Resolving an issue with 'auto' type in 'print_types'
TLDR Fulvio encountered a problem with 'auto' type for 'print_types'. Jason assisted in identifying a workaround, suggesting prefixing attribute names and using 'auto' type to resolve data typing issues.
1Jul 27, 2021 (26 months ago)
Fulvio
06:09 PMauto for print_types. It can be used only for a field name containing .*“}
Jason
06:10 PMJason
06:10 PMauto was to help automatically resolve data types for fields with regex in themJason
06:11 PMprint_types is not known upfront?Fulvio
06:11 PMFulvio
06:11 PMJason
06:12 PMFulvio
06:12 PMFulvio
06:12 PMFulvio
06:12 PMJason
06:12 PMJason
06:13 PMJason
06:14 PMCould you give me an example use case for this?
Fulvio
06:14 PMJason
06:15 PMFulvio
06:16 PMFulvio
06:16 PMFulvio
06:16 PMJason
06:17 PM{ name: "attribute_.*", type: "auto", optional: true }Jason
06:17 PMattribute_Fulvio
06:18 PMFulvio
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