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Known Python Issues

Unfortunately there are some issues that are either beyond our control or are very elusive / hard to track down. Below is a list of these issues that you might have to be aware of, depending on your workflow.

Numpy Import Multithreading

When making use of multi threading and fetching results either directly as Numpy arrays or indirectly through a Pandas DataFrame, it might be necessary to ensure that numpy.core.multiarray is imported. If this module has not been imported from the main thread, and a different thread during execution attempts to import it this causes either a deadlock or a crash.

To avoid this, it’s recommended to import numpy.core.multiarray before starting up threads.

Running EXPLAIN Renders Newlines in Jupyter and IPython

When DuckDB is run in Jupyter notebooks or in the IPython shell, the output of the EXPLAIN statement contains hard line breaks (\n):

In [1]: import duckdb
   ...: duckdb.sql("EXPLAIN SELECT 42 AS x")

Out[1]:
┌───────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  explain_key  │                                                   explain_value                                                   │
│    varchar    │                                                      varchar                                                      │
├───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ physical_plan │ ┌───────────────────────────┐\n│         PROJECTION        │\n│   ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─   │\n│             x   …  │
└───────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

To work around this, print the output of the explain() function:

In [2]: print(duckdb.sql("SELECT 42 AS x").explain())

Out[2]:
┌───────────────────────────┐
│         PROJECTION        │
│   ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─   │
│             x             │
└─────────────┬─────────────┘
┌─────────────┴─────────────┐
│         DUMMY_SCAN        │
└───────────────────────────┘

Please also check out the Jupyter guide for tips on using Jupyter with JupySQL.

Error When Importing the DuckDB Python Package on Windows

When importing DuckDB on Windows, the Python runtime may return the following error:

import duckdb

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing duckdb: The specified module could not be found.

The solution is to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package.

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Last modified: 2024-04-25