[SUPPORT] PartialUpdateAvroPayload still overwriting undefined columns as NULL
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**Describe the problem you faced**
I'm trying to use PartialUpdateAvroPayload with Hudi 0.15.0 in AWS Glue. When using PartialUpdateAvroPayload, null columns are overwritten in the database instead of being skipped.
**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Create Hudi table with schema:
```
StructType([StructField('_hoodie_commit_time', StringType(), True), StructField('_hoodie_commit_seqno', StringType(), True), StructField('_hoodie_record_key', StringType(), True), StructField('_hoodie_partition_path', StringType(), True), StructField('_hoodie_file_name', StringType(), True), StructField('_sdc_batched_at', StringType(), True), StructField('_sdc_received_at', StringType(), True), StructField('_sdc_record_hash', StringType(), True), StructField('_sdc_sequence', StringType(), True), StructField('_sdc_table_version', StringType(), True), StructField('amount_foreign_linked', StringType(), True), StructField('amount_linked', StringType(), True), StructField('applied_date_posted', StringType(), True), StructField('applied_transaction_id', StringType(), True), StructField('applied_transaction_line_id', StringType(), True), StructField('date_last_modified', StringType(), True), StructField('discount', StringType(), True), StructField('inventory_number', StringType(), True), StructField('link_type', StringType(), True), StructField('link_type_code', StringType(), True), StructField('original_date_posted', StringType(), True), StructField('original_transaction_id', StringType(), True), StructField('original_transaction_line_id', StringType(), True), StructField('quantity_linked', StringType(), True), StructField('filename', StringType(), True), StructField('is_deleted', StringType(), True), StructField('date_deleted', StringType(), True), StructField('deleted_record_name', StringType(), True), StructField('deleted_record_base_type', StringType(), True), StructField('partition_key', StringType(), True)])
```
2. Send Payload such as the following:
```
Row(applied_transaction_id='10556594', applied_transaction_line_id='1', original_transaction_id='6496794', original_transaction_line_id='0', link_type_code='Payment', date_deleted='2023-01-31T00:18:24.478441Z', is_deleted='True', date_last_modified='2023-01-31T00:18:24.478441Z', partition_key='649', filename='')
```
3. Set Hudi options to:
```
{'hoodie.datasource.write.table.type': 'COPY_ON_WRITE',
'hoodie.datasource.write.operation': 'upsert',
'hoodie.datasource.write.hive_style_partitioning': 'true',
'hoodie.datasource.write.keygenerator.class': 'org.apache.hudi.keygen.ComplexKeyGenerator', 'hoodie.datasource.write.reconcile.schema': 'false',
'hoodie.datasource.write.recordkey.field': 'applied_transaction_id,applied_transaction_line_id,original_transaction_id,original_transaction_line_id,link_type_code',
'hoodie.datasource.write.precombine.field': 'date_last_modified',
'hoodie.parquet.compression.codec': 'gzip',
'hoodie.write.concurrency.mode': 'single_writer',
'hoodie.clean.automatic': 'true',
'hoodie.clean.async': 'true',
'hoodie.cleaner.policy': 'KEEP_LATEST_COMMITS',
'hoodie.cleaner.commits.retained': 15,
'hoodie.cleaner.policy.failed.writes': 'EAGER',
'hoodie.index.type': 'GLOBAL_BLOOM',
'hoodie.bloom.index.update.partition.path': 'false',
'hoodie.datasource.write.payload.class': 'org.apache.hudi.common.model.PartialUpdateAvroPayload',
'hoodie.compaction.payload.class': 'org.apache.hudi.common.model.PartialUpdateAvroPayload',
'hoodie.payload.ordering.field': 'date_last_modified',
'write.precombine': 'true',
'payload.class': 'org.apache.hudi.common.model.PartialUpdateAvroPayload',
'hoodie.write.set.null.for.missing.columns': 'true',
'hoodie.datasource.write.partitionpath.field': 'partition_key',
'hoodie.datasource.hive_sync.partition_fields': 'partition_key',
'hoodie.table.name': 'netsuite_transaction_links',
'hoodie.datasource.hive_sync.table': 'netsuite_transaction_links'}
```
4. All fields not set in payload are set to NULL
**Expected behavior**
Values are not overwritten with NULL. Note this error occurs whether or not the `set.null.for.missing.columns` opt is true or false.
**Environment Description**
* Hudi version : 0.15.0
* Spark version : 3.3.0-amzn-1
* Hive version :
* Hadoop version :
* Storage (HDFS/S3/GCS..) : S3
* Running on Docker? (yes/no) : no
**Additional context**
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**Stacktrace**
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the behavior with PartialUpdateAvroPayload, the sample payload, and the listed Hudi write options on Hudi 0.15.0 with Spark 3.3.0. Trace how missing or null fields are handled during the upsert, and confirm done when fields absent from the payload no longer overwrite existing values with NULL regardless of set.null.for.missing.columns.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spark
- Domain
- data-engineering, databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100