fix: Don't panic in SQL temporal string check; raise suitable `Column…

…NotFound` error (#19473)

crates/polars-sql/src/sql_expr.rs

@@ -374,34 +374,35 @@ impl SQLExprVisitor<'_> {
             },
             // identify "CAST(expr AS type) <op> string" and/or "expr::type <op> string" expressions
             (Expr::Cast { expr, dtype, .. }, Expr::Literal(LiteralValue::String(s))) => {
-                if let Expr::Column(name) = &**expr {
-                    (Some(name.clone()), Some(s), Some(dtype))
-                } else {
-                    (None, Some(s), Some(dtype))
+                match &**expr {
+                    Expr::Column(name) => (Some(name.clone()), Some(s), Some(dtype)),
+                    _ => (None, Some(s), Some(dtype)),
                 }
             },
             _ => (None, None, None),
         } {
             if expr_dtype.is_none() && self.active_schema.is_none() {
                 right.clone()
             } else {
-                let left_dtype = expr_dtype
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| self.active_schema.as_ref().unwrap().get(&name).unwrap());
-
+                let left_dtype = expr_dtype.or_else(|| {
+                    self.active_schema
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .and_then(|schema| schema.get(&name))
+                });
                 match left_dtype {
-                    DataType::Time if is_iso_time(s) => {
+                    Some(DataType::Time) if is_iso_time(s) => {
                         right.clone().str().to_time(StrptimeOptions {
                             strict: true,
                             ..Default::default()
                         })
                     },
-                    DataType::Date if is_iso_date(s) => {
+                    Some(DataType::Date) if is_iso_date(s) => {
                         right.clone().str().to_date(StrptimeOptions {
                             strict: true,
                             ..Default::default()
                         })
                     },
-                    DataType::Datetime(tu, tz) if is_iso_datetime(s) || is_iso_date(s) => {
+                    Some(DataType::Datetime(tu, tz)) if is_iso_datetime(s) || is_iso_date(s) => {
                         if s.len() == 10 {
                             // handle upcast from ISO date string (10 chars) to datetime
                             lit(format!("{}T00:00:00", s))

py-polars/tests/unit/sql/test_miscellaneous.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 import polars as pl
-from polars.exceptions import SQLInterfaceError, SQLSyntaxError
+from polars.exceptions import ColumnNotFoundError, SQLInterfaceError, SQLSyntaxError
 from polars.testing import assert_frame_equal
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -362,3 +362,26 @@ def test_global_variable_inference_17398() -> None:
         eager=True,
     )
     assert_frame_equal(res, users)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "query",
+    [
+        "SELECT invalid_column FROM self",
+        "SELECT key, invalid_column FROM self",
+        "SELECT invalid_column * 2 FROM self",
+        "SELECT * FROM self ORDER BY invalid_column",
+        "SELECT * FROM self WHERE invalid_column = 200",
+        "SELECT * FROM self WHERE invalid_column = '200'",
+        "SELECT key, SUM(n) AS sum_n FROM self GROUP BY invalid_column",
+    ],
+)
+def test_invalid_cols(query: str) -> None:
+    df = pl.DataFrame(
+        {
+            "key": ["xx", "xx", "yy"],
+            "n": ["100", "200", "300"],
+        }
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(ColumnNotFoundError, match="invalid_column"):
+        df.sql(query)