# Parquet2.jl: type Nothing has no field meta\_data

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**Category:** Data
**Tags:** parquet
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/parquet2-jl-type-nothing-has-no-field-meta-data/113613 "2024-04-29T15:21:06Z")
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I am trying to read some data using `Parquet2.jl`. The data was generated by `pyarrow.parquet` around 1MB in size, so very small. Compression is Snappy, as by default in pyarrow.

I am getting a very long stack trace about `type Nothing has no field meta_data`:

```julia
ERROR: type Nothing has no field meta_data
Stacktrace:
  [1] thriftget(x::Nothing, s::Symbol, d::Nothing)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/utils.jl:36
  [2] Parquet2.Column(v::Vector{UInt8}, r::Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, coldict::Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}, p::FilePathsBase.PosixPath, schp::Vector{String}, nvals::Int64; read_opts::Parquet2.ReadOptions)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:982
  [3] _construct_column(nm::String, r::Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, coldict::Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}, fm::Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, nvals::Int64, current_file::FilePathsBase.PosixPath; read_opts::Parquet2.ReadOptions)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:1238
  [4] _construct_column
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:1220 [inlined]
  [5] #99
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:1262 [inlined]
  [6] next
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/library.jl:54 [inlined]
  [7] next(rf::Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{typeof(Parquet2.name)}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#99#101"{FilePathsBase.PosixPath, Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, Int64, Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}}}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Type{BangBang.NoBang.SingletonVector}}, Transducers.BottomRF{Transducers.AdHocRF{typeof(BangBang.collector), typeof(identity), typeof(BangBang.append!!), typeof(identity), typeof(identity), Nothing}}}}}, result::BangBang.SafeCollector{Vector{Parquet2.Column}}, input::Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqList})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/library.jl:54
  [8] macro expansion
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/core.jl:181 [inlined]
  [9] _foldl_iter(rf::Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{typeof(Parquet2.name)}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#99#101"{FilePathsBase.PosixPath, Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, Int64, Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}}}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Type{BangBang.NoBang.SingletonVector}}, Transducers.BottomRF{Transducers.AdHocRF{typeof(BangBang.collector), typeof(identity), typeof(BangBang.append!!), typeof(identity), typeof(identity), Nothing}}}}}, val::BangBang.SafeCollector{Vector{Parquet2.Column}}, iter::Base.ValueIterator{OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String, Parquet2.SchemaNode}}, state::Int64, counter::Val{0})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:168
 [10] _foldl_iter(rf::Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{typeof(Parquet2.name)}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#99#101"{FilePathsBase.PosixPath, Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, Int64, Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}}}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Type{BangBang.NoBang.SingletonVector}}, Transducers.BottomRF{Transducers.AdHocRF{typeof(BangBang.collector), typeof(identity), typeof(BangBang.append!!), typeof(identity), typeof(identity), Nothing}}}}}, val::BangBang.SafeCollector{Vector{Parquet2.Column{Parquet2.ParqFloat64, Parquet2.ParqFloat64}}}, iter::Base.ValueIterator{OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String, Parquet2.SchemaNode}}, state::Int64, counter::Val{1})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:169
 [11] macro expansion
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:159 [inlined]
 [12] macro expansion
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/basics.jl:98 [inlined]
 [13] __foldl__ (rf::Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{typeof(Parquet2.name)}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#99#101"{FilePathsBase.PosixPath, Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, Int64, Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}}}, Transducers.Reduction{Transducers.Map{Type{BangBang.NoBang.SingletonVector}}, Transducers.BottomRF{Transducers.AdHocRF{typeof(BangBang.collector), typeof(identity), typeof(BangBang.append!!), typeof(identity), typeof(identity), Nothing}}}}}, init::BangBang.SafeCollector{BangBang.NoBang.Empty{Vector{Union{}}}}, coll::Base.ValueIterator{OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String, Parquet2.SchemaNode}})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:158
 [14] #transduce#141
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:519 [inlined]
 [15] transduce
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:508 [inlined]
 [16] transduce(xform::Transducers.Composition{Transducers.Map{typeof(Parquet2.name)}, Transducers.Composition{Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#99#101"{FilePathsBase.PosixPath, Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, Int64, Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}}}, Transducers.Map{Type{BangBang.NoBang.SingletonVector}}}}, f::Transducers.AdHocRF{typeof(BangBang.collector), typeof(identity), typeof(BangBang.append!!), typeof(identity), typeof(identity), Nothing}, init::BangBang.SafeCollector{BangBang.NoBang.Empty{Vector{Union{}}}}, coll::Base.ValueIterator{OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String, Parquet2.SchemaNode}}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:502
 [17] transduce
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:500 [inlined]
 [18] _collect(xf::Transducers.Composition{Transducers.Map{typeof(Parquet2.name)}, Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#99#101"{FilePathsBase.PosixPath, Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, Int64, Dict{Vector{String}, Parquet2.Metadata.Column}}}}, coll::Base.ValueIterator{OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{String, Parquet2.SchemaNode}}, #unused#::Transducers.SizeStable, #unused#::Base.HasLength)
