[Django] #31917: MySQL Operational Error: "Unknown column 'x' in 'having clause'"

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#31917: MySQL Operational Error: "Unknown column 'x' in 'having clause'"
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Reporter: StefanosChaliasos | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
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Severity: Normal | Keywords:
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I have the following model.


{{{
class Example(models.Model):
id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True,blank=True, null=True)
f1 = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
f2 = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)

class Meta:
managed = False
db_table = 'example'
}}}

Based on this model, I perform the following query in a MySQL backend.


{{{
x = 5
expr = Sum(F('f2'))
o = Example.objects.using('mysql')
q = o.values('id',
'f1').annotate(expr=expr).order_by('id','expr','-f1',).filter(expr__gt=(F('f1')
+ Value(x))).values('expr').first()
}}}

Unfortunately, this query crashes with an OperationalError exception. The
track trace is


{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in
_execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 73,
in execute
return self.cursor.execute(query, args)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line
206, in execute
res = self._query(query)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line
319, in _query
db.query(q)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py",
line 259, in query
_mysql.connection.query(self, query)
MySQLdb._exceptions.OperationalError: (1054, "Unknown column 'example.f1'
in 'having clause'")

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "example.py", line 25, in <module>
q = o.values('id',
'f1').annotate(expr=expr).order_by('id','expr','-f1',).filter(expr__gt=(F('f1')
+ Value(x))).values('expr').first()
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/models/query.py", line 678, in
first
for obj in (self if self.ordered else self.order_by('pk'))[:1]:
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/models/query.py", line 287, in
__iter__
self._fetch_all()
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/models/query.py", line 1316, in
_fetch_all
self._result_cache = list(self._iterable_class(self))
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/models/query.py", line 111, in
__iter__
for row in compiler.results_iter(chunked_fetch=self.chunked_fetch,
chunk_size=self.chunk_size):
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line
1115, in results_iter
results = self.execute_sql(MULTI, chunked_fetch=chunked_fetch,
chunk_size=chunk_size)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line
1160, in execute_sql
cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 98, in
execute
return super().execute(sql, params)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 66, in
execute
return self._execute_with_wrappers(sql, params, many=False,
executor=self._execute)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 75, in
_execute_with_wrappers
return executor(sql, params, many, context)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in
_execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/utils.py", line 90, in __exit__
raise dj_exc_value.with_traceback(traceback) from exc_value
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in
_execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/Django-3.2-py3.6.egg/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 73,
in execute
return self.cursor.execute(query, args)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line
206, in execute
res = self._query(query)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line
319, in _query
db.query(q)
File "/home/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py",
line 259, in query
_mysql.connection.query(self, query)
django.db.utils.OperationalError: (1054, "Unknown column 'example.f1' in
'having clause'")
}}}

The generated SQL query is


{{{
SELECT SUM(`example`.`f2`) AS `expr` FROM `example` GROUP BY
`example`.`id`, (`example`.`f1` + %s) HAVING SUM(`example`.`f2`) >
(`example`.`f1` + %s) ORDER BY `example`.`id` ASC, `expr` ASC,
`example`.`f1` DESC LIMIT 1
}}}

Note that although MySQL crashes, this query works as expected in SQLite
and Postgres.

Django Version: 3.2

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/31917>
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#31917: MySQL Operational Error: "Unknown column 'x' in 'having clause'"
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: StefanosChaliasos | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: closed
Component: Database layer | Version:
(models, ORM) |
Severity: Normal | Resolution: invalid

Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by felixxm):

* status: new => closed
* resolution: => invalid
* component: Uncategorized => Database layer (models, ORM)


Comment:

IMO it's an issue in MySQL not in Django itself, see
[https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=78395 Bug #78395]. Expression is
included in the `GROUP BY` clause so it should work properly according to
MySQL docs:

> The SQL standard requires that HAVING must reference only columns in the
GROUP BY clause or columns used in aggregate functions.

As a workaround you can add `f1` to the selected columns `.values('f1',
'expr')`.

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#31917: MySQL Operational Error: "Unknown column 'x' in 'having clause'"
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: StefanosChaliasos | Owner: nobody

Type: Uncategorized | Status: closed
Component: Database layer | Version:
(models, ORM) |
Severity: Normal | Resolution: invalid
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by StefanosChaliasos):

Hello again,

Base on this MySQL report [https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=100094],
Django produces a query that is invalid according to SQL standard.

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#31917: MySQL Operational Error: "Unknown column 'x' in 'having clause'"
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: StefanosChaliasos | Owner: nobody

Type: Uncategorized | Status: closed
Component: Database layer | Version:
(models, ORM) |
Severity: Normal | Resolution: invalid
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by felixxm):

* cc: Adam (Chainz) Johnson (added)


Comment:

> Django produces a query that is invalid according to SQL standard.

I'm sorry but I don't see this. IMO the main issue is that MySQL doesn't
recognize that `f1` is included in the `GROUP BY` clause.

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#31917: MySQL Operational Error: "Unknown column 'x' in 'having clause'"
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: StefanosChaliasos | Owner: nobody

Type: Uncategorized | Status: closed
Component: Database layer | Version:
(models, ORM) |
Severity: Normal | Resolution: invalid
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Adam (Chainz) Johnson):

I agree, this is a MySQL/MariaDB bug, and there's not much we can do about
it. Any workaround we'd introduce would be invalidated if/when either of
them fix it, and would be more complex than the user-level workaround of
adding the field to the `values()` selection.

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/31917#comment:4>

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