Support quoting columns in inferred schemas

integration_tests/models/plugins/snowflake/snowflake_external.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,28 @@ sources:
                 - last_name
                 - email
 
+      - name: users_csv_unpartitioned
+        external: &csv-users
+          location: '@{{ target.schema }}.dbt_external_tables_testing/csv'
+          file_format: '( type = csv skip_header = 1 )'
+        columns: &cols-of-the-users
+          - name: user.id
+            data_type: int
+          - name: user.first_name
+            data_type: varchar(64)
+          - name: user.last_name
+            data_type: varchar(64)
+          - name: user.email
+            data_type: varchar(64)
+        tests: &equal-to-the-users
+          - dbt_utils.equality:
+              compare_model: ref('users')
+              compare_columns:
+                - user.id
+                - user.first_name
+                - user.last_name
+                - user.email
+
       - name: people_csv_partitioned
         external:
           <<: *csv-people
@@ -40,13 +62,31 @@ sources:
         columns: *cols-of-the-people
         tests: *equal-to-the-people
 
+      - name: users_csv_partitioned
+        external:
+          <<: *csv-users
+          auto_refresh: false   # make sure this templates right
+          partitions: &parts-of-the-users
+            - name: section
+              data_type: varchar
+              expression: "substr(split_part(metadata$filename, 'section=', 2), 1, 1)"
+        columns: *cols-of-the-users
+        tests: *equal-to-the-users
+
       - name: people_json_unpartitioned
         external: &json-people
           location: '@{{ target.schema }}.dbt_external_tables_testing/json'
           file_format: '( type = json )'
         columns: *cols-of-the-people
         tests: *equal-to-the-people
 
+      - name: users_json_unpartitioned
+        external: &json-users
+          location: '@{{ target.schema }}.dbt_external_tables_testing/json'
+          file_format: '( type = json )'
+        columns: *cols-of-the-users
+        tests: *equal-to-the-users
+
       - name: people_json_partitioned
         external:
           <<: *json-people
@@ -123,6 +163,13 @@ sources:
         columns: *cols-of-the-people
         tests: *equal-to-the-people
 
+      - name: users_parquet_column_list_unpartitioned
+        external: &parquet-users
+          location: '@{{ target.schema }}.dbt_external_tables_testing/parquet/'
+          file_format: '{{ target.schema }}.dbt_external_tables_testing_parquet'
+        columns: *cols-of-the-users
+        tests: *equal-to-the-users
+
       - name: people_parquet_column_list_partitioned
         external: 
           <<: *parquet-people
@@ -136,13 +183,26 @@ sources:
           infer_schema: true
         tests: *equal-to-the-people
 
+      - name: users_parquet_infer_schema_unpartitioned_quoted
+        external: 
+          <<: *parquet-users
+          infer_schema: 'quote'
+        tests: *equal-to-the-users
+
       - name: people_parquet_infer_schema_partitioned
         external: 
           <<: *parquet-people
           partitions: *parts-of-the-people
           infer_schema: true
         tests: *equal-to-the-people
 
+      - name: users_parquet_infer_schema_partitioned
+        external: 
+          <<: *parquet-users
+          partitions: *parts-of-the-users
+          infer_schema: 'quote'
+        tests: *equal-to-the-users
+
       - name: people_parquet_infer_schema_partitioned_and_column_desc
         external: 
           <<: *parquet-people

