Basically it looks like there's no way to work with decimals in InfluxDB, is that correct? Currencies cannot be stored as floats due to precision issues and aggregation functions like SUM() will not work for strings. Is that correct or there's a workaround? Have filed a feature request, https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/8982
On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 2:55:37 AM UTC+2, Sean Beckett wrote: > There is no CAST function, nor is there a way to alter the type of a field > after write. > > > There are open feature requests for both, but until one or both is written I > think you will need to export and re-write the data with the proper type. > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 3:28 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sean, > > > > I have an influxDB database where a field is stored as strings. Now I am in a > bit of a predicament as I need to do some aggregation and math functions on > this field. > > > > Are there any InfluxDB functions I could use to do this on the string field? > I am currently on InfluxDB 9. I can upgrade to a newer version, if that does > the job. > > > > Thanks, > > Paul John > > > > On Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 1:21:12 PM UTC+5:30, Yukinori SUDA wrote: > > > Hi Sean, > > > > > > > > > thanks for your quick response. > > > > > > > > > I filed the issue. > > > https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/2911/ > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking forward to implementing this function. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > suda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2015-06-11 15:59 GMT+09:00 Sean Beckett <[email protected]>: > > > > > > There are no issues filed requesting that feature so it is not currently > > planned. > > > > > > > > > If you would like to have this feature, please open a feature request issue > > on GitHub: https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/new > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Suda Yukinori <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > Many DBs basically support cast() function. > > > So we can get the sum of string field by using cast(field AS int) > > > > > > > > > In the latest version, InfluxDB does not seem to support cast() function > > > and the sum of string field is empty. > > > > > > > > > Does InfluxDB have a plan to support cast() function in the future release? > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > suda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > > > > > > --- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "InfluxDB" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/768a2c57-52d9-45dc-bd82-4e5043a23039%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > Sean Beckett > > > Director of Support and Professional Services > > > InfluxDB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > > > > > > --- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "InfluxDB" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvOekD-BgTwZfJfcxw6NGLL2%3D6U1b0k%3Dt63ubELnaEDXVA%40mail.gmail.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxDB" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/1db177ed-4d1c-4439-8adb-160e4ea53b6e%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > > Sean Beckett > Director of Support and Professional Services > InfluxDB -- Remember to include the version number! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxData" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/661529b9-c193-4eaa-9b2b-b51cff03156e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
