Gerrit Holl said the following on 11/16/2010 9:44 AM:
>
> [David E. Sallis]
>> You can store arbitrary key/value pairs on a node by using the node's
>> _f_setAttr() method. I use this frequently and in much the same way as in
>> your
>> example. The key is the column name, and the value is a Python dictionary
>> containing the long name, units, etc.
>>
>> Example: n._f_setAttr('AVHRR_LONG':{'long_name':'AVHRR_Longitude',
>> 'units':'degrees_east', 'valid_range':(-180.0,180.0)})
>
> What is 'n' in this case? The table containing those columns? So then
> I actually set the properties to the table, with property names equal
> to the column, rather than setting properties to the variable, or am I
> misunderstanding things?
No, you got it right. Sorry I wasn't clear.
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