table function sys.rejects() and view sys.rejects() are listed are metadata objects but give an (incorrect) error when they are queried

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Date: 2015-08-20 13:41:35 +0200
From: Martin van Dinther <<martin.van.dinther>>
To: SQL devs <>
Version: 11.21.1 (Jul2015)
CC: akkaran046, @njnes

Last updated: 2019-02-12 13:58:57 +0100

Comment 21160

Date: 2015-08-20 13:41:35 +0200
From: Martin van Dinther <<martin.van.dinther>>

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Querying the sys.rejects view or sys.rejects() function results in error message:
Error: No reject table available
SQLState: 22000
This is not expected for a metadata view or function. It should return a (possibly empty) resultset.

Also note that the error message is incorrect as it mentions table: reject while we are querying the rejects (with an s at the end) view and function.
Maybe this is a hardcoded error message string?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Start mserver5 (MonetDB 5 server v11.21.4: compiled from Jul2015 branch with assertions enabled)
2. Start mclient
3. run SQL queries:
   select * from "sys"."rejects";
   select * from sys.rejects;
   select * from rejects;
   select * from "sys"."tables" where name = 'rejects';

select * from "sys"."rejects"();
select * from sys.rejects();
select * from rejects();
select * from "sys"."functions" where name = 'rejects';

Actual Results:

Welcome to mclient, the MonetDB/SQL interactive terminal (unreleased)
Database: MonetDB v11.21.4 (unreleased), 'demo'
Type \q to quit, ? for a list of available commands
auto commit mode: on
sql>select * from "sys"."rejects";
No reject table available
sql>select * from sys.rejects;
No reject table available
sql>select * from rejects;
No reject table available
sql>select * from "sys"."tables" where name = 'rejects';
+------+---------+---------+---------------------------------------------------------+------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
| id | name | schema_ | query | type | system | commit_a | access | temporar |
: : : id : : : : ction : : y :
+======+=========+=========+=========================================================+======+========+==========+========+==========+
| 6292 | rejects | 2000 | create view sys.rejects as select * from sys.rejects(); | 11 | true | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+------+---------+---------+---------------------------------------------------------+------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
1 tuple (3.859ms)

sql>select * from "sys"."rejects"();
No reject table available
sql>select * from sys.rejects();
No reject table available
sql>select * from rejects();
No reject table available
sql>select * from "sys"."functions" where name = 'rejects';
+------+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+
| id | name | func | mod | lang | type | side_ | varre | varar | sche |
: : : : : uage : : effec : s : g : ma_i :
: : : : : : : t : : : d :
+======+=========+==============================================================+======+======+======+=======+=======+=======+======+
| 6282 | rejects | -- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozi | sql | 1 | 5 | false | false | false | 2000 |
: : : lla Public : : : : : : : :
: : : -- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distribute : : : : : : : :
: : : d with this : : : : : : : :
: : : -- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. : : : : : : : :
: : : -- : : : : : : : :
: : : -- Copyright 2008-2015 MonetDB B.V. : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : :
: : : -- COPY into reject management : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : :
: : : create function sys.rejects() : : : : : : : :
: : : returns table( : : : : : : : :
: : : rowid bigint, : : : : : : : :
: : : fldid int, : : : : : : : :
: : : "message" string, : : : : : : : :
: : : "input" string : : : : : : : :
: : : ) : : : : : : : :
: : : external name sql.copy_rejects; : : : : : : : :
+------+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+
1 tuple (1.288ms)
sql>

Expected Results:

No error message. It should return a (possibly empty) resultset.

Alternatively if this view and function does not exist permanently, exclude it from the metadata tables: sys.tables and sys.functions

Comment 21279

Date: 2015-09-23 11:20:46 +0200
From: @njnes

fixed by always creating the bats (when used).

Comment 21457

Date: 2015-11-03 10:18:50 +0100
From: @sjoerdmullender

Jul2015 SP1 has been released.