"""Build sorted parquet index copies so DuckDB zone-map pruning makes lookups fast. Unsorted 104GB parquet forces a full scan (~90s) per query. A copy sorted by the search key lets DuckDB skip all but the matching row groups (ms-level lookups). Creates (skips files that already exist -> resumable): idx_phone.parquet - sorted by phoneNumber idx_aadhar.parquet - sorted by aadharNumber idx_name.parquet - sorted by name """ import duckdb import os import time FILES = ["part1.parquet", "part2a.parquet", "part2b_new.parquet"] FILES_SQL = ", ".join(f"'{f}'" for f in FILES) def build(con, field: str, out: str): if os.path.exists(out) and os.path.getsize(out) > 0: print(f"{out} already exists, skipping", flush=True) return print(f"START {out} (sort by {field})", flush=True) t = time.time() con.execute(f""" COPY (SELECT * FROM people ORDER BY {field} NULLS LAST) TO '{out}' (FORMAT PARQUET, COMPRESSION ZSTD) """) print(f"DONE {out} in {time.time()-t:.1f}s", flush=True) con = duckdb.connect() con.execute("INSTALL parquet; LOAD parquet;") con.execute("SET threads = 12") con.execute("SET memory_limit = '27GB'") con.execute(f"CREATE VIEW people AS SELECT * FROM read_parquet([{FILES_SQL}])") build(con, "phoneNumber", "idx_phone.parquet") build(con, "aadharNumber", "idx_aadhar.parquet") build(con, "name", "idx_name.parquet") print("ALL DONE", flush=True)