Re: [Pytables-users] Tables vs Arrays

2013-07-28 Thread Francesc Alted
On 7/28/13 9:58 PM, Anthony Scopatz wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:38 PM, David Reed > wrote: > > I'm really trying to become more productive using PyTables, but am > struggling with what I should be using. Whats the difference > between a table an

Re: [Pytables-users] Tables vs Arrays

2013-07-28 Thread Anthony Scopatz
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:38 PM, David Reed wrote: > I'm really trying to become more productive using PyTables, but am > struggling with what I should be using. Whats the difference between a > table and an array? > Hi David, The difference between Arrays and Tables, conceptually is the same

[Pytables-users] Tables vs Arrays

2013-07-28 Thread David Reed
I'm really trying to become more productive using PyTables, but am struggling with what I should be using. Whats the difference between a table and an array? -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynam

Re: [Pytables-users] Compression and Indexing in PyTables

2013-07-28 Thread Francesc Alted
More input from Jeff Reback. Hey Jeff, I see that you try to post here from time to time, but your messages bounce because the address that you use as sender is not subscribed. Please make sure that you post from a subscribed address. Thanks! Francesc On 7/28/13 11:35 AM, pytables-users-bou

Re: [Pytables-users] Compression and Indexing in PyTables

2013-07-28 Thread Francesc Alted
On 7/28/13 10:21 AM, David Reed wrote: > maybe I wasn't aware of this, but has PANDAS completely wrapped > PyTables, or is PyTables something I should still be using for storing > and accessing scientific data, and PANDAS has an access point to it? Yeah, more the later than the former. PyTables

Re: [Pytables-users] Compression and Indexing in PyTables

2013-07-28 Thread Francesc Alted
On 7/28/13 9:24 AM, David Reed wrote: > Hi there, I was wondering if there any nice tutorials that show the > different compression options such as zlib, bzo, etc. and how to > actually use them with my tables. > > There seems to be a lot of good information describing the performance > increas

Re: [Pytables-users] Compression and Indexing in PyTables

2013-07-28 Thread David Reed
maybe I wasn't aware of this, but has PANDAS completely wrapped PyTables, or is PyTables something I should still be using for storing and accessing scientific data, and PANDAS has an access point to it? On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Andreas Hilboll wrote: > Hi David, > > Am 28.07.2013 15:24

Re: [Pytables-users] Compression and Indexing in PyTables

2013-07-28 Thread Andreas Hilboll
Hi David, Am 28.07.2013 15:24, schrieb David Reed: > Hi there, I was wondering if there any nice tutorials that show the > different compression options such as zlib, bzo, etc. and how to > actually use them with my tables. > > There seems to be a lot of good information describing the perform

[Pytables-users] Compression and Indexing in PyTables

2013-07-28 Thread David Reed
Hi there, I was wondering if there any nice tutorials that show the different compression options such as zlib, bzo, etc. and how to actually use them with my tables. There seems to be a lot of good information describing the performance increase under the Optimization Tips section, but I don't s