Mnemosyne query by a partial key

Wed Jan 22 16:20:56 CET 2003

{aborted,mnemosyne_not_running} 

means that you forgot to start the application mnemosyne, 
i.e. use application:start(mnemosyne). before any mnemosyne queries.

But the select call is the preferred way..
Though you forgot to bind the $2 in your select expr.

/Dan
PS:  Yes I know I got a bug in select, a bad match-spec will loop 
     the transaction forever :-(, will be corrected in next patch.
     In the mean time use ets:test_ms/2 to check your match_spec.

Carlos Silva writes:
 > Hi everybody.
 > 
 > I'd like to know if it is possible to include a function call in the body of a Mnemosyne query. Knowing that a query is declared as: query [ <pattern> || <body> ] end
 > 
 > The doubt comes to me when I tried to run this example:
 >           Q = query [{E.item, E.url} || E <- table(menus), element(1, E.item) = Level] end,
 > 
 > but a "{aborted,mnemosyne_not_running}" is all I've obtained from the shell :o(
 > 
 > Neither I could run my example in this way:
 > ...
 >     Menus = #menus{item = '$1'},
 >     Guard = {'==','element(1, $1)',Level},
 >     mnesia:select(menus, [{Menus , [Guard], [['$1','$2']]}])
 > ...
 > 
 > I'd be happy if someone could tell me how to execute a query by a partial key, when the key of a Mnesia table is a compound key as {elem1, elem2, elem3} and I want to search only by elem1 for example.
 > 
 > Thanks a lot,
 > 
 > Ing. Carlos E. Silva
 > INSwitch Solutions
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 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everybody.</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to know if it is possible to include a 
 > function call in the body of a Mnemosyne query. Knowing that a query is declared 
 > as</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>: query [ <pattern> || <body> ] 
 > end</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV> </DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The doubt comes to me when I tried to run this 
 > example:</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial 
 > size=2>          Q = query 
 > [{E.item, E.url} || E <- table(menus), <STRONG>element(1, E.item) </STRONG>= 
 > Level] end,</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but a "{aborted,mnemosyne_not_running}" is all I've 
 > obtained from the shell :o(</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV> </DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Neither I could run my example in this 
 > way:</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Menus = #menus{item = 
 > '$1'},</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Guard = 
 > {'==',<STRONG>'element(1, $1)'</STRONG>,Level},<BR>    
 > mnesia:select(menus, [{Menus , [Guard], [['$1','$2']]}])</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd be happy if someone could tell me how to 
 > execute a query by a partial key, when the key of a Mnesia table is a compound 
 > key as {elem1, elem2, elem3} and I want to search only by elem1 for 
 > example.</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks a lot,</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ing. Carlos E. Silva</FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>INSwitch Solutions</FONT><FONT face=Arial 
 > size=2></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>

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