March 2015 - users-list

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Creating an AWS AMI
by Maarten Sander 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Hi everyone, Is there an easy way to create an AWS AMI running MonetDB? Perhaps someone maintains a Packer template? Regards, Maarten

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C++ user defined function
by Jiří Nádvorník 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Hi, I'm trying to write a function in C++ and I thought I would just provide a makefile for it in my custom folder in MonetDB/sql/backends/monet5/CUSTOM. But it seems like all of the Makefiles in UDF sample are generated by the bootstrap. How do I get over this? I need to use external C++ libraries in the makefile.. Thank you for help. Best regards, Jiri Nadvornik Astronomical Institute AV CR Stellar department Czech Republic <mailto:nadvornik.ji@gmail.com> nadvornik.ji(a)gmail.com

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Mal description for a BAT function
by Jiří Nádvorník 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Hi, I'm sorry for spamming so much, but I have to get more into the idea of BATs before I will be a little more self-sufficient. I need a function which takes two table columns as parameters. I would come up with this MAL declaration: command build_chunks(ra:bat[:oid,:dbl], dec:bat[:oid,:dbl], nside_low:int, nside_high:int):bat[:oid,:oid] address OSPSbuild_chunks comment "Build HEALPix groups for further processing."; It should take ra, dec parameters (from my DB table) and then some integer parameters. I guess it should return an oid, because all it does is that it should write some computed result (multiple rows) to another table. I have still no idea how I will do that, but I feel I'm getting closer J. The function produces a c++ vector of some integers, which I want to write down to another table. Is that MAL declaration looking correct? How should I call that function? I understand that SELECT reverse('hello'), but I don't know when the parameter is passed from a query. Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction. Best regards, Jiri Nadvornik Astronomical Institute AV CR Stellar department Czech Republic <mailto:nadvornik.ji@gmail.com> nadvornik.ji(a)gmail.com

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UDF function example
by Jiří Nádvorník 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Hi, When I download the source code from mercurial and run: 1. bootstrap, configure, make, make install 2. monetdbd start myFarm, mclient demo 3. sql>select 'hello',reverse('hello'); The output is: SELECT: no such unary operator 'reverse(char)' What can be wrong here? I had the original installation from packages, then I apt-get removed them and installed via the make install. Any ideas appreciated. Best regards, Jiri Nadvornik Astronomical Institute AV CR Stellar department Czech Republic <mailto:nadvornik.ji@gmail.com> nadvornik.ji(a)gmail.com

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Table partitioning over nodes
by Jiří Nádvorník 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Hi All, I have one table with data that can be grouped easily. I need to iterate over these groups, count their members and distribute them uniformly over the database nodes (physically). If I have three groups A, B, C of size (1, 1, 2) and two physical nodes - I want A,B to be on node no. 1 and C on the node no. 2. The question is quite simple. Is it possible? Jiri Nadvornik Astronomical Institute AV CR Stellar department Czech Republic <mailto:nadvornik.ji@gmail.com> nadvornik.ji(a)gmail.com

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COPY INTO FROM STDIN and auto increment column
by fadila.mumbasic＠uniserv.com 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

Hi, We are facing problems with COPY INTO .. FROM STDIN and an auto increment column, which is the primary key column in the table. The client is our own java client. If we don't set any value for this column (which is our expected constellation) there is neither error nor exception, but no record is inserted into the table. A try with a null value for this column produces the same result (no exception, no record in the table) The only way to insert records is to set the proper value for the column, but it is not the supposed behavior of an auto increment column, isn't it? Best regards, Fadila

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SQL string from PreparedStatement ??
by Vijay Krishna 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

Hi, Is there any way to get the SQL query as a string from the PreparedStatement of MonetDB?? (Like in some DBs, toString will give the SQL string) Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Thanks & Regards, Vijayakrishna.P. Mobile : (+91) 9500402305.

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Count function with Over clause()
by Amey M 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

The Aggregate count function doesn't work with the over clause in MonetDB. I am a new user on MonetDB, and have trouble using queries running on other databases like Postgres on MonetDB. When using the Count function with Over clause I get the following error: sql>select count(id) over() from sample_table ;SELECT: function 'count' not found Regards, Ameya

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MonetDB C functions
by Jiří Nádvorník 29 Mar '15

29 Mar '15

Hi all, I'm trying to understand the example of user defined functions in MonetDB (https://www.monetdb.org/Documentation/Cookbooks/SQLrecipes/UserDefinedFunct ion). I understand the concept for just reversing a string. But what about working with tabular data? I'd like to pass to this C function a whole table (list of rows) and then return another table(s)/write result data to other tables. What is the correct way of doing this? Can I pass some kind of arrays to the C function? Can I return these arrays from a function? Or is it possible to query the DB directly from the C script? Thank you very much for some answers. Best regards, Jiri Nadvornik Astronomical Institute AV CR Stellar department Czech Republic <mailto:nadvornik.ji@gmail.com> nadvornik.ji(a)gmail.com

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