to_date ( '2017-04-02' , '%Y-%m-%d' )
## ) tsql_64707185728251594095_0000000001 GROUP BY "cust"
Quotes within string literals are going to be a nightmare moving from db to db, so our advice is to try to avoid them.