integration_tests/seeds/users.csv

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+user.id,user.first_name,user.last_name,user.email
+1,Jack,Hunter,[email protected]
+2,Kathryn,Walker,[email protected]
+3,Gerald,Ryan,[email protected]
+4,Bonnie,Spencer,[email protected]
+5,Harold,Taylor,[email protected]
+6,Jacqueline,Griffin,[email protected]
+7,Wanda,Arnold,[email protected]
+8,Craig,Ortiz,[email protected]
+9,Gary,Day,[email protected]
+10,Rose,Wright,[email protected]
+11,Raymond,Kelley,[email protected]
+12,Gerald,Robinson,[email protected]
+13,Mildred,Martinez,[email protected]
+14,Dennis,Arnold,[email protected]
+15,Judy,Gray,[email protected]
+16,Theresa,Garza,[email protected]
+17,Gerald,Robertson,[email protected]
+18,Philip,Hernandez,[email protected]
+19,Julia,Gonzalez,[email protected]
+20,Andrew,Davis,[email protected]
+21,Kimberly,Harper,[email protected]
+22,Mark,Martin,[email protected]
+23,Cynthia,Ruiz,[email protected]
+24,Samuel,Carroll,[email protected]
+25,Jennifer,Larson,[email protected]
+26,Ashley,Perry,[email protected]
+27,Howard,Rodriguez,[email protected]
+28,Amy,Brooks,[email protected]
+29,Louise,Warren,[email protected]
+30,Tina,Watson,[email protected]
+31,Janice,Kelley,[email protected]
+32,Terry,Mccoy,[email protected]
+33,Jeffrey,Morgan,[email protected]
+34,Louis,Harvey,[email protected]
+35,Philip,Miller,[email protected]
+36,Willie,Marshall,[email protected]
+37,Patrick,Lopez,[email protected]
+38,Adam,Jenkins,[email protected]
+39,Benjamin,Cruz,[email protected]
+40,Ruby,Hawkins,[email protected]
+41,Carlos,Barnes,[email protected]
+42,Ruby,Griffin,[email protected]
+43,Sean,Mason,[email protected]
+44,Anthony,Payne,[email protected]
+45,Steve,Cruz,[email protected]
+46,Anthony,Garcia,[email protected]
+47,Doris,Lopez,[email protected]
+48,Susan,Nichols,[email protected]
+49,Wanda,Ferguson,[email protected]
+50,Andrea,Pierce,[email protected]
+51,Lawrence,Phillips,[email protected]
+52,Judy,Gilbert,[email protected]
+53,Eric,Williams,[email protected]
+54,Ralph,Romero,[email protected]
+55,Jean,Wilson,[email protected]
+56,Lori,Reynolds,[email protected]
+57,Donald,Moreno,[email protected]
+58,Steven,Berry,[email protected]
+59,Theresa,Shaw,[email protected]
+60,John,Stephens,[email protected]
+61,Richard,Jacobs,[email protected]
+62,Andrew,Lawson,[email protected]
+63,Peter,Morgan,[email protected]
+64,Nicole,Garrett,[email protected]
+65,Joshua,Kim,[email protected]
+66,Ralph,Roberts,[email protected]
+67,George,Montgomery,[email protected]
+68,Gerald,Alvarez,[email protected]
+69,Donald,Olson,[email protected]
+70,Carlos,Morgan,[email protected]
+71,Aaron,Stanley,[email protected]
+72,Virginia,Long,[email protected]
+73,Robert,Berry,[email protected]
+74,Antonio,Brooks,[email protected]
+75,Ruby,Garcia,[email protected]
+76,Jack,Hanson,[email protected]
+77,Kathryn,Nelson,[email protected]
+78,Jason,Reed,[email protected]
+79,George,Coleman,[email protected]
+80,Rose,King,[email protected]
+81,Johnny,Holmes,[email protected]
+82,Katherine,Gilbert,[email protected]
+83,Joshua,Thomas,[email protected]
+84,Julie,Perry,[email protected]
+85,Richard,Perry,[email protected]
+86,Kenneth,Ruiz,[email protected]
+87,Jose,Morgan,[email protected]
+88,Donald,Campbell,[email protected]
+89,Debra,Collins,[email protected]
+90,Jesse,Johnson,[email protected]
+91,Elizabeth,Stone,[email protected]
+92,Angela,Rogers,[email protected]
+93,Emily,Dixon,[email protected]
+94,Albert,Scott,[email protected]
+95,Barbara,Peterson,[email protected]
+96,Adam,Greene,[email protected]
+97,Earl,Sanders,[email protected]
+98,Angela,Brooks,[email protected]
+99,Harold,Foster,[email protected]
+100,Carl,Meyer,[email protected]
+101,Michael,Perez,[email protected]
+102,Shawn,Mccoy,[email protected]
+103,Kathleen,Payne,[email protected]
+104,Jimmy,Cooper,[email protected]
+105,Katherine,Rice,[email protected]
+106,Sarah,Ryan,[email protected]
+107,Martin,Mcdonald,[email protected]
+108,Frank,Robinson,[email protected]
+109,Jennifer,Franklin,[email protected]
+110,Henry,Welch,[email protected]
+111,Fred,Snyder,[email protected]
+112,Amy,Dunn,[email protected]
+113,Kathleen,Meyer,[email protected]
+114,Steve,Ferguson,[email protected]
+115,Teresa,Hill,[email protected]
+116,Amanda,Harper,[email protected]
+117,Kimberly,Ray,[email protected]
+118,Johnny,Knight,[email protected]
+119,Virginia,Freeman,[email protected]
+120,Anna,Austin,[email protected]
+121,Willie,Hill,[email protected]
+122,Sean,Harris,[email protected]
+123,Mildred,Adams,[email protected]
+124,David,Graham,[email protected]
+125,Victor,Hunter,[email protected]
+126,Aaron,Ruiz,[email protected]
+127,Benjamin,Brooks,[email protected]
+128,Lisa,Wilson,[email protected]
+129,Benjamin,King,[email protected]
+130,Christina,Williamson,[email protected]
+131,Jane,Gonzalez,[email protected]
+132,Thomas,Owens,[email protected]
+133,Katherine,Moore,[email protected]
+134,Jennifer,Stewart,[email protected]
+135,Sara,Tucker,[email protected]
+136,Harold,Ortiz,[email protected]
+137,Shirley,James,[email protected]
+138,Dennis,Johnson,[email protected]
+139,Louise,Weaver,[email protected]
+140,Maria,Armstrong,[email protected]
+141,Gloria,Cruz,[email protected]
+142,Diana,Spencer,[email protected]
+143,Kelly,Nguyen,[email protected]
+144,Jane,Rodriguez,[email protected]
+145,Scott,Brown,[email protected]
+146,Norma,Cruz,[email protected]
+147,Marie,Peters,[email protected]
+148,Lillian,Carr,[email protected]
+149,Judy,Nichols,[email protected]
+150,Billy,Long,[email protected]
+151,Howard,Reid,[email protected]
+152,Laura,Ferguson,[email protected]
+153,Anne,Bailey,[email protected]
+154,Rose,Morgan,[email protected]
+155,Nicholas,Reyes,[email protected]
+156,Joshua,Kennedy,[email protected]
+157,Paul,Watkins,[email protected]
+158,Kathryn,Kelly,[email protected]
+159,Adam,Armstrong,[email protected]
+160,Norma,Wallace,[email protected]
+161,Timothy,Reyes,[email protected]
+162,Elizabeth,Patterson,[email protected]
+163,Edward,Gomez,[email protected]
+164,David,Cox,[email protected]
+165,Brenda,Wood,[email protected]
+166,Adam,Walker,[email protected]
+167,Michael,Hart,[email protected]
+168,Jesse,Ellis,[email protected]
+169,Janet,Powell,[email protected]
+170,Helen,Ford,[email protected]
+171,Gerald,Carpenter,[email protected]
+172,Kathryn,Oliver,[email protected]
+173,Alan,Berry,[email protected]
+174,Harry,Andrews,[email protected]
+175,Andrea,Hall,[email protected]
+176,Barbara,Wells,[email protected]
+177,Anne,Wells,[email protected]
+178,Harry,Harper,[email protected]
+179,Jack,Ray,[email protected]
+180,Phillip,Hamilton,[email protected]
+181,Shirley,Hunter,[email protected]
+182,Arthur,Daniels,[email protected]
+183,Virginia,Rodriguez,[email protected]
+184,Christina,Ryan,[email protected]
+185,Theresa,Mendoza,[email protected]
+186,Jason,Cole,[email protected]
+187,Phillip,Bryant,[email protected]
+188,Adam,Torres,[email protected]
+189,Margaret,Johnston,[email protected]
+190,Paul,Payne,[email protected]
+191,Todd,Willis,[email protected]
+192,Willie,Oliver,[email protected]
+193,Frances,Robertson,[email protected]
+194,Gregory,Hawkins,[email protected]
+195,Lisa,Perkins,[email protected]
+196,Jacqueline,Anderson,[email protected]
+197,Shirley,Diaz,[email protected]
+198,Nicole,Meyer,[email protected]
+199,Mary,Gray,[email protected]
+200,Jean,Mcdonald,[email protected]

