Add support for validate_sql method to BigQuery

.changes/unreleased/Features-20230712-014350.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add validate_sql to BigQuery adapter and dry_run to BigQueryConnectionManager
+time: 2023-07-12T01:43:50.36167-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: tlento
+  Issue: "805"

dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py

@@ -428,7 +428,13 @@ def get_table_from_response(cls, resp):
         column_names = [field.name for field in resp.schema]
         return agate_helper.table_from_data_flat(resp, column_names)
 
-    def raw_execute(self, sql, use_legacy_sql=False, limit: Optional[int] = None):
+    def raw_execute(
+        self,
+        sql,
+        use_legacy_sql=False,
+        limit: Optional[int] = None,
+        dry_run: bool = False,
+    ):
         conn = self.get_thread_connection()
         client = conn.handle
 
@@ -446,7 +452,11 @@ def raw_execute(self, sql, use_legacy_sql=False, limit: Optional[int] = None):
         if active_user:
             labels["dbt_invocation_id"] = active_user.invocation_id
 
-        job_params = {"use_legacy_sql": use_legacy_sql, "labels": labels}
+        job_params = {
+            "use_legacy_sql": use_legacy_sql,
+            "labels": labels,
+            "dry_run": dry_run,
+        }
 
         priority = conn.credentials.priority
         if priority == Priority.Batch:
@@ -554,6 +564,37 @@ def execute(
 
         return response, table
 
+    def dry_run(self, sql: str) -> BigQueryAdapterResponse:
+        """Run the given sql statement with the `dry_run` job parameter set.
+
+        This will allow BigQuery to validate the SQL and immediately return job cost
+        estimates, which we capture in the BigQueryAdapterResponse. Invalid SQL
+        will result in an exception.
+        """
+        sql = self._add_query_comment(sql)
+        query_job, _ = self.raw_execute(sql, dry_run=True)
+
+        # TODO: Factor this repetitive block out into a factory method on
+        # BigQueryAdapterResponse
+        message = f"Ran dry run query for statement of type {query_job.statement_type}"
+        bytes_billed = query_job.total_bytes_billed
+        processed_bytes = self.format_bytes(query_job.total_bytes_processed)
+        location = query_job.location
+        project_id = query_job.project
+        job_id = query_job.job_id
+        slot_ms = query_job.slot_millis
+
+        return BigQueryAdapterResponse(
+            _message=message,
+            code="DRY RUN",
+            bytes_billed=bytes_billed,
+            bytes_processed=processed_bytes,
+            location=location,
+            project_id=project_id,
+            job_id=job_id,
+            slot_ms=slot_ms,
+        )
+
     @staticmethod
     def _bq_job_link(location, project_id, job_id) -> str:
         return f"https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?project={project_id}&j=bq:{location}:{job_id}&page=queryresults"

dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import threading
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any, Set, Union, Type
 
+from dbt.contracts.connection import AdapterResponse
 from dbt.contracts.graph.nodes import ColumnLevelConstraint, ModelLevelConstraint, ConstraintType  # type: ignore
 from dbt.dataclass_schema import dbtClassMixin, ValidationError
 
@@ -1024,3 +1025,12 @@ def render_model_constraint(cls, constraint: ModelLevelConstraint) -> Optional[s
     def debug_query(self):
         """Override for DebugTask method"""
         self.execute("select 1 as id")
+
+    def validate_sql(self, sql: str) -> AdapterResponse:
+        """Submit the given SQL to the engine for validation, but not execution.
+
+        This submits the query with the `dry_run` flag set True.
+
+        :param str sql: The sql to validate
+        """
+        return self.connections.dry_run(sql)

tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import random
+
 import pytest
+from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
 
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_array_append import BaseArrayAppend
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_array_concat import BaseArrayConcat
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_safe_cast import BaseSafeCast
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_split_part import BaseSplitPart
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_string_literal import BaseStringLiteral
+from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_validate_sql import BaseValidateSqlMethod
 from tests.functional.adapter.utils.fixture_array_append import (
     models__array_append_actual_sql,
     models__array_append_expected_sql,
@@ -167,3 +171,26 @@ class TestSplitPart(BaseSplitPart):
 
 class TestStringLiteral(BaseStringLiteral):
     pass
+
+
+class TestValidateSqlMethod(BaseValidateSqlMethod):
+    pass
+
+
+class TestDryRunMethod:
+    """Test connection manager dry run method operation."""
+
+    def test_dry_run_method(self, project) -> None:
+        """Test dry run method on a DDL statement.
+
+        This allows us to demonstrate that no SQL is executed.
+        """
+        with project.adapter.connection_named("_test"):
+            client = project.adapter.connections.get_thread_connection().handle
+            random_suffix = "".join(random.choices([str(i) for i in range(10)], k=10))
+            table_name = f"test_dry_run_{random_suffix}"
+            table_id = "{}.{}.{}".format(project.database, project.test_schema, table_name)
+            res = project.adapter.connections.dry_run(f"CREATE TABLE {table_id} (x INT64)")
+            assert res.code == "DRY RUN"
+            with pytest.raises(expected_exception=NotFound):
+                client.get_table(table_id)