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:806
 [19] collect
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:802 [inlined]
 [20] collect
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:803 [inlined]
 [21] |>
    @ ./operators.jl:907 [inlined]
 [22] Parquet2.RowGroup(fm::Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}, r::Parquet2.SchemaNode{Parquet2.ParqTree}, rg::Parquet2.Metadata.RowGroup, ptree::Parquet2.PartitionNode{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}; current_file::FilePathsBase.PosixPath, parallel_column_loading::Nothing)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:1261
 [23] (::Parquet2.var"#115#116"{Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, FilePathsBase.PosixPath})(rg::Parquet2.Metadata.RowGroup)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:159
 [24] next
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/library.jl:54 [inlined]
 [25] macro expansion
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/core.jl:181 [inlined]
 [26] _foldl_array
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:187 [inlined]
 [27] __foldl__
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:182 [inlined]
 [28] #transduce#141
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:519 [inlined]
 [29] transduce
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:508 [inlined]
 [30] transduce(xform::Transducers.Composition{Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#115#116"{Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, Transducers.Enumerate{Int64}}, f::Transducers.AdHocRF{Transducers.var"#143#145"{MicroCollections.UndefVector{Union{}, typeof(MicroCollections.default_factory)}}, typeof(identity), Transducers.var"#rf#144", typeof(identity), typeof(identity), Nothing}, init::MicroCollections.UndefVector{Union{}, typeof(MicroCollections.default_factory)}, coll::Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.RowGroup}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:502
 [31] transduce(xform::Transducers.Composition{Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#115#116"{Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, Transducers.Enumerate{Int64}}, f::Transducers.AdHocRF{Transducers.var"#143#145"{MicroCollections.UndefVector{Union{}, typeof(MicroCollections.default_factory)}}, typeof(identity), Transducers.var"#rf#144", typeof(identity), typeof(identity), Nothing}, init::MicroCollections.UndefVector{Union{}, typeof(MicroCollections.default_factory)}, coll::Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.RowGroup})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:500
 [32] _collect(xf::Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#115#116"{Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, arr::Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.RowGroup}, #unused#::Transducers.SizeStable, #unused#::Base.HasShape{1})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:822
 [33] collect(xf::Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#115#116"{Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, coll::Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.RowGroup})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:802
 [34] collect
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:803 [inlined]
 [35] |>
    @ ./operators.jl:907 [inlined]
 [36] append!(ds::Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}, p::FilePathsBase.PosixPath; verbose::Bool, check::Bool)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:160
 [37] append!
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:155 [inlined]
 [38] #133
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:226 [inlined]
 [39] next
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/library.jl:54 [inlined]
 [40] next
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/library.jl:290 [inlined]
 [41] macro expansion
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/core.jl:181 [inlined]
 [42] _foldl_array
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:187 [inlined]
 [43] __foldl__
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:182 [inlined]
 [44] #transduce#141
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:519 [inlined]
 [45] transduce
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:508 [inlined]
 [46] transduce(xform::Transducers.Composition{Transducers.Filter{Parquet2.var"#132#134"{Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}}}, Transducers.Map{Parquet2.var"#133#135"{Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}}, Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}}}}, f::Transducers.Completing{typeof(Transducers.right)}, init::Vector{Any}, coll::Vector{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Transducers ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:502
 [47] transduce
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:500 [inlined]
 [48] #foldxl#157
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:1015 [inlined]
 [49] foldxl
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:1015 [inlined]
 [50] #foldl#158
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:1018 [inlined]
 [51] foldl
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:1018 [inlined]
 [52] #foldxl#139
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:442 [inlined]
 [53] foldxl
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:442 [inlined]
 [54] #137
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Transducers/4xWio/src/processes.jl:441 [inlined]
 [55] |>
    @ ./operators.jl:907 [inlined]
 [56] appendall!(ds::Parquet2.Dataset{Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}}; kw::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:226
 [57] appendall!
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:225 [inlined]
 [58] Parquet2.Dataset(fm::Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath})
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:107
 [59] Parquet2.Dataset(p::FilePathsBase.PosixPath; kw::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:112
 [60] Parquet2.Dataset(p::FilePathsBase.PosixPath)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:110
 [61] Parquet2.Dataset(p::String; kw::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:116
 [62] Dataset
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:116 [inlined]
 [63] #readfile#147
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:415 [inlined]
 [64] readfile(a::String)
    @ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/dataset.jl:415

```

Any idea why this is the case?

