Add order to limit and offset queries for deterministic results

cytotable/convert.py

@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ def _source_chunk_to_parquet(
                 table=ddb_reader.execute(
                     f"""
                     {base_query}
+                    /* order by all columns for deterministic output */
+                    ORDER BY ALL
                     LIMIT {chunk_size} OFFSET {offset}
                     """
                 ).arrow(),
@@ -750,6 +752,7 @@ def _join_source_chunk(
         result = ddb_reader.execute(
             f"""
                 {joins}
+                {"ORDER BY ALL" if "ORDER BY" not in joins.upper() else ""}
                 LIMIT {chunk_size} OFFSET {offset}
                 """
         ).arrow()

cytotable/utils.py

@@ -257,7 +257,12 @@ def _sqlite_affinity_data_type_lookup(col_type: str) -> str:
 
         # perform the select using the cases built above and using chunksize + offset
         cursor.execute(
-            f'SELECT {", ".join(query_parts)} FROM {table_name} LIMIT {chunk_size} OFFSET {offset};'
+            f"""
+            SELECT {', '.join(query_parts)}
+            FROM {table_name}
+            ORDER BY {', '.join([col['column_name'] for col in column_info])}
+            LIMIT {chunk_size} OFFSET {offset};
+            """
         )
         # collect the results and include the column name with values
         results = [

tests/test_convert.py

@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ def test_join_source_chunk(load_parsl_default: None, fx_tempdir: str):
     assert result_table.equals(
         other=pa.Table.from_pydict(
             {
-                "id1": [1, 2],
-                "id2": ["a", "a"],
-                "field1": ["foo", "bar"],
-                "field2": [True, False],
+                "field1": ["foo", "foo"],
+                "field2": [True, True],
+                "id1": [1, 1],
+                "id2": ["a", "b"],
             },
             # use schema from result as a reference for col order
             schema=result_table.schema,
@@ -977,10 +977,10 @@ def test_sqlite_mixed_type_query_to_parquet(
     ]
     # check the values per column
     assert parquet.read_table(source=result_filepath).to_pydict() == {
-        "col_integer": [1, None],
+        "col_integer": [None, 1],
         "col_text": ["sample", "sample"],
-        "col_blob": [b"sample_blob", b"another_blob"],
-        "col_real": [0.5, None],
+        "col_blob": [b"another_blob", b"sample_blob"],
+        "col_real": [None, 0.5],
     }
 
     # run full convert on mixed type database
@@ -997,10 +997,10 @@ def test_sqlite_mixed_type_query_to_parquet(
     assert parquet.read_table(
         source=result["Tbl_a.sqlite"][0]["table"][0]
     ).to_pydict() == {
-        "Tbl_a_col_integer": [1, None],
+        "Tbl_a_col_integer": [None, 1],
         "Tbl_a_col_text": ["sample", "sample"],
-        "Tbl_a_col_blob": [b"sample_blob", b"another_blob"],
-        "Tbl_a_col_real": [0.5, None],
+        "Tbl_a_col_blob": [b"another_blob", b"sample_blob"],
+        "Tbl_a_col_real": [None, 0.5],
     }
 
 

tests/test_convert_threaded.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from pyarrow import parquet
 
 from cytotable.convert import convert
-from cytotable.presets import config
 from cytotable.sources import _get_source_filepaths
 
 
@@ -125,11 +124,6 @@ def test_convert_s3_path_sqlite(
     race conditions with nested pytest fixture post-yield deletions.
     """
 
-    # create a modified join sql for deterministic comparisons
-    modified_joins = (
-        str(config["cellprofiler_sqlite_pycytominer"]["CONFIG_JOINS"]) + " ORDER BY ALL"
-    )
-
     # local sqlite read
     local_cytotable_table = parquet.read_table(
         source=convert(
@@ -141,7 +135,6 @@ def test_convert_s3_path_sqlite(
             dest_datatype="parquet",
             chunk_size=100,
             preset="cellprofiler_sqlite_pycytominer",
-            joins=modified_joins,
         )
     )
 
@@ -161,7 +154,6 @@ def test_convert_s3_path_sqlite(
             # sequential s3 SQLite files. See below for more information
             # https://cloudpathlib.drivendata.org/stable/caching/#automatically
             local_cache_dir=f"{fx_tempdir}/sqlite_s3_cache/1",
-            joins=modified_joins,
         )
     )
 
@@ -181,7 +173,6 @@ def test_convert_s3_path_sqlite(
             # sequential s3 SQLite files. See below for more information
             # https://cloudpathlib.drivendata.org/stable/caching/#automatically
             local_cache_dir=f"{fx_tempdir}/sqlite_s3_cache/2",
-            joins=modified_joins,
         )
     )