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Wiring ddxdb 0.4.1 into xarray-sql's ML demos found four DuckDB bugs. Two of them, #195 and #197, block every demo on DuckDB.

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  • DuckDB: a loss that reads a view with a multiply-read CTE fails (Not implemented Error: CTE) #195, a view whose CTE is read more than once. DuckDB's Substrait producer has no plan for a CTE it materializes, and each model is a view whose layers are read twice. DuckDBBackend.view_sql now gives a view's SQL, so rewrite plans the view's CTEs itself, as it already does on DataFusion (perf(ddx-ad): write the views an objective reads as its CTEs #169). DuckDB binds a view's SQL by name each time it runs, so the SQL means what runs. It is given for a temporary view or one in the current schema, where names resolve as in the query; a view elsewhere is left to DuckDB. A temporary table found first under the name is read instead, as DuckDB reads it.
  • DuckDB: a CTE with AS [NOT] MATERIALIZED makes ddx skip the rewrite (grad does not exist) #196, AS [NOT] MATERIALIZED. sqlparser parses the hint only in its Postgres dialect. So on DuckDB the statement didn't parse, and ran with grad unrewritten. The call finder and a view's definition now parse with each hint blanked out, then put it back on its CTE, so the statement DuckDB runs keeps it (sql/parse.rs).
  • DuckDB: a window over an aggregate isn't differentiated (works on DataFusion) #197, a window over an aggregate. ddx-ad differentiated only DataFusion's form of a window: window functions inside a projection. DuckDB writes a ConsistentPartitionWindowRel. grad, vjp and jvp now read one as the projection of its functions, which outputs the same columns. DuckDB also writes OVER () as RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW. With no ORDER BY, every row is the current row's peer, so that frame is the whole partition, and whole_partition now says so. Before, a window on DuckDB was differentiated only when DuckDB happened to rewrite it as a join to an aggregate (MAX(…) OVER (PARTITION BY g) over a table).
  • ddxdb.duckdb's docstring example fails: VALUES (1.0) is DECIMAL on DuckDB #194, the docs example. VALUES (1.0) is DECIMAL on DuckDB, and a wrt column must be REAL or DOUBLE. The example now makes val a DOUBLE, and the docs say why. A test runs the example as written.
  • _name_parts moves from ddxdb.ad to ddxdb, so ddxdb.duckdb uses it without needing DataFusion.

Not changed: #193

On the DuckDB backend, DuckDB both plans and runs every step, so a cast means DuckDB's rounding throughout. The proposed fix would make the steps disagree with the user's query. Details on #193.

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  • New, DuckDB:
    • a view whose CTE is read twice;
    • which views' SQL is given, including a temporary table that shadows a view;
    • both hints;
    • a softmax normalizer over an aggregate, and OVER () over a table, against values worked out by hand;
    • the docs example.
  • New, Rust: a window relation read as a projection, and which frames are the whole partition. Also parse.rs's tests: a hint in either dialect, nested or across lines, the parser's own errors kept, and a column named materialized.
  • Checked: the four issues' repros. The window shapes in DuckDB: a window over an aggregate isn't differentiated (works on DataFusion) #197's table now agree with DataFusion's gradients to the last bit.
  • Passing: ddxdb's Python tests (95, plus the one expected failure) and ddx-ad's unit tests (123). The full DataFusion suite in both modes is left to CI: my local run ran out of disk.

Fixes #194, fixes #195, fixes #196, fixes #197.

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  • New Features
    • DuckDB-backed workflows can inspect supported views, including views with multiply referenced CTEs.
    • SQL parsing preserves MATERIALIZED and NOT MATERIALIZED hints across dialects.
    • Window expressions work in additional workflows, including windows over aggregates and shared relations.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling of whole-partition RANGE windows without sort fields.
    • View lookup and SQL parsing handle nested queries and quoted table names more reliably.

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The changes add window-relation normalization and whole-partition frame handling for differentiation. They add SQL parsing that preserves CTE materialization hints and DuckDB view SQL lookup. Tests cover these paths and the DuckDB module example.

