make a separate settings collection + some cleanup

src/Core/Settings.cpp

@@ -130,4 +130,6 @@ void Settings::checkNoSettingNamesAtTopLevel(const Poco::Util::AbstractConfigura
     }
 }
 
+IMPLEMENT_SETTINGS_TRAITS(FormatFactorySettingsTraits, FORMAT_FACTORY_SETTINGS)
+
 }

src/Core/Settings.h

@@ -518,4 +518,13 @@ struct Settings : public BaseSettings<SettingsTraits>
     static void checkNoSettingNamesAtTopLevel(const Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration & config, const String & config_path);
 };
 
+/*
+ * User-specified file format settings for File and ULR engines.
+ */
+DECLARE_SETTINGS_TRAITS(FormatFactorySettingsTraits, FORMAT_FACTORY_SETTINGS)
+
+struct FormatFactorySettings : public BaseSettings<FormatFactorySettingsTraits>
+{
+};
+
 }

src/Formats/FormatFactory.cpp

@@ -40,11 +40,17 @@ const FormatFactory::Creators & FormatFactory::getCreators(const String & name)
     throw Exception("Unknown format " + name, ErrorCodes::UNKNOWN_FORMAT);
 }
 
-
 FormatSettings getFormatSettings(const Context & context)
 {
     const auto & settings = context.getSettingsRef();
 
+    return getFormatSettings(context, settings);
+}
+
+template <typename Settings>
+FormatSettings getFormatSettings(const Context & context,
+    const Settings & settings)
+{
     FormatSettings format_settings;
 
     format_settings.avro.allow_missing_fields = settings.input_format_avro_allow_missing_fields;
@@ -114,6 +120,14 @@ FormatSettings getFormatSettings(const Context & context)
     return format_settings;
 }
 
+template
+FormatSettings getFormatSettings<FormatFactorySettings>(const Context & context,
+    const FormatFactorySettings & settings);
+
+template
+FormatSettings getFormatSettings<Settings>(const Context & context,
+    const Settings & settings);
+
 
 BlockInputStreamPtr FormatFactory::getInput(
     const String & name,
@@ -121,23 +135,22 @@ BlockInputStreamPtr FormatFactory::getInput(
     const Block & sample,
     const Context & context,
     UInt64 max_block_size,
-    std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings) const
+    const std::optional<FormatSettings> & _format_settings) const
 {
     if (name == "Native")
         return std::make_shared<NativeBlockInputStream>(buf, sample, 0);
 
+    auto format_settings = _format_settings
+        ? *_format_settings : getFormatSettings(context);
+
     if (!getCreators(name).input_processor_creator)
     {
         const auto & input_getter = getCreators(name).input_creator;
         if (!input_getter)
             throw Exception("Format " + name + " is not suitable for input", ErrorCodes::FORMAT_IS_NOT_SUITABLE_FOR_INPUT);
 
-        if (!format_settings)
-        {
-            format_settings = getFormatSettings(context);
-        }
 
-        return input_getter(buf, sample, max_block_size, {}, *format_settings);
+        return input_getter(buf, sample, max_block_size, {}, format_settings);
     }
 
     const Settings & settings = context.getSettingsRef();
@@ -163,21 +176,16 @@ BlockInputStreamPtr FormatFactory::getInput(
         if (!input_getter)
             throw Exception("Format " + name + " is not suitable for input", ErrorCodes::FORMAT_IS_NOT_SUITABLE_FOR_INPUT);
 
-        if (!format_settings)
-        {
-            format_settings = getFormatSettings(context);
-        }
-
         RowInputFormatParams row_input_format_params;
         row_input_format_params.max_block_size = max_block_size;
-        row_input_format_params.allow_errors_num = format_settings->input_allow_errors_num;
+        row_input_format_params.allow_errors_num = format_settings.input_allow_errors_num;
-        row_input_format_params.allow_errors_ratio = format_settings->input_allow_errors_ratio;
+        row_input_format_params.allow_errors_ratio = format_settings.input_allow_errors_ratio;
         row_input_format_params.max_execution_time = settings.max_execution_time;
         row_input_format_params.timeout_overflow_mode = settings.timeout_overflow_mode;
 
         auto input_creator_params =
             ParallelParsingBlockInputStream::InputCreatorParams{sample,
-                row_input_format_params, *format_settings};
+                row_input_format_params, format_settings};
         ParallelParsingBlockInputStream::Params params{buf, input_getter,
             input_creator_params, file_segmentation_engine,
             static_cast<int>(settings.max_threads),
@@ -193,24 +201,22 @@ BlockInputStreamPtr FormatFactory::getInput(
 
