vortex-data · myrrc · Jun 23, 2026 · Jun 22, 2026
diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/constant.rs b/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/constant.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::duckdb::Value;
 use crate::duckdb::VectorRef;
 use crate::exporter::ColumnExporter;
 use crate::exporter::ConversionCache;
+use crate::exporter::canonical;
 use crate::exporter::new_array_exporter;
 use crate::exporter::validity;
 
@@ -46,7 +47,19 @@ pub fn new_exporter_with_mask(
     new_exporter(array)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn new_exporter(array: ConstantArray) -> VortexResult<Box<dyn ColumnExporter>> {
+pub(crate) fn new_exporter_with_flatten(
+    array: ConstantArray,
+    cache: &ConversionCache,
+    ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx,
+    flatten: bool,
+) -> VortexResult<Box<dyn ColumnExporter>> {
+    if flatten {
+        return canonical::new_exporter(array.into_array(), cache, ctx);
+    }
+    new_exporter(array)
+}
+
+fn new_exporter(array: ConstantArray) -> VortexResult<Box<dyn ColumnExporter>> {
     let value = if array.scalar().is_null() {
         // If the scalar is null and _not_ of type Null, then we cannot assign a null DuckDB value
         // to a constant vector since DuckDB will complain about a type-mismatch. In these cases,

diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/dict.rs b/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/dict.rs
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ use crate::duckdb::VectorRef;
 use crate::exporter::ColumnExporter;
 use crate::exporter::all_invalid;
 use crate::exporter::cache::ConversionCache;
+use crate::exporter::cached_values_dict;
 use crate::exporter::constant;
 use crate::exporter::new_array_exporter;
-use crate::exporter::new_array_exporter_with_flatten;
 
 struct DictExporter<I: IntegerPType> {
     // Store the dictionary values once and export the same dictionary with each codes chunk.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new_exporter_with_flatten(
     let values_key = values.addr();
     let codes = array.codes().clone().execute::<PrimitiveArray>(ctx)?;
 
-    let reusable_dict = if flatten {
+    if flatten {
         let canonical = cache
             .canonical_cache
             .get(&values_key)
@@ -93,33 +93,9 @@ pub(crate) fn new_exporter_with_flatten(
             cache,
             ctx,
         );
-    } else {
-        // Check if we have a cached vector and extract it if we do.
-        let reusable_dict = cache
-            .dict_cache
-            .get(&values_key)
-            .map(|entry| entry.value().1.clone());
-
-        match reusable_dict {
-            Some(reusable_dict) => reusable_dict,
-            None => {
-                // Create a new reusable dictionary for the values.
-                let mut reusable_dict = ReusableDict::new(values.dtype().try_into()?, values.len());
-                new_array_exporter_with_flatten(values.clone(), cache, ctx, true)?.export(
-                    0,
-                    values.len(),
-                    reusable_dict.vector(),
-                    ctx,
-                )?;
-
-                cache
-                    .dict_cache
-                    .insert(values_key, (values.clone(), reusable_dict.clone()));
+    }
 
-                reusable_dict
-            }
-        }
-    };
+    let reusable_dict = cached_values_dict(values.clone(), cache, ctx)?;
 
     match_each_integer_ptype!(codes.ptype(), |I| {
         Ok(Box::new(DictExporter {

diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/mod.rs b/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/mod.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use vortex::error::vortex_bail;
 use vortex::error::vortex_ensure;
 
 use crate::duckdb::DataChunkRef;
+use crate::duckdb::ReusableDict;
 use crate::duckdb::VectorRef;
 use crate::duckdb::duckdb_vector_size;
 
@@ -195,6 +196,32 @@ fn new_array_exporter(
     new_array_exporter_with_flatten(array, cache, ctx, false)
 }
 
+/// Export "values" into a ReusableDict, saving the dictionary in "cache".
+fn cached_values_dict(
+    values: ArrayRef,
+    cache: &ConversionCache,
+    ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx,
+) -> VortexResult<ReusableDict> {
+    let key = values.addr();
+    if let Some(entry) = cache.dict_cache.get(&key) {
+        return Ok(entry.value().1.clone());
+    }
+    let mut dict = ReusableDict::new(values.dtype().try_into()?, values.len());
+    // ReusableDict's values must be flattened. When we call
+    // vector.reuse_dictionary() with dict returned from this function, if
+    // data is not flat, duckdb's functions like TupleDataScatter read inner
+    // storage directly as T. If data inside was SEQUENCE or CONSTANT vectors
+    // which don't have a T buffer, we read garbage data.
+    new_array_exporter_with_flatten(values.clone(), cache, ctx, true)?.export(
+        0,
+        values.len(),
+        dict.vector(),
+        ctx,
+    )?;
+    cache.dict_cache.insert(key, (values, dict.clone()));
+    Ok(dict)
+}
+
 /// Create a DuckDB exporter for the given Vortex array.
 fn new_array_exporter_with_flatten(
     array: ArrayRef,
@@ -203,12 +230,12 @@ fn new_array_exporter_with_flatten(
     flatten: bool,
 ) -> VortexResult<Box<dyn ColumnExporter>> {
     let array = match array.try_downcast::<Constant>() {
-        Ok(array) => return constant::new_exporter(array),
+        Ok(array) => return constant::new_exporter_with_flatten(array, cache, ctx, flatten),
         Err(array) => array,
     };
 
     let array = match array.try_downcast::<Sequence>() {
-        Ok(array) => return sequence::new_exporter(&array),
+        Ok(array) => return sequence::new_exporter_with_flatten(&array, cache, ctx, flatten),
         Err(array) => array,
     };
 

diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/run_end.rs b/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/run_end.rs
@@ -17,20 +17,21 @@ use vortex::error::VortexExpect;
 use vortex::error::VortexResult;
 
 use crate::convert::ToDuckDBScalar;
+use crate::duckdb::ReusableDict;
 use crate::duckdb::SelectionVector;
 use crate::duckdb::VectorRef;
 use crate::exporter::ColumnExporter;
 use crate::exporter::cache::ConversionCache;
+use crate::exporter::cached_values_dict;
 use crate::exporter::canonical;
-use crate::exporter::new_array_exporter_with_flatten;
 
