On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Francesc Alted <fal...@pytables.org> wrote: > 2012/1/23 Hector <hecto...@gmail.com> >> >> I guess the only reason why I'm thinking of a Table is to be able to >> create an index on one of its columns and then be able to do fast >> queries. If I could also do fast queries on a VLArray that would be >> great too! Is this actually possible? > > > Ok. What if you use a VLArray to text sentences, and a Table to store your > other variables? Then you only have to add a new column in your table with > the index (that's like a pointer) to the sentence in the VLArray to easily > retrieve it. > > -- > Francesc Alted
Thanks Francesc, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Let me give you and example. My data looks like these sentences (assuming a csv format): "teléfono", "Su teléfono es nuevo." "manzana", "La manzana está barata." "teléfono", "El teléfono es 123-456." the first column is a token (usually just a word, but could be a phrase too), and the second column is a sentence. All I need is to be able to select all the sentences where, for example, token equals "teléfono". It's a simple table, but I would need to use VLArray for both columns and don't really get where the pointer metaphor applies. Thanks again for your help, -- Hector ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
