Yes, FastBit can handle strings. The test case you have is perfectly reasonable for FastBit. FastBit's indexes on strings and keywords work quite well; but using FastBit to read strings is not particularly efficient.
Let me know if you have any specific questions. John On 2/26/14, 7:45 PM, Qian Sun wrote: > Hi John, > > I have question about the string support in FastBit. > > 1. Can FastBit index string values? I think the bitmap index can only > used for numbers such as double, int, short....right? > > 2. Can string value store in a column (no need to be indexed) in the > FastBit and be retrieved by query? > For example: > name age > Lily 20 > Sam 30 > Tom 27 > SELECT name WHERE age<30 > Result: Lily, Tom > > Thanks. > > Regards, > Qian _______________________________________________ FastBit-users mailing list [email protected] https://hpcrdm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fastbit-users
