Allow to read Bool values into String in JSON input formats

docs/en/interfaces/formats.md

@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ SELECT * FROM json_each_row_nested
 
 - [input_format_import_nested_json](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings-formats.md/#input_format_import_nested_json) - map nested JSON data to nested tables (it works for JSONEachRow format). Default value - `false`.
 - [input_format_json_read_bools_as_numbers](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings-formats.md/#input_format_json_read_bools_as_numbers) - allow to parse bools as numbers in JSON input formats. Default value - `true`.
+- [input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings-formats.md/#input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings) - allow to parse bools as strings in JSON input formats. Default value - `true`.
 - [input_format_json_read_numbers_as_strings](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings-formats.md/#input_format_json_read_numbers_as_strings) - allow to parse numbers as strings in JSON input formats. Default value - `true`.
 - [input_format_json_read_arrays_as_strings](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings-formats.md/#input_format_json_read_arrays_as_strings) - allow to parse JSON arrays as strings in JSON input formats. Default value - `true`.
 - [input_format_json_read_objects_as_strings](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings-formats.md/#input_format_json_read_objects_as_strings) - allow to parse JSON objects as strings in JSON input formats. Default value - `true`.

docs/en/interfaces/schema-inference.md

@@ -614,6 +614,26 @@ DESC format(JSONEachRow, $$
 └───────┴─────────────────┴──────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────────┴────────────────┘
 ```
 
+##### input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings
+
+Enabling this setting allows reading Bool values as strings.
+
+This setting is enabled by default.
+
+**Example:**
+
+```sql
+SET input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings = 1;
+DESC format(JSONEachRow, $$
+                                {"value" : true}
+                                {"value" : "Hello, World"}
+                         $$)
+```
+```response
+┌─name──┬─type─────────────┬─default_type─┬─default_expression─┬─comment─┬─codec_expression─┬─ttl_expression─┐
+│ value │ Nullable(String) │              │                    │         │                  │                │
+└───────┴──────────────────┴──────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────────┴────────────────┘
+```
 ##### input_format_json_read_arrays_as_strings
 
 Enabling this setting allows reading JSON array values as strings.

docs/en/operations/settings/settings-formats.md

@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@ Allow parsing bools as numbers in JSON input formats.
 
 Enabled by default.
 
+## input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings {#input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings}
+
+Allow parsing bools as strings in JSON input formats.
+
+Enabled by default.
+
 ## input_format_json_read_numbers_as_strings {#input_format_json_read_numbers_as_strings}
 
 Allow parsing numbers as strings in JSON input formats.

src/Core/Settings.h

@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ class IColumn;
     M(SchemaInferenceMode, schema_inference_mode, "default", "Mode of schema inference. 'default' - assume that all files have the same schema and schema can be inferred from any file, 'union' - files can have different schemas and the resulting schema should be the a union of schemas of all files", 0) \
     M(Bool, schema_inference_make_columns_nullable, true, "If set to true, all inferred types will be Nullable in schema inference for formats without information about nullability.", 0) \
     M(Bool, input_format_json_read_bools_as_numbers, true, "Allow to parse bools as numbers in JSON input formats", 0) \
+    M(Bool, input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings, true, "Allow to parse bools as strings in JSON input formats", 0) \
