[Pytables-users] compare 2 tables from 2 different h5 files?

2011-09-15 Thread Emmanuel Mayssat
Are queries limited to 1 table only? Is it possible to compare rows of 2 tables in same database? Is it possible to compare rows of 2 tables located in different database/files? Regards, -- Emmanuel -- Doing More with

Re: [Pytables-users] compare 2 tables from 2 different h5 files?

2011-09-15 Thread Emmanuel Mayssat
I use a control system (50K+ parameters). i would like to take a snapshot/backup of a running configuration and save all the 50K+ parameters in one file. A feature I need is to compare snapshot with each others. For example: how does the current configuration compare to the snapshot taken 3 weeks

Re: [Pytables-users] compare 2 tables from 2 different h5 files?

2011-09-15 Thread Anthony Scopatz
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Emmanuel Mayssat emays...@gmail.comwrote: I use a control system (50K+ parameters). i would like to take a snapshot/backup of a running configuration and save all the 50K+ parameters in one file. A feature I need is to compare snapshot with each others. For

Re: [Pytables-users] compare 2 tables from 2 different h5 files?

2011-09-15 Thread Emmanuel Mayssat
I guess I am unclear on how you are storing these parameters.  They can't be columns in a table due to a hard HDF5 limitation.  Thus the parameters are either row entries in a table or they are stored as an array.  How you are storing them is going to determine how you might what to perform