Custom jdbc connection with file uri uses Rapidminer program directory

MaartenKMaartenK Member Posts: 17 Contributor II
I am trying to make a connection to a DuckDB using the DuckDB jdbc driver. In rapidminer i choose the driver manually (duckdb_jdbc-0.1.7.jar.Ā 
I then configure a manual URI: jdbc:duckdb:/duckdb/test_de.duckdb. This is a file URI.
Rapidminer does not take this as an absolute path but prefixes the RM program directory. When I click "test connection" I get this error:

IO Error: Cannot open file "C:\Program Files\RapidMiner\RapidMiner Studio\/duckdb/test_de.duckdb": Het systeem kan het opgegeven pad niet vinden.

How can I use this driver and pass an absolute path?

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  • jwpfaujwpfau Employee, Member Posts: 274 RM Engineering
    edited March 2023 Solution Accepted
    The DuckDB JDBC Driver isn't in great shape, here is a hack to at least read some data from a DuckDB that gives you a "GetTypeInfo" error.

    It's not suitable for production, but might help to extract some data once.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><process version="10.1.002">
      <context>
        <input/>
        <output/>
        <macros/>
      </context>
      <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="10.1.002" expanded="true" name="Process">
        <parameter key="logverbosity" value="init"/>
        <parameter key="random_seed" value="2001"/>
        <parameter key="send_mail" value="never"/>
        <parameter key="notification_email" value=""/>
        <parameter key="process_duration_for_mail" value="30"/>
        <parameter key="encoding" value="SYSTEM"/>
        <process expanded="true">
          <operator activated="true" class="retrieve" compatibility="10.1.002" expanded="true" height="68" name="Retrieve DuckDB" width="90" x="45" y="34">
            <parameter key="repository_entry" value="/Connections/DuckDB"/>
          </operator>
          <operator activated="true" class="execute_script" compatibility="10.1.002" expanded="true" height="82" name="Execute Script" width="90" x="246" y="34">
            <parameter key="script" value="import com.rapidminer.connection.ConnectionInformationContainerIOObject;&#10;import com.rapidminer.extension.jdbc.tools.jdbc.StatementCreator;&#10;import com.rapidminer.extension.jdbc.tools.jdbc.PostgreSQLUtils;&#10;&#10;ConnectionInformationContainerIOObject inputData = input[0];&#10;String jdbcURL = inputData.getConnectionInformation().getConfiguration().getValue(&quot;db_config.manual_url&quot;);&#10;&#10;//String jdbcURL = &quot;jdbc:duckdb:C:\\duckdb\\test_de.duckdb&quot;;&#10;// Reuse the jdbc data types of postgres, since they mostly fit&#10;StatementCreator.CACHE.put(jdbcURL, PostgreSQLUtils.POSTGRES_DATA_TYPES);&#10;&#10;&#10;// This line returns the first input as the first output&#10;return inputData;"/>
            <parameter key="standard_imports" value="true"/>
          </operator>
          <operator activated="true" class="jdbc_connectors:read_database" compatibility="10.1.002" expanded="true" height="82" name="Read Database" width="90" x="380" y="34">
            <parameter key="define_connection" value="repository"/>
            <parameter key="connection_entry" value=""/>
            <parameter key="database_system" value="MySQL"/>
            <parameter key="define_query" value="table name"/>
            <parameter key="query" value="SELECT * FROM titanic;"/>
            <parameter key="use_default_schema" value="true"/>
            <parameter key="table_name" value="titanic"/>
            <parameter key="prepare_statement" value="false"/>
            <enumeration key="parameters"/>
            <parameter key="datamanagement" value="double_array"/>
            <parameter key="data_management" value="auto"/>
          </operator>
          <connect from_op="Retrieve DuckDB" from_port="output" to_op="Execute Script" to_port="input 1"/>
          <connect from_op="Execute Script" from_port="output 1" to_op="Read Database" to_port="connection"/>
          <connect from_op="Read Database" from_port="output" to_port="result 1"/>
          <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
        </process>
      </operator>
    </process>
    

    If you need to write, make sure to set the batch size to 0, since batch is also not implemented in this driver.

    Greetings,
    Jonas

Answers

  • jwpfaujwpfau Employee, Member Posts: 274 RM Engineering
    edited March 2023
    Hi Maarten,

    Since you are using Windows you would have to use a Windows style file path i.e.
    jdbc:duckdb:C:\duckdb\test_de.duckdb

    Edit: I just tried the DuckDB JDBC Driver and it's missing some required functionality:

    https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/issues/6759

    Greetings,
    Jonas
  • MaartenKMaartenK Member Posts: 17 Contributor II
    I tried. It will give another error: GetTypeInfo with an exclamation mark. However, it also gives this error if I point to an non existing file name. But maybe the path issue is solverd and I ran into an other error.

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