Actually, no; those values don't exist. mysql:[email protected] [staging]> DESCRIBE log.MobileWebClickTracking_5929948 -> ; +---------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +---------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | uuid | char(32) | NO | UNI | NULL | | | clientIp | varchar(191) | YES | | NULL | | | clientValidated | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | | | isTruncated | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | | | timestamp | varchar(14) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | webHost | varchar(191) | YES | | NULL | | | wiki | varchar(191) | YES | | NULL | | | event_destination | varchar(191) | YES | | NULL | | | event_mobileMode | varchar(191) | YES | | NULL | | | event_name | varchar(191) | YES | | NULL | | | event_userEditCount | int(11) | NO | | NULL | | | event_username | varchar(191) | NO | | NULL | | | userAgent | varchar(191) | YES | | NULL | | +---------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
MediaWiki timestamps are stored as character strings, not numeric values, because it allows for convenient alpha-sorting. You need to be using timestamp BETWEEN '2014110100000' AND..., with quotes, rather than treating them as numeric values. On 29 December 2014 at 20:21, Jon Katz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > This is not urgetn, but if anyone is interested in troubleshooting a > (probably basic) problem I am having with mysql, I would appreciate it! > > I am trying to query the MobileWebClickTracking table, which is ginormous > and keeps timing out or boiling my RAM So Dario suggested I use screen to > dump a section of the table into a more workable table. > > Here is his test query that seemed to work: > > *screen mysql -h analytics-store.eqiad.wmnet -B -e "CREATE TABLE > staging.jkatz_foo SELECT * FROM enwiki.user LIMIT 300;"* > > > I tried to do this on my own (I use analytics-slave instead, as my > credentials don't seem to work on analytics-store), and it doesn't seem to > do anything. Can you try on your end and let me know if you're having any > luck? > > Here is the query: > > jkatz@bast1001:~$ screen > > jkatz@bast1001:~$ mysql -h analytics-slave.eqiad.wmnet -u research > -pJoFjnA90Ajyp -B -e "Insert into staging.jkatz_clicktracking1 Select * > from log.MobileWebClickTracking_5929948 WHERE ('timestamp' between > 20141101000000 and 20141130000000) and wiki like 'enwiki';" > > When I look in processes in stat1003, I only see a sleep command--no query: > [image: Inline image 2] > > Is the query within that sleep? Anyway, I seem to be creating tables but > they do not have any rows in them. I have double checked that the data > between those dates exists in that table. > > Any thoughts? > > Best, > > J > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > -- Oliver Keyes Research Analyst Wikimedia Foundation
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