 BlockOutputStreamPtr FormatFactory::getOutput(const String & name,
     WriteBuffer & buf, const Block & sample, const Context & context,
-    WriteCallback callback, std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings) const
+    WriteCallback callback, const std::optional<FormatSettings> & _format_settings) const
 {
+    auto format_settings = _format_settings
+        ? *_format_settings : getFormatSettings(context);
+
     if (!getCreators(name).output_processor_creator)
     {
         const auto & output_getter = getCreators(name).output_creator;
         if (!output_getter)
             throw Exception("Format " + name + " is not suitable for output", ErrorCodes::FORMAT_IS_NOT_SUITABLE_FOR_OUTPUT);
 
-        if (!format_settings)
-        {
-            format_settings = getFormatSettings(context);
-        }
-
         /**  Materialization is needed, because formats can use the functions `IDataType`,
           *  which only work with full columns.
           */
         return std::make_shared<MaterializingBlockOutputStream>(
-            output_getter(buf, sample, std::move(callback), *format_settings),
+            output_getter(buf, sample, std::move(callback), format_settings),
             sample);
     }
 
@@ -227,7 +233,7 @@ InputFormatPtr FormatFactory::getInputFormat(
     const Block & sample,
     const Context & context,
     UInt64 max_block_size,
-    std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings) const
+    const std::optional<FormatSettings> & _format_settings) const
 {
     const auto & input_getter = getCreators(name).input_processor_creator;
     if (!input_getter)
@@ -235,19 +241,18 @@ InputFormatPtr FormatFactory::getInputFormat(
 
     const Settings & settings = context.getSettingsRef();
 
-    if (!format_settings)
+    auto format_settings = _format_settings
-    {
+        ? *_format_settings : getFormatSettings(context);
-        format_settings = getFormatSettings(context);
-    }
 
     RowInputFormatParams params;
     params.max_block_size = max_block_size;
-    params.allow_errors_num = format_settings->input_allow_errors_num;
+    params.allow_errors_num = format_settings.input_allow_errors_num;
-    params.allow_errors_ratio = format_settings->input_allow_errors_ratio;
+    params.allow_errors_ratio = format_settings.input_allow_errors_ratio;
     params.max_execution_time = settings.max_execution_time;
     params.timeout_overflow_mode = settings.timeout_overflow_mode;
 
-    auto format = input_getter(buf, sample, params, *format_settings);
+    auto format = input_getter(buf, sample, params, format_settings);
+
 
     /// It's a kludge. Because I cannot remove context from values format.
     if (auto * values = typeid_cast<ValuesBlockInputFormat *>(format.get()))
@@ -260,27 +265,25 @@ InputFormatPtr FormatFactory::getInputFormat(
 OutputFormatPtr FormatFactory::getOutputFormat(
     const String & name, WriteBuffer & buf, const Block & sample,
     const Context & context, WriteCallback callback,
-    std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings) const
+    const std::optional<FormatSettings> & _format_settings) const
 {
     const auto & output_getter = getCreators(name).output_processor_creator;
     if (!output_getter)
         throw Exception("Format " + name + " is not suitable for output", ErrorCodes::FORMAT_IS_NOT_SUITABLE_FOR_OUTPUT);
 
-    if (!format_settings)
-    {
-        format_settings = getFormatSettings(context);
-    }
-
     RowOutputFormatParams params;
     params.callback = std::move(callback);
 
