We have one seat left in the class that starts next week http://www.topquadrant.com/training/advanced.html. It focuses pretty heavily on SPARQL:
I know that this is a very short notice, but it the most effective way to get started. Irene Polikoff -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 12:57 PM To: TopBraid Suite Users Subject: [topbraid-users] Re: Error importing SQL Server DB in TopBraid 3.4.4 Thanks Scott. What's the best way to get familiar with SPARQL? Coming from the relational world (SQL Server) this is a bit of a different concept. We are currently evaluating this product for use on a project now. Of course I needed the knowledge yesterday! :) On May 20, 11:24 am, Scott Henninger <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark; Yes, this is the best way to proceed. The D2RQ wizard in TBC > will get the full schema from the database. This itself is a bit of > an issue and we are looking to improve on this. It wouldn't be > expected that D2RQ will make sense of blob columns, but the TBC > behavior should admittedly be better about letting you know where the > problem occurs. > > So for now the best practice is to run the wizard and edit the mapping > model in Composer. It is an RDF file and the key mappings are > instances of d2rq:ClassMap and d2rq:PropertyBridge, both subclasses > of d2rq:ResourceMap. You can also manipulate these properties of > these instances to change the format of the label (primary keys are > often used), create join tables, etc. The Composer D2RQ Help page > points to the reference for the D2RQ mapping language that is used in > the mapping model created by the wizard. > > -- Scott > > On May 20, 7:32 am, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I just removed it from the mapping and schema files and it appears to > > be working. Is this the best way though? I don't need these columns in > > my Ontology so maybe this is? > > > On May 20, 8:26 am, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes, thank you. After looking thru the log file more carefully it is > > > erroring out on a column that has the image datatype. What is the > > > best way around this error? Can I just remove these columns from the > > > schema and mapping file? Do I have to make a view to the table and > > > remove this column? > > > > On May 19, 4:56 pm, David Price <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This kind of error is often caused because there's a column datatype in > > > > a table being opened that D2RQ does not support. The details in the > > > > (Window, Show View) Error Log often explain the problem in more detail. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > David > > > > > On 5/19/2011 8:20 PM, Gokhan Soydan wrote: > > > > > > Mark, > > > > > > Can you open the Mapping or the Schema ontologies on their own? > > > > > > Gokhan > > > > > > On 5/19/2011 7:30 AM, Mark wrote: > > > > >> Hi Gokhan, > > > > > >> Yes, I used the Create Mapping files for D2RQ Relational Database > > > > >> option on import. I did not get an error on creating the import file > > > > >> and nothing in the error log. However when I load the -Test.rdf file > > > > >> I get the following error: > > > > > >> Operation failed. > > > > > >> On: May 19, 2011 10:23:42 AM > > > > > >> Reason: > > > > >> org.topbraidcomposer.core.io.FailedImportException: The following URIs > > > > >> could not be imported:<http://datamining.org/ProChain-Test.owl> > > > > > >> at org.topbraidcomposer.core.io.TBCIO.loadImportedModels(TBCIO.java: > > > > >> 225) > > > > > >> at org.topbraidcomposer.core.io.TBCIO$2$1.run(TBCIO.java:310) > > > > > >> at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) > > > > > >> Let me know if there's anything I can supply. > > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > >> Mark > > > > > >> On May 18, 4:51 pm, Gokhan Soydan<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>> Mark, > > > > > >>> Did you use "Create Mapping Files for D2RQ Relational Database > > > > >>> Interface" wizard of TopBraid Composer? Did you get any exception in > > > > >>> the > > > > >>> Error Log? Could you send the exception? > > > > > >>> Gokhan > > > > > >>> On 5/18/2011 12:00 PM, Mark wrote: > > > > > >>>> Hi new to TopBraid and running into a problem importing a SQL server > > > > >>>> database. From what I understand each table must have a primary key or > > > > >>>> a unique key. In the database I'm importing, each of the tables has a > > > > >>>> primary key several have foreign keys. It appears to import correctly, > > > > >>>> a mapping file, schema file all get created without errors... But when > > > > >>>> I go to load the test file to run some queries against I receive an > > > > >>>> error that it cannot load the mapping file and something about untyped > > > > >>>> data in an import file. If I look at the import tab it has not > > > > >>>> imported the mapping file. Anyone run into this? > > > > > -- > > > > Managing Director and Consultant > > > > TopQuadrant Limited. 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