NPO-Accounting/conservancy_beancount Changeset - ea10fb239f57

Changeset - ea10fb239f57

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Brett Smith - 3 years ago 2021-03-09 20:48:30
brettcsmith@brettcsmith.org

query: Add a user hint for query TypeErrors.

The error message that native bean-query provides when this happens
confuses many users. Add a hint to point them in the right direction.

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conservancy_beancount/reports/query.py

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@@ ... / @@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ class BQLShell(bc_query_shell.BQLShell): @@
+                )
         except Exception as error:
             logger.error(str(error), exc_info=logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG))
             if (isinstance(error, TypeError)
                 and error.args
                 and ' not supported between instances ' in error.args[0]):
                 logger.info(
                     "HINT: Are you using ORDER BY or comparisons with metadata "
                     "that isn't consistently set?\n  "
                     "Try looking up that metadata with str_meta() instead to "
                     "ensure your comparisons use a consistent data type.",
+                )
             return
         if not rows and output_format != 'ods':

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