+    auto format_settings = _format_settings
+        ? *_format_settings : getFormatSettings(context);
+
     /** TODO: Materialization is needed, because formats can use the functions `IDataType`,
       *  which only work with full columns.
       */
-    auto format = output_getter(buf, sample, params, *format_settings);
+    auto format = output_getter(buf, sample, params, format_settings);
 
     /// Enable auto-flush for streaming mode. Currently it is needed by INSERT WATCH query.
-    if (format_settings->enable_streaming)
+    if (format_settings.enable_streaming)
         format->setAutoFlush();
 
     /// It's a kludge. Because I cannot remove context from MySQL format.

src/Formats/FormatFactory.h

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Block;
 class Context;
 struct FormatSettings;
 struct Settings;
+struct FormatFactorySettings;
 
 class ReadBuffer;
 class WriteBuffer;
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ using OutputFormatPtr = std::shared_ptr<IOutputFormat>;
 
 FormatSettings getFormatSettings(const Context & context);
 
+template <typename T>
+FormatSettings getFormatSettings(const Context & context,
+    const T & settings);
+
 /** Allows to create an IBlockInputStream or IBlockOutputStream by the name of the format.
   * Note: format and compression are independent things.
   */
@@ -108,11 +113,11 @@ public:
         const Block & sample,
         const Context & context,
         UInt64 max_block_size,
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
 
     BlockOutputStreamPtr getOutput(const String & name, WriteBuffer & buf,
         const Block & sample, const Context & context, WriteCallback callback = {},
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
 
     InputFormatPtr getInputFormat(
         const String & name,
@@ -120,12 +125,12 @@ public:
         const Block & sample,
         const Context & context,
         UInt64 max_block_size,
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
 
     OutputFormatPtr getOutputFormat(
         const String & name, WriteBuffer & buf, const Block & sample,
         const Context & context, WriteCallback callback = {},
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings = std::nullopt) const;
 
     /// Register format by its name.
     void registerInputFormat(const String & name, InputCreator input_creator);

src/Formats/FormatSettings.h

@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
 namespace DB
 {
 
-/** Various tweaks for input/output formats.
+/**
-  * Text serialization/deserialization of data types also depend on some of these settings.
+  * Various tweaks for input/output formats. Text serialization/deserialization
-  * NOTE Parameters for unrelated formats and unrelated data types
+  * of data types also depend on some of these settings. It is different from
-  *  are collected in this struct - it prevents modularity, but they are difficult to separate.
+  * FormatFactorySettings in that it has all necessary user-provided settings
+  * combined with information from context etc, that we can use directly during
+  * serialization. In contrast, FormatFactorySettings' job is to reflect the
+  * changes made to user-visible format settings, such as when tweaking the
+  * the format for File engine.
+  * NOTE Parameters for unrelated formats and unrelated data types are collected
+  * in this struct - it prevents modularity, but they are difficult to separate.
   */
 struct FormatSettings
 {
@@ -113,13 +119,11 @@ struct FormatSettings
     {
         bool write_row_delimiters = true;
         /**
-         * Some buffers (kafka / rabbit) split the rows internally using callback
+         * Some buffers (kafka / rabbit) split the rows internally using callback,
-         * so we can push there formats without framing / delimiters (like
+         * and always send one row per message, so we can push there formats
-         * ProtobufSingle). In other cases you can't write more than single row
+         * without framing / delimiters (like ProtobufSingle). In other cases,
-         * in unframed format.
+         * we have to enforce exporting at most one row in the format output,
-         * Not sure we need this parameter at all, it only serves as an additional
+         * because Protobuf without delimiters is not generally useful.
-         * safety check in ProtobufSingle format, but exporting constant-size
-         * records w/o delimiters might be generally useful, not only for Kafka.
          */
         bool allow_many_rows_no_delimiters = false;
     } protobuf;