Changes: Window differentiation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Normalize window relations
crates/ddx-ad/src/forward.rs, crates/ddx-ad/src/jvp.rs, crates/ddx-ad/src/compose.rs, crates/ddx-datafusion/tests/forward.rs, python/ddxdb/tests/test_duckdb.py
Forward, JVP, and composition processing convert window relations into projections before further plan processing. The conversion retains relation settings and window metadata. Tests cover conversion, plans without window functions, and window differentiation cases.
Classify whole-partition frames
crates/ddx-ad/src/reduce.rs
An unsorted RANGE frame ending at CURRENT ROW is treated as a whole-partition frame. Tests distinguish this from sorted RANGE, ROWS, and preceding bounds.

CTE materialization hint parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve CTE materialization hints
crates/ddx-ad/src/sql/parse.rs, crates/ddx-ad/src/sql/mod.rs, crates/ddx-ad/src/sql/find.rs, crates/ddx-ad/src/sql/views.rs, python/ddxdb/tests/test_duckdb.py
A shared parser recognizes supported MATERIALIZED and NOT MATERIALIZED hints, blanks them while parsing, and restores them on matching CTEs. SQL call and view parsing use the helper. Tests cover hint handling and parser errors.

DuckDB view SQL lookup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse and resolve view names
python/ddxdb/ddxdb/__init__.py, python/ddxdb/ddxdb/ad.py, python/ddxdb/ddxdb/duckdb.py
A shared helper parses quoted and unquoted table names. DuckDBBackend.view_sql resolves supported names and returns SQL for views in the temporary or current schema. The example creates and populates its table with separate statements.
Validate view and example behavior
python/ddxdb/tests/test_duckdb.py
Tests cover multiply referenced view CTEs, view-name resolution, and execution of the module example.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • xqlsystems/ddx#149: The changes add whole-partition window handling and update the DuckDB example’s table setup.
  • xqlsystems/ddx#194: The module example now creates and populates its table separately, and a test executes the example.
  • xqlsystems/ddx#195: DuckDB view SQL lookup supports the view differentiation path, including a view with a multiply referenced CTE.
  • xqlsystems/ddx#196: The shared parser preserves CTE materialization hints while parsing SQL used for differentiation.
  • xqlsystems/ddx#197: Window relations are normalized for plan processing, and tests cover window differentiation over aggregates.

Possibly related PRs

  • xqlsystems/ddx#192: This PR extends the DuckDB backend introduced there and changes window relation width handling used by root validation.
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Security architecture risk: Low · up to 3c95a

The changes constrain view expansion by database and schema and preserve temporary-object shadowing. No introduced security issue was established, but identifier and parser edge cases remain unverified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The inspected view-lookup path is bounded by metadata visible through the caller’s DuckDB connection. Eligibility limits which definitions are expanded, but does not prove that an eligible view reads data only from its own schema.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Lookup checks temporary objects before the current-schema object for an unqualified name. A temporary table therefore prevents expansion of a same-named persistent view, and views outside the eligible schema scope are left to DuckDB.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The new normalization step does not introduce a persistent transition requiring rollback: conversion affects an owned plan copy, while composition accumulates its result locally. A failed construction does not publish an After value through this constructor.
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The four active direct issues have coding requirements, and the reported implementation addresses each one. [#194] The DuckDB documentation example now creates a DOUBLE value column, explains the DuckDB decimal-literal behavior, and has an automated example test. [#195] DuckDBBackend.view_sql supplies SQL for temporary and current-schema views, while temporary tables retain name-resolution precedence; the rewrite then handles shared CTEs. The linked current-schema repro is covered. [#196] The SQL parser fallback blanks AS MATERIALIZED and AS NOT MATERIALIZED only for parsing, restores the hints on the parsed CTEs, and preserves parser errors for unrelated invalid SQL. Tests cover both hints and nested cases. [#197] DuckDB window relations are converted to projections before plan splitting and differentiation, and the RANGE frame emitted for OVER () is treated as a whole-partition frame. Tests cover aggregate windows, the jvp path, and frame behavior. The stated refusal of plain joins remains within the issue's design boundary.

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The changed areas remain connected to the linked issues. The _name_parts move supports DuckDB view lookup for [#195]. The parser module and its callers support [#196] and view-definition parsing for [#195]. The window rewrites, After::new ordering change, shared-relation handling, and frame logic support [#197]. The documentation setup change and test support [#194]. The DataFusion regression test and Rust unit tests validate the [#197] behavior. No unrelated change is established by the supplied whole-PR summary.