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Just tested: compression doesn’t matter.

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[2] in your stack trace routes me to this call here: [src/schema.jl · master · Expanding Man / Parquet2.jl · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/ExpandingMan/Parquet2.jl/-/blob/master/src/schema.jl?ref_type=heads#L982)  
which in turn ends up in [1] here [src/utils.jl · master · Expanding Man / Parquet2.jl · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/ExpandingMan/Parquet2.jl/-/blob/master/src/utils.jl?ref_type=heads#L35).

You could try to monkey patch that with something like

```julia
function Parquet2.thriftget(x, s, d)
    hasfield(typeof(x), s) || return d
    return getfield(x, s)
end

```

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This does not work, but I overrode `Parquet2.thriftget` instead. However, I get a second error:

```julia
MethodError: no method matching parqbasetype(::Parquet2.Metadata.BitsType, ::Nothing)

Closest candidates are:

parqbasetype(::Parquet2.Metadata.BitsType)

@ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:315

parqbasetype(::Parquet2.Metadata.BitsType, !Matched::Parquet2.ParquetType)

@ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:314

parqbasetype(::Parquet2.Metadata.BitsType, !Matched::Integer)

@ Parquet2 ~/.julia/packages/Parquet2/Txix3/src/schema.jl:315

Stack trace

Here is what happened, the most recent locations are first:

    parqbasetype(s::Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement) @ schema.jl:312
    _legacy_parqtype(s::Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement) @ schema.jl:339
    parqtype(s::Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement; support_legacy::Bool) @ schema.jl:403
    parqtype @ schema.jl:398
    Parquet2.SchemaNode(s::Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement, children::OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{Any, Any}; support_legacy::Bool) @ schema.jl:478
    SchemaNode @ schema.jl:470
    Parquet2.SchemaNode(ss::Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement}, i::Int64; support_legacy::Bool) @ schema.jl:493
    (::Parquet2.var"#78#79"{Bool, Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement}})(j::Int64) @ 
    iterate(::Base.Generator{Vector{Int64}, Parquet2.var"#78#79"{Bool, Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement}}}) @ generator.jl:47
    _all(f::OrderedCollections.var"#2#4", itr::Base.Generator{Vector{Int64}, Parquet2.var"#78#79"{Bool, Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement}}}, #unused#::Colon) @ reduce.jl:1282
    all(f::Function, itr::Base.Generator{Vector{Int64}, Parquet2.var"#78#79"{Bool, Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement}}}) @ reduce.jl:1278
    OrderedCollections.OrderedDict(kv::Base.Generator{Vector{Int64}, Parquet2.var"#78#79"{Bool, Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement}}}) @ ordered_dict.jl:75
    Parquet2.SchemaNode(ss::Vector{Parquet2.Metadata.SchemaElement}, i::Int64; support_legacy::Bool) @ schema.jl:493
    SchemaNode @ schema.jl:489
    Parquet2.Dataset(fm::Parquet2.FileManager{FilePathsBase.PosixPath}) @ dataset.jl:100
    Parquet2.Dataset(p::FilePathsBase.PosixPath; kw::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}}) @ dataset.jl:112
    Parquet2.Dataset(p::FilePathsBase.PosixPath) @ dataset.jl:110
    Parquet2.Dataset(p::String; kw::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}}) @ dataset.jl:116
    Dataset @ dataset.jl:116
    #readfile#147 @ dataset.jl:415
    readfile(a::String) @ dataset.jl:415
    This cell: line 1

    TIME_DF = Parquet2.readfile("./results/time.parquet")

```

Sorry, this time the trace is from Pluto so the format is broken

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Maybe override this one here [src/schema.jl · master · Expanding Man / Parquet2.jl · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/ExpandingMan/Parquet2.jl/-/blob/master/src/schema.jl?ref_type=heads#L314)  
with something like

```julia
function Parquet2.parqbasetype(t::Meta.BitsType, pt::ParquetType)
   v = valuesize(pt)
   parqbasetype(t, isnothing(v) ? 0 : v)
end

```

* * *

Edit: I am not sure if that’s gonna fix it, because if you look what happens downstream in `parqbasetype` is that a zero-sized byte array type will be generated, which sounds wrong.

I never used a Parquet file myself before, so I am also just reading the code and guessing. Maybe you would be better served opening an issue.

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It doesn’t fix it. Thank you for your help, but I’ll not continue down this path this time.

Also, I’ve not used GitLab before, so I cannot find where I can open an issue.

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> [@rongcuid](#):
>
> Also, I’ve not used GitLab before, so I cannot find where I can open an issue.

Here [Issues · Expanding Man / Parquet2.jl · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/ExpandingMan/Parquet2.jl/-/issues)