src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp

@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ public:
         const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot_,
         const CompressionMethod compression_method,
         const Context & context,
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings)
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings)
         : storage(storage_)
         , metadata_snapshot(metadata_snapshot_)
         , lock(storage.rwlock)
@@ -628,11 +628,25 @@ void registerStorageFile(StorageFactory & factory)
             // session and user are ignored.
             if (factory_args.storage_def->settings)
             {
-                Context global_context_copy = factory_args.context;
+                FormatFactorySettings user_format_settings;
-                global_context_copy.applySettingsChanges(
+
+                // Apply changed settings from global context, but ignore the
+                // unknown ones, because we only have the format settings here.
+                const auto & changes = factory_args.context.getSettingsRef().changes();
+                for (const auto & change : changes)
+                {
+                    if (user_format_settings.has(change.name))
+                    {
+                        user_format_settings.set(change.name, change.value);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Apply changes from SETTINGS clause, with validation.
+                user_format_settings.applyChanges(
                     factory_args.storage_def->settings->changes);
+
                 storage_args.format_settings = getFormatSettings(
-                    global_context_copy);
+                    factory_args.context, user_format_settings);
             }
             else
             {

src/Storages/StorageURL.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ IStorageURLBase::IStorageURLBase(
     const Context & context_,
     const StorageID & table_id_,
     const String & format_name_,
-    std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings_,
+    const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings_,
     const ColumnsDescription & columns_,
     const ConstraintsDescription & constraints_,
     const String & compression_method_)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace
             const std::string & method,
             std::function<void(std::ostream &)> callback,
             const String & format,
-            std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings,
+            const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings,
             String name_,
             const Block & sample_block,
             const Context & context,
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace
 
 StorageURLBlockOutputStream::StorageURLBlockOutputStream(const Poco::URI & uri,
         const String & format,
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings,
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings,
         const Block & sample_block_,
         const Context & context,
         const ConnectionTimeouts & timeouts,
@@ -276,10 +276,24 @@ void registerStorageURL(StorageFactory & factory)
         FormatSettings format_settings;
         if (args.storage_def->settings)
         {
-            Context global_context_copy = args.context;
+            FormatFactorySettings user_format_settings;
-            global_context_copy.applySettingsChanges(
+
-                args.storage_def->settings->changes);
+            // Apply changed settings from global context, but ignore the
-            format_settings = getFormatSettings(global_context_copy);
+            // unknown ones, because we only have the format settings here.
+            const auto & changes = args.context.getSettingsRef().changes();
+            for (const auto & change : changes)
+            {
+                if (user_format_settings.has(change.name))
+                {
+                    user_format_settings.set(change.name, change.value);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Apply changes from SETTINGS clause, with validation.
+            user_format_settings.applyChanges(args.storage_def->settings->changes);
+
+            format_settings = getFormatSettings(args.context,
+                user_format_settings);
         }
         else
         {

src/Storages/StorageURL.h

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ protected:
         const Context & context_,
         const StorageID & id_,
         const String & format_name_,
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings_,
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings_,
         const ColumnsDescription & columns_,
         const ConstraintsDescription & constraints_,
         const String & compression_method_);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public:
     StorageURLBlockOutputStream(
         const Poco::URI & uri,
         const String & format,
-        std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings,
+        const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings,
         const Block & sample_block_,
         const Context & context,
         const ConnectionTimeouts & timeouts,
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public:
     StorageURL(const Poco::URI & uri_,
             const StorageID & table_id_,
             const String & format_name_,
-            std::optional<FormatSettings> format_settings_,
+            const std::optional<FormatSettings> & format_settings_,
             const ColumnsDescription & columns_,
             const ConstraintsDescription & constraints_,
             Context & context_,

tests/queries/0_stateless/01544_file_engine_settings.reference

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 1|1
 1	1
+1	2

tests/queries/0_stateless/01544_file_engine_settings.sh

@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ ${CLICKHOUSE_LOCAL} --query "
     create table t(a int, b int) engine File(CSV, '$the_file') settings format_csv_delimiter = '|';
     select * from t;
 " 
+
+# Also check that the File engine emplicitly created by clickhouse-local
+# uses the modified settings.
+${CLICKHOUSE_LOCAL} --structure="a int, b int" --input-format=CSV --format_csv_delimiter="|" --query="select * from table" <<<"1|2"