Delete error for a lakehouse table as an evenstream destination

[pmscorca]

Hi,

I've a lakehouse table as a destination for an evenstream.

At regular time intervals a notebook must delete a data portion of this table, that has a field defined as a VARCHAR(100) in this way:

Respect to this specific field, eventstream writes on the lakehouse table some values with a lenght major of 100 chars.

When the delete rows is executed this error arises:

Notebook execution failed at Notebook service with http status code - '200', please check the Run logs on Notebook, additional details - 'Error name - Py4JJavaError, Error value - An error occurred while calling o322.sql.
: org.apache.spark.sql.delta.schema.DeltaInvariantViolationException: [DELTA_EXCEED_CHAR_VARCHAR_LIMIT] Exceeds char/varchar type length limitation. Failed check: (isnull('mycolumn) OR (length('mycolumn) <= 100)).
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.schema.DeltaInvariantViolationException$.getCharVarcharLengthInvariantViolationException(InvariantViolationException.scala:64)
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.schema.DeltaInvariantViolationException$.apply(InvariantViolationException.scala:89)
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.schema.DeltaInvariantViolationException$.apply(InvariantViolationException.scala:112)
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.schema.DeltaInvariantViolationException.apply(InvariantViolationException.scala)
at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GeneratedClass$SpecificUnsafeProjection.CheckDeltaInvariant_12$(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GeneratedClass$SpecificUnsafeProjection.writeFields_0_1$(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GeneratedClass$SpecificUnsafeProjection.apply(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.constraints.DeltaInvariantCheckerExec.$anonfun$doExecute$3(DeltaInvariantCheckerExec.scala:89)
at scala.collection.Iterator$$anon$10.next(Iterator.scala:461)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatDataWriter.writeWithIterator(FileFormatDataWriter.scala:117)
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.files.DeltaFileFormatWriter$.$anonfun$executeTask$1(DeltaFileFormatWriter.scala:440)
at org.apache.spark.util.Utils$.tryWithSafeFinallyAndFailureCallbacks(Utils.scala:1397)
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.files.DeltaFileFormatWriter$.executeTask(DeltaFileFormatWriter.scala:447)
at org.apache.spark.sql.delta.files.DeltaFileFormatWriter$.$anonfun$executeWrite$2(DeltaFileFormatWriter.scala:284)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.ResultTask.runTask(ResultTask.scala:93)
at org.apache.spark.TaskContext.runTaskWithListeners(TaskContext.scala:166)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.Task.run(Task.scala:141)
at org.apache.spark.executor.Executor$TaskRunner.$anonfun$run$4(Executor.scala:620)
at org.apache.spark.util.SparkErrorUtils.tryWithSafeFinally(SparkErrorUtils.scala:64)
at org.apache.spark.util.SparkErrorUtils.tryWithSafeFinally$(SparkErrorUtils.scala:61)
at org.apache.spark.util.Utils$.tryWithSafeFinally(Utils.scala:94)
at org.apache.spark.executor.Executor$TaskRunner.run(Executor.scala:623)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

I think that an issue about the data schema has to arise both inserting (by eventstream) and deleting operations, and not only for the delete statement.

Any suggests to me, please? Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi @pmscorca 

I find a thread related to a similar error message, its solutions might be helpful:

DELTA_EXCEED_CHAR_VARCHAR_LIMIT - Databricks Community

Best Regards,
Jing
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[pmscorca]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

The DELTA_EXCEED_CHAR_VARCHAR_LIMIT error refers to a specific field defined as VARCHAR(100).

Some related values of the entered events can have a lenght major of 100 chars.

When evenstream writes these values in the lakehouse table none errors occur, but when runs a delete notebook at regular time intervals a such error occurs.

There is a different behaviour: I expect or always the DELTA_EXCEED_CHAR_VARCHAR_LIMIT error for both inserting and deleting operations or never; I don't expect this error for only one of possible data manipulations on the lakehouse, a such situation isn't coherent.

[Anonymous]

Hi @pmscorca 

If you pause the Eventstream, will this error arise when deleting the data with notebook? In addition, for a single lakehouse which is not the destination of an Eventstream, will this error arise? 

Best Regards,
Jing

[pmscorca]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

I don't think that this issue regards to the eventstream but it refers to the lakehouse and in a prod scenario I cannot pause the eventstream.

So, I don't understand because it is possible to write a value having more of 100 chars into a field defined as a varchar(100), it is possible to update event rows in the lakehouse, but it isn't possible to delete event rows.

The DELTA_EXCEED_CHAR_VARCHAR_LIMIT error doesn't refer to concurrent operations not possible.

Thanks