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LGTM, thanks, useful fixes. I like how you "yes, and" datafusion's parser.

Comment thread python/ddxdb/ddxdb/duckdb.py Outdated
Comment on lines +21 to +24
A gradient is taken with respect to ``REAL`` or ``DOUBLE`` columns. DuckDB
types a literal such as ``1.0`` as a ``DECIMAL``, so a table made from one
(``CREATE TABLE w AS SELECT 1.0 AS val``) has a ``DECIMAL`` column: cast it,
``1.0::DOUBLE``.

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Removed in 37a0123.

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- A view whose CTE is read more than once: DuckDB's producer has no plan
  for the CTE it materializes. DuckDBBackend.view_sql gives a view's SQL
  (a temporary view or one in the current schema, where names resolve as
  the query's), so rewrite plans the view's CTEs itself (#195).
- `AS [NOT] MATERIALIZED`: sqlparser parses it only for Postgres, so on
  DuckDB the statement ran with `grad` unrewritten. It is parsed with the
  hint blanked out and put back on its CTE (#196).
- A window: DuckDB writes a ConsistentPartitionWindowRel, which grad,
  vjp and jvp now read as the projection of its functions, and OVER () as
  RANGE up to the current row, which with no ORDER BY is the whole
  partition (#197).
- The docs example makes `val` a DOUBLE: `1.0` is DECIMAL on DuckDB, and
  a test runs the example (#194).

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- Remove the docs' DECIMAL paragraph (review).
- view_sql reads the catalog and current schema, not a full planner
  sync, for each name the rewrite asks about.
- A two-part name is also a database's main schema (`memory.m`).
- A hint is one only on a CTE in a WITH list whose query follows, so a
  table alias named `materialized` with a column list is left alone.

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Comment thread crates/ddx-ad/src/jvp.rs Resolved
From review: jvp of a query splits the plan at the relations it shares
before dual_plan rewrites window relations, and `width` didn't know a
window relation, so a window read more than once failed in jvp. The
query's windows are now rewritten before the split, and `width` counts
a window relation's columns (its input's, then one per function).

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Major · Normalize windows before After::new splits the query. · forward.rs:456-502

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Normalize windows before After::new splits the query.

After::new passes its raw query to dag_steps. A shared RelType::Window then reaches redeclare_rel, which returns AdError::NotImplemented("a window in a query over another call"). This blocks the query-over-program differentiation workflow.

Normalize the query before root_of and dag_steps. Do not add a downstream redeclare_rel workaround.

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+        let query = &*crate::forward::windows_as_projections(query);
         let (root, names) = root_of(query)?;
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Review comment at @crates/ddx-ad/src/forward.rs around lines 456 - 502:
Normalize the query with forward::windows_as_projections at the start of
After::new, before root_of and dag_steps process it, so shared window relations
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429-460: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Make this regression test exercise a real shared window function.

The test currently uses an empty window_functions list, references the relation once, and discards both results. It only verifies successful construction. Populate the window with a real function, use the relation from both relevant paths, and assert the Forward and JVP output width, values, gradients, and tangents.

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Update a_window_relation_over_a_shared_relation_is_read to populate
ConsistentPartitionWindowRel with a real window function and exercise the shared
relation from both relevant paths. Capture the Forward and jvp results, then
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- Around line 456-502: Normalize the query with forward::windows_as_projections
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window relations are projections before the query is split; do not add a
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From review: a query over another call's result (jvp of a query that
reads a grad, say) is split and its relations redeclared in
After::new, which refused a window relation. Its windows are now
rewritten first, as grad's and jvp's are.

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  • Outside the diff, After::new: confirmed and fixed in 3c95aa7, as suggested. After::new now rewrites the query's window relations before root_of, dag_steps and the redeclaration. Without it, DuckDB refused a jvp whose query reads a grad through a window ("a window in a query over another call"). New test: test_a_window_over_a_call_is_differentiated in test_duckdb.py. It fails without the fix and passes with it, and its values match DataFusion's and a hand calculation.
  • Nitpick, the Rust regression test: leaving it as a construction check. It guards the shapes that used to fail, a window relation over a shared relation in Forward::new and in jvp's split. The Python tests cover real window functions end to end, against hand-worked values, on the DuckDB plans that produce them.

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