     M(Bool, input_format_json_try_infer_numbers_from_strings, false, "Try to infer numbers from string fields while schema inference", 0) \
     M(Bool, input_format_json_validate_types_from_metadata, true, "For JSON/JSONCompact/JSONColumnsWithMetadata input formats this controls whether format parser should check if data types from input metadata match data types of the corresponding columns from the table", 0) \
     M(Bool, input_format_json_read_numbers_as_strings, true, "Allow to parse numbers as strings in JSON input formats", 0) \

src/Core/SettingsChangesHistory.h

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ namespace SettingsChangesHistory
 /// It's used to implement `compatibility` setting (see https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/35972)
 static std::map<ClickHouseVersion, SettingsChangesHistory::SettingsChanges> settings_changes_history =
 {
+    {"24.1", {{"input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings", false, true, "Allow to read bools as strings in JSON formats by default"}}},
     {"23.12", {{"allow_suspicious_ttl_expressions", true, false, "It is a new setting, and in previous versions the behavior was equivalent to allowing."},
               {"input_format_parquet_allow_missing_columns", false, true, "Allow missing columns in Parquet files by default"},
               {"input_format_orc_allow_missing_columns", false, true, "Allow missing columns in ORC files by default"},

src/DataTypes/Serializations/SerializationString.cpp

@@ -335,6 +335,22 @@ void SerializationString::deserializeTextJSON(IColumn & column, ReadBuffer & ist
     {
         read(column, [&](ColumnString::Chars & data) { readJSONArrayInto(data, istr); });
     }
+    else if (settings.json.read_bools_as_strings && !istr.eof() && (*istr.position() == 't' || *istr.position() == 'f'))
+    {
+        String str_value;
+        if (*istr.position() == 't')
+        {
+            assertString("true", istr);
+            str_value = "true";
+        }
+        else if (*istr.position() == 'f')
+        {
+            assertString("false", istr);
+            str_value = "false";
+        }
+
+        read(column, [&](ColumnString::Chars & data) { data.insert(str_value.begin(), str_value.end()); });
+    }
     else if (settings.json.read_numbers_as_strings && !istr.eof() && *istr.position() != '"')
     {
         String field;

src/Formats/EscapingRuleUtils.cpp

@@ -450,10 +450,11 @@ String getAdditionalFormatInfoByEscapingRule(const FormatSettings & settings, Fo
             break;
         case FormatSettings::EscapingRule::JSON:
             result += fmt::format(
-                ", try_infer_numbers_from_strings={}, read_bools_as_numbers={}, read_objects_as_strings={}, read_numbers_as_strings={}, "
+                ", try_infer_numbers_from_strings={}, read_bools_as_numbers={}, read_bools_as_strings={}, read_objects_as_strings={}, read_numbers_as_strings={}, "
                 "read_arrays_as_strings={}, try_infer_objects_as_tuples={}, infer_incomplete_types_as_strings={}, try_infer_objects={}",
                 settings.json.try_infer_numbers_from_strings,
                 settings.json.read_bools_as_numbers,
+                settings.json.read_bools_as_strings,
                 settings.json.read_objects_as_strings,
                 settings.json.read_numbers_as_strings,
                 settings.json.read_arrays_as_strings,

src/Formats/FormatFactory.cpp

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ FormatSettings getFormatSettings(ContextPtr context, const Settings & settings)
     format_settings.json.quote_denormals = settings.output_format_json_quote_denormals;
     format_settings.json.quote_decimals = settings.output_format_json_quote_decimals;
     format_settings.json.read_bools_as_numbers = settings.input_format_json_read_bools_as_numbers;
+    format_settings.json.read_bools_as_strings = settings.input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings;
     format_settings.json.read_numbers_as_strings = settings.input_format_json_read_numbers_as_strings;
     format_settings.json.read_objects_as_strings = settings.input_format_json_read_objects_as_strings;
