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Support `ORDER BY ... NULLS FIRST/LAST` in the SQL API
Data model Consider the following data model:
cubes:
- name: employees
sql: >
SELECT 1 AS id, 'Ali' AS first_name, 'Los Gatos' AS city UNION ALL
SELECT 2 AS id, 'Bob' AS first_name, 'San Diego' AS city UNION ALL
SELECT 3 AS id, 'Eve' AS first_name, 'San Diego' AS city UNION ALL
SELECT 4 AS id, 'Foe' AS first_name, NULL AS city
measures:
- name: count
type: count
dimensions:
- name: city
sql: city
type: string
SQL queries
I would like the SQL API to support ORDER BY ... NULLS FIRST/LAST
, similarly to how Postgres supports it: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/queries-order.html
Currently, the SQL API just ignores NULLS FIRST/LAST
:
# CUBESQL_SQL_PUSH_DOWN=false
=> SELECT city, count FROM employees ORDER BY city;
city | count
-----------+-------
Los Gatos | 1
San Diego | 2
| 1
(3 rows)
=> SELECT city, count FROM employees ORDER BY city NULLS FIRST;
city | count
-----------+-------
Los Gatos | 1
San Diego | 2
| 1
(3 rows)
=> SELECT city, count FROM employees ORDER BY city NULLS LAST;
city | count
-----------+-------
Los Gatos | 1
San Diego | 2
| 1
(3 rows)
# CUBESQL_SQL_PUSH_DOWN=true
=> SELECT city, MEASURE(count) FROM employees GROUP BY city ORDER BY city;
city | measure(employees.count)
-----------+--------------------------
Los Gatos | 1
San Diego | 2
| 1
(3 rows)
=> SELECT city, MEASURE(count) FROM employees GROUP BY city ORDER BY city NULLS FIRST;
city | measure(employees.count)
-----------+--------------------------
Los Gatos | 1
San Diego | 2
| 1
(3 rows)
=> SELECT city, MEASURE(count) FROM employees GROUP BY city ORDER BY city NULLS LAST;
city | measure(employees.count)
-----------+--------------------------
Los Gatos | 1
San Diego | 2
| 1
(3 rows)
I would expect the results of the second query to have the row with NULL
in city
at the first position.
Version: 0.35.58
Additional context Inspired by a conversation in Slack: https://cube-js.slack.com/archives/C04NYBJP7RQ/p1720814502553919