lance-format / lance-format/lance-graph

More user-friendly error messages for self-reference queries

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Rust
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Description

Currently, self-reference queries are not supported, and they could lead to indefinite hanging. Since lance-graph is designed to target SQL execution engines and columnar storage optimizations in lance, we don't have a plan to support self-reference queries now, but encourage the users to write more lance-graph-friendly queries (see our discussion in https://github.com/lance-format/lance-graph/issues/111).

However, we still need to provide more user-friendly error messages for such queries, instead of letting the engine hang/crash.

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Research direction

No source files or tests are named in the issue. Start by locating the self-reference query handling and existing error-reporting path, then use issue #111 for context on unsupported-query behavior and verify that such queries produce a user-facing error rather than hanging or crashing.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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