-/// We export run-end arrays to a DuckDB dictionary vector, using a selection vector to
-/// repeat the values in the run-end array.
+/// We export run-end arrays to a DuckDB dictionary vector. Values are exported
+/// into a ReusableDict with SelectionVector applied in export().
 struct RunEndExporter<E: IntegerPType> {
     ends: PrimitiveArray,
     ends_type: PhantomData<E>,
     values: ArrayRef,
-    values_exporter: Box<dyn ColumnExporter>,
+    values_dict: ReusableDict,
     run_end_offset: usize,
 }
 
@@ -50,16 +51,14 @@ pub(crate) fn new_exporter_with_flatten(
     let ends = array.ends().clone();
     let values = array.values().clone();
     let ends = ends.execute::<PrimitiveArray>(ctx)?;
-    // REE exports values in run-index space, not outer row space. Materialize the dictionary
-    // payload so chunked physical boundaries in the values child cannot constrain row batches.
-    let values_exporter = new_array_exporter_with_flatten(values.clone(), cache, ctx, true)?;
+    let values_dict = cached_values_dict(values.clone(), cache, ctx)?;
 
     match_each_integer_ptype!(ends.ptype(), |E| {
         Ok(Box::new(RunEndExporter {
             ends,
             ends_type: PhantomData::<E>,
             values,
-            values_exporter,
+            values_dict,
             run_end_offset: offset,
         }))
     })
@@ -88,10 +87,7 @@ impl<E: IntegerPType> ColumnExporter for RunEndExporter<E> {
 
         // Find the final run in case we can short-circuit and return a constant vector.
         let end_run_idx = ends_slice
-            .search_sorted(
-                &offset.add(E::from_usize(len).vortex_expect("len out of bounds")),
-                SearchSortedSide::Right,
-            )?
+            .search_sorted(&end_offset, SearchSortedSide::Right)?
             .to_ends_index(ends_slice.len());
 
         if start_run_idx == end_run_idx {
@@ -113,29 +109,16 @@ impl<E: IntegerPType> ColumnExporter for RunEndExporter<E> {
                 .to_usize()
                 .vortex_expect("run_len is usize");
 
-            // Push the runs into the selection vector.
-            sel_vec_slice[..run_len].fill(u32::try_from(run_idx).vortex_expect("sel_idx is u32"));
+            let global_run_idx =
+                u32::try_from(start_run_idx + run_idx).vortex_expect("run index exceeds u32");
+            sel_vec_slice[..run_len].fill(global_run_idx);
             sel_vec_slice = &mut sel_vec_slice[run_len..];
 
             offset = next_end;
         }
-        assert!(
-            sel_vec_slice.is_empty(),
-            "Selection vector not completely filled"
-        );
-
-        // The values in the selection vector are the run indices, so we can find the number of
-        // values we referenced by looking at the last index of the selection vector.
-        let values_len = *unsafe { sel_vec.as_slice_mut(len) }
-            .last()
-            .vortex_expect("non-empty")
-            + 1;
-
-        // Export the run-end values into the vector, and then turn it into a dictionary vector.
-        self.values_exporter
-            .export(start_run_idx, values_len as usize, vector, ctx)?;
-        vector.dictionary(vector, values_len as usize, &sel_vec, len as _);
+        debug_assert!(sel_vec_slice.is_empty());
 
+        vector.reuse_dictionary(&self.values_dict, &sel_vec);
         Ok(())
     }
 }

diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/sequence.rs b/vortex-duckdb/src/exporter/sequence.rs
@@ -3,19 +3,30 @@
 
 use bitvec::macros::internal::funty::Fundamental;
 use vortex::array::ExecutionCtx;
+use vortex::array::IntoArray;
 use vortex::encodings::sequence::SequenceArray;
 use vortex::error::VortexExpect;
 use vortex::error::VortexResult;
 
 use crate::duckdb::VectorRef;
 use crate::exporter::ColumnExporter;
+use crate::exporter::ConversionCache;
+use crate::exporter::canonical;
 
 struct SequenceExporter {
     start: i64,
     step: i64,
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn new_exporter(array: &SequenceArray) -> VortexResult<Box<dyn ColumnExporter>> {
+pub(crate) fn new_exporter_with_flatten(
+    array: &SequenceArray,
+    cache: &ConversionCache,
+    ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx,
+    flatten: bool,
+) -> VortexResult<Box<dyn ColumnExporter>> {
+    if flatten {
+        return canonical::new_exporter(array.clone().into_array(), cache, ctx);
+    }
     Ok(Box::new(SequenceExporter {
         start: array.base().as_i64().vortex_expect("cannot have null base"),
         step: array
@@ -58,8 +69,9 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_sequence() {
         let arr = Sequence::try_new_typed(2, 5, Nullability::NonNullable, 100).unwrap();
         let mut chunk = DataChunk::new([LogicalType::new(cpp::duckdb_type::DUCKDB_TYPE_INTEGER)]);
+        let mut ctx = SESSION.create_execution_ctx();
 
-        new_exporter(&arr)
+        new_exporter_with_flatten(&arr, &ConversionCache::default(), &mut ctx, false)
             .unwrap()
             .export(
                 0,