macros/plugins/snowflake/create_external_table.sql

@@ -56,15 +56,16 @@
             {% endfor %}
         {% else %}
         {%- for column in columns_infer %}
+                {%- set column_quoted = adapter.quote(column[0]) if infer_schema == 'quote' else column[0] %}
                 {%- set col_expression -%}
                 {%- if ignore_case -%}
-                    {%- set col_id = 'GET_IGNORE_CASE($1, ' ~ "'"~ column[0] ~"'"~ ')' -%}
+                    {%- set col_id = 'GET_IGNORE_CASE($1, ' ~ "'"~ column_quoted ~"'"~ ')' -%}
                 {%- else -%}
-                    {%- set col_id = 'value:' ~ column[0] -%}
+                    {%- set col_id = 'value:' ~ column_quoted -%}
                 {%- endif -%}
                     (case when is_null_value({{col_id}}) or lower({{col_id}}) = 'null' then null else {{col_id}} end)
                 {%- endset %}
-                {{column[0]}} {{column[1]}} as ({{col_expression}}::{{column[1]}})
+                {{column_quoted}} {{column[1]}} as ({{col_expression}}::{{column[1]}})
                 {{- ',' if not loop.last -}}
             {% endfor %}
         {%- endif -%}

sample_sources/snowflake.yml

@@ -98,6 +98,24 @@ sources:
           - name: name
             description: and this is a name
 
+      - name: parquet_with_inferred_schema_and_quoted_columns
+        description: "External table using Parquet, inferring the schema, quoting the columns"
+        external:
+          location: "@stage"                  # reference an existing external stage
+          file_format: "my_file_format"       # we need a named file format for infer to work
+          infer_schema: "quote"               # infer the table schema and quote the columns
+          partitions:
+            - name: section                   # we can define partitions on top of the schema columns
+              data_type: varchar(64)
+              expression: "substr(split_part(metadata$filename, 'section=', 2), 1, 1)"
+        columns:                              # columns can still be listed for documentation/testing purpose
+          - name: user.id
+            description: this is a user id
+            quote: true
+          - name: user.name
+            description: and this is a user name
+            quote: true
+
       - name: aws_sns_refresh_tbl
         description: "External table using AWS SNS for auto-refresh"
         external: