ok i understand float issues. it makes sense. after i had converted everything 
to double the query works.
next thing, why do the sum/max/min/avg functions fail?
ibis -d test2 -q "select max(x)"

tableSelect:: select(max(x), ) failed on table T-test2


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> Question 1. ardea parsing
> i have the following small dataset that i store in file data1.csv
> x,y,color
> 0.652,673.114,blue
> 0.255,797.098,green
> 0.541,173.007,green
> 0.231,168.145,red
> 0.233,34.526,red
> 0.219,34.526,red
> 0.722,520.938,blue
> 0.541,438.962,green
> 0.381,797.098,green
> 
> i run the following command on it to build index directory
> ardea -b "," -d test2 -b "," -t data1.csv -m x:float,y:float,color:key
> 
> 
> ardea -d "test2" -v 0
> Will attempt to parse 1 CSV file
>       data1.csv
> with the following column names and types
>       x:float,y:float,color:key
> 
> 
> ardea to read CSV file data1.csv ...
> ardea read 9 rows from data1.csv
> 
> now i run ibis query tool
> ibis -d test2 -q "select color"
> 
> "blu"
> "gree"
> "re"
> 
> what happen to last character??
> 
> Question #2
> why the exact match query does not work??
> ibis -d test2 -q "select color where x=0.652"
> 
> doQuaere -- "SELECT color WHERE x=0.652" produced a table with 0 row and 0 
> column
> doQuaere -- the result table (0 x 0) for "SELECT color WHERE x=0.652"
> 
> but the range query works just fine
> ibis -d test2 -q "select x,color where x <0.66 and x>0.65"
> 
> doQuaere -- "SELECT x,color WHERE x <0.66 and x>0.65" produced a table with 
> 12 rows and 2 columns
> doQuaere -- the first row (of 12) from the result table for "SELECT x,color 
> WHERE x <0.66 and x>0.65"
> 0.652, "blu"
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> so i was to trace the first issue to dos line endings. once i had convert the 
> file to unix endings the first question gets resolved.
> the second is still a problem. 
> On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:54 PM, Stanislav Seltser <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Question 1. ardea parsing
>> i have the following small dataset that i store in file data1.csv
>> x,y,color
>> 0.652,673.114,blue
>> 0.255,797.098,green
>> 0.541,173.007,green
>> 0.231,168.145,red
>> 0.233,34.526,red
>> 0.219,34.526,red
>> 0.722,520.938,blue
>> 0.541,438.962,green
>> 0.381,797.098,green
>> 
>> i run the following command on it to build index directory
>> ardea -b "," -d test2 -b "," -t data1.csv -m x:float,y:float,color:key
>> 
>> 
>> ardea -d "test2" -v 0
>> Will attempt to parse 1 CSV file
>>      data1.csv
>> with the following column names and types
>>      x:float,y:float,color:key
>> 
>> 
>> ardea to read CSV file data1.csv ...
>> ardea read 9 rows from data1.csv
>> 
>> now i run ibis query tool
>> ibis -d test2 -q "select color"
>> 
>> "blu"
>> "gree"
>> "re"
>> 
>> what happen to last character??
>> 
>> Question #2
>> why the exact match query does not work??
>> ibis -d test2 -q "select color where x=0.652"
>> 
>> doQuaere -- "SELECT color WHERE x=0.652" produced a table with 0 row and 0 
>> column
>> doQuaere -- the result table (0 x 0) for "SELECT color WHERE x=0.652"
>> 
>> but the range query works just fine
>> ibis -d test2 -q "select x,color where x <0.66 and x>0.65"
>> 
>> doQuaere -- "SELECT x,color WHERE x <0.66 and x>0.65" produced a table with 
>> 12 rows and 2 columns
>> doQuaere -- the first row (of 12) from the result table for "SELECT x,color 
>> WHERE x <0.66 and x>0.65"
>> 0.652, "blu"
>> 
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> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:28:55 -0800
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> Subject: Re: [FastBit-users] fastbit questions
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> Hi, Stanislav,
> 
> The problem with equality on floating-point number is a known problem
> with the design of the floating-point number scheme.  More
> specifically, when you write 0.652 as text, you get three decimal
> digits after the decimal point, however, depending on whether it is
> represented as float or double, you will get different values in the
> computer's memory.  In your case, you happen to declare x as float,
> but the value 0.652 in the query expression is represented as a
> double, therefore the in-memory representation of these two values are
> not the same.
> 
> In general, one is discourage from perform floating-point value
> equality comparisons in SQL statement - most DBMS systems have the
> issue you are experiencing.  If you really need equality comparison,
> convert the number to integer.  If you have to keep the values as
> floating-point values, then use a range expression instead.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On 1/9/13 9:02 PM, Stanislav Seltser wrote:
>> so i was to trace the first issue to dos line endings. once i had
>> convert the file to unix endings the first question gets resolved.
>> the second is still a problem. 
>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:54 PM, Stanislav Seltser <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Question 1. ardea parsing
>>> i have the following small dataset that i store in file data1.csv
>>> x,y,color
>>> 0.652,673.114,blue
>>> 0.255,797.098,green
>>> 0.541,173.007,green
>>> 0.231,168.145,red
>>> 0.233,34.526,red
>>> 0.219,34.526,red
>>> 0.722,520.938,blue
>>> 0.541,438.962,green
>>> 0.381,797.098,green
>>> 
>>> i run the following command on it to build index directory
>>> ardea -b "," -d test2 -b "," -t data1.csv -m x:float,y:float,color:key
>>> 
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /ardea -d "test2" -v 0/
>>> /Will attempt to parse 1 CSV file/
>>> /data1.csv/
>>> / with the following column names and types/
>>> /x:float,y:float,color:key/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ardea to read CSV file data1.csv ...
>>> ardea read 9 rows from data1.csv
>>> 
>>> now i run ibis query tool
>>> ibis -d test2 -q "select color"
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /"blu"/
>>> /"gree"/
>>> /"re"/
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /what happen to last character??/
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /Question #2/
>>> /why the exact match query does not work??/
>>> /
>>> ibis -d test2 -q "select color where x=0.652"
>>> 
>>> doQuaere -- "SELECT color WHERE x=0.652" produced a table with 0 row
>>> and 0 column
>>> doQuaere -- the result table (0 x 0) for "SELECT color WHERE x=0.652"
>>> /
>>> 
>>> but the range query works just fine
>>> ibis -d test2 -q "select x,color where x <0.66 and x>0.65"
>>> 
>>> doQuaere -- "SELECT x,color WHERE x <0.66 and x>0.65" produced a
>>> table with 12 rows and 2 columns
>>> doQuaere -- the first row (of 12) from the result table for "SELECT
>>> x,color WHERE x <0.66 and x>0.65"
>>> 0.652, "blu"
>>> 
>> 
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