     format_settings.json.read_arrays_as_strings = settings.input_format_json_read_arrays_as_strings;

src/Formats/FormatSettings.h

@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ struct FormatSettings
         bool ignore_unknown_keys_in_named_tuple = false;
         bool serialize_as_strings = false;
         bool read_bools_as_numbers = true;
+        bool read_bools_as_strings = true;
         bool read_numbers_as_strings = true;
         bool read_objects_as_strings = true;
         bool read_arrays_as_strings = true;

src/Formats/SchemaInferenceUtils.cpp

@@ -377,6 +377,22 @@ namespace
         type_indexes.erase(TypeIndex::UInt8);
     }
 
+    /// If we have Bool and String types convert all numbers to String.
+    /// It's applied only when setting input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings is enabled.
+    void transformJSONBoolsAndStringsToString(DataTypes & data_types, TypeIndexesSet & type_indexes)
+    {
+        if (!type_indexes.contains(TypeIndex::String) || !type_indexes.contains(TypeIndex::UInt8))
+            return;
+
+        for (auto & type : data_types)
+        {
+            if (isBool(type))
+                type = std::make_shared<DataTypeString>();
+        }
+
+        type_indexes.erase(TypeIndex::UInt8);
+    }
+
     /// If we have type Nothing/Nullable(Nothing) and some other non Nothing types,
     /// convert all Nothing/Nullable(Nothing) types to the first non Nothing.
     /// For example, when we have [Nothing, Array(Int64)] it will convert it to [Array(Int64), Array(Int64)]
@@ -628,6 +644,10 @@ namespace
             if (settings.json.read_bools_as_numbers)
                 transformBoolsAndNumbersToNumbers(data_types, type_indexes);
 
+            /// Convert Bool to String if needed.
+            if (settings.json.read_bools_as_strings)
+                transformJSONBoolsAndStringsToString(data_types, type_indexes);
+
             if (settings.json.try_infer_objects_as_tuples)
                 mergeJSONPaths(data_types, type_indexes, settings, json_info);
         };

src/IO/ReadHelpers.cpp

@@ -1382,8 +1382,12 @@ void skipJSONField(ReadBuffer & buf, StringRef name_of_field)
     }
     else
     {
-        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::INCORRECT_DATA, "Unexpected symbol '{}' for key '{}'",
-                        std::string(*buf.position(), 1), name_of_field.toString());
+        throw Exception(
+            ErrorCodes::INCORRECT_DATA,
+            "Cannot read JSON field here: '{}'. Unexpected symbol '{}'{}",
+            String(buf.position(), std::min(buf.available(), size_t(10))),
+            std::string(1, *buf.position()),
+            name_of_field.empty() ? "" : " for key " + name_of_field.toString());
     }
 }
 
@@ -1753,7 +1757,7 @@ void readQuotedField(String & s, ReadBuffer & buf)
 void readJSONField(String & s, ReadBuffer & buf)
 {
     s.clear();
-    auto parse_func = [](ReadBuffer & in) { skipJSONField(in, "json_field"); };
+    auto parse_func = [](ReadBuffer & in) { skipJSONField(in, ""); };
     readParsedValueInto(s, buf, parse_func);
 }
 

tests/queries/0_stateless/02961_read_bool_as_string_json.reference

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+true
+false
+str
+true
+false
+str
+['true','false']
+['false','true']
+['str1','str2']
+['true','false']
+['false','true']
+['str1','str2']

tests/queries/0_stateless/02961_read_bool_as_string_json.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings=1;
+select * from format(JSONEachRow, 'x String', '{"x" : true}, {"x" : false}, {"x" : "str"}');
+select * from format(JSONEachRow, '{"x" : true}, {"x" : false}, {"x" : "str"}');
+select * from format(JSONEachRow, 'x String', '{"x" : tru}'); -- {serverError CANNOT_PARSE_INPUT_ASSERTION_FAILED}
+select * from format(JSONEachRow, 'x String', '{"x" : fals}'); -- {serverError CANNOT_PARSE_INPUT_ASSERTION_FAILED}
+select * from format(JSONEachRow, 'x String', '{"x" : atru}'); -- {serverError INCORRECT_DATA}
+select * from format(JSONEachRow, 'x Array(String)', '{"x" : [true, false]}, {"x" : [false, true]}, {"x" : ["str1", "str2"]}');
+select * from format(JSONEachRow, '{"x" : [true, false]}, {"x" : [false, true]}, {"x" : ["str1", "str2"]}');
+