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fix(vdb): stop failing to read columns that a schema fills with a constant - #79

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Summary

fg-sra fastq --defline with $sg failed on archives that store no SPOT_GROUP, such as ERR695638 (PacBio RS), with VDB error: the blob read for row 1 holds 0 rows from row -9223372036854775808. The v0.2.1 corpus check found it; v0.2.0 fails the same way.

Cause

The INSDC schema defines SPOT_GROUP = out_spot_group | .SPOT_GROUP | echo<''>(), so an archive that stores none gets the constant ''. VDB serves a nullary function's result as one blob spanning every row id, INT64_MIN..=INT64_MAX (prod-cmn.c), and VBlobIdRange reports its 2^64 rows as a count of 0, which blob_rows refused as a blob missing the row read. Schemas use the same pattern for other columns, e.g. the text PLATFORM (echo<'ILLUMINA'>()), so the fix is in the generic blob reader rather than specific to SPOT_GROUP.

Fix

blob_rows takes a blob starting at i64::MIN with a count of 0 as the whole id range. Only reads that previously always failed behave differently.

Testing

  • New unit test, and constant_column_blob_reads_match_cell_reads (runs with FG_SRA_TEST_TABLE_SRA, e.g. SRR2584863): reads the constant (ascii)PLATFORM through blobs and compares with cell reads. Without the fix it fails with the same BlobMissesRow { row: 1, first: i64::MIN, count: 0 }.
  • ERR695638 with --defline '$ac.$si sg=$sg length=$rl': output identical to fastq-dump --split-3 apart from the spots with more than two biological reads that fg-sra drops by design.
  • cargo ci-fmt, cargo ci-lint, cargo ci-test with the test archives set: all pass, except two whole-archive aligned tests that exceed nextest's 120 s limit in a debug build; both pass in the release profile (45 s and 100 s).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Blob reads now cover all row IDs for constant-column blobs, including ranges with no reported rows.
  • Tests
    • Added an opt-in archive test comparing blob reads with cell-by-cell reads across a large row range.

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A schema column that falls back to a nullary function, such as SPOT_GROUP's
`echo<''>()` in archives that store none, is served as one blob spanning every
row id, INT64_MIN..=INT64_MAX. VBlobIdRange reports its 2^64 rows as a count
of 0, which blob reads refused as a blob missing the row read. `fastq
--defline` with `$sg` failed this way on ERR695638 (PacBio RS).
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blob_rows now treats a blob with first == i64::MIN and count == 0 as covering every i64 row ID. Tests cover this case and compare blob and cell reads for (ascii)PLATFORM in an opt-in archive test.

Changes: Constant-column blob row handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Constant-column blob row handling
crates/fg-sra-vdb/src/cursor.rs, crates/fg-sra-vdb/tests/local_archives.rs
blob_rows returns the full i64 row range for the specified zero-count blob. A unit test checks the range. An opt-in flat-table archive test compares blob reads with cell reads for (ascii)PLATFORM over rows 1 through 20,000.

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Constant-column blobs now cover the full row-ID range. No merge-blocking issue was established.

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The title states the main change: VDB columns filled by a schema constant (nullary function blobs) were failing to read, and the fix stops those failures. The raw summary and objectives both describe a blob_rows change that treats first == i64::MIN with count == 0 as covering the full row-ID range, which addresses exactly this. The title is specific, uses the conventional prefix, and a teammate scanning history would understand the primary fix.

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A rabbit checks the row IDs wide,
From smallest bounds to farthest side.
The blob reads rows, the cells agree,
PLATFORM hops through rows with glee.
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