Ets Question

[Thomas Lange]

Your problem is that you are running two erlang
nodes ( different processes in OS ).
They can never exchange data since you have no erlang 
distribution running.

Every time you run werl, you launch a new node.

In order to have 2 shells in the same node, do like
Matthias did in his example ( ctrl-G ) to launch
a second shell.

/Thomas


Alex Peake wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, but no, that is not the problem:
> 
>     ets:new(vbDecl,[set,public,named_table,{keypos,1}])
>     ets:insert(vbDecl,{varchar, "As String"}),
> 
> Alex
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED
> > [mailto:owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED]On Behalf Of Matthias Lang
> > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 3:42 AM
> > To: Alex Peake
> > Cc: Hakan Mattsson; erlang-questions@REDACTED
> > Subject: RE: Ets Question
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I can but guess what your vbDecl module is doing, perhaps you forgot
> > to make the table a named table:
> >
> >    Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.1.1 [source]
> >
> >    Eshell V5.1.1  (abort with ^G)
> >    1> self().
> >    <0.23.0>
> >    2> ets:new(mytable, [public, named_table]).
> >    mytable
> >    3>
> >    User switch command
> >     --> s
> >     --> c
> >    Eshell V5.1.1  (abort with ^G)
> >    1> self().
> >    <0.43.0>
> >    2> ets:lookup(mytable, bla).
> >    []
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> > --------------------
> >
> > Alex Peake writes:
> >
> >  > Trouble is, in the second shell, the table is not visible.
> >  >
> >  > 1>  ets:lookup(vbDecl, varchar).
> >  > ** exited: {badarg,[{ets,lookup,[vbDecl,varchar]},
> >  >                     {erl_eval,expr,3},
> >  >                     {erl_eval,exprs,4},
> >  >                     {shell,eval_loop,2}]} **
> >  >
> >  > =ERROR REPORT==== 24-May-2002::22:30:40 ===
> >  > Error in process <0.22.0> with exit value:
> >  >
> > {badarg,[{ets,lookup,[vbDecl,varchar]},{erl_eval,expr,3},{erl_eval
> > ,exprs,4},
> >  > {shell,eval_loop,2}]}
> >  >
> >  > But in the shell I start it in:
> >  >
> >  > 1> vbDecl:init().
> >  > true
> >  > 2> ets:lookup(vbDecl, varchar).
> >  > [{varchar,"As String"}]
> >  >
> >  > The above was in XEmacs. In the regular (werl) shell:
> >  >
> >  > Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.1.1 [threads:0]
> >  >
> >  > Eshell V5.1.1  (abort with ^G)
> >  > 1> ets:lookup(vbDecl, varchar).
> >  >
> >  > =ERROR REPORT==== 24-May-2002::22:33:49 ===
> >  > Error in process <0.25.0> with exit value:
> >  > {badarg,[{ets,lookup,[vbDecl,varchar]
> >  > },{erl_eval,expr,3},{erl_eval,exprs,4},{shell,eval_loop,2}]}
> >  > ** exited: {badarg,[{ets,lookup,[vbDecl,varchar]},
> >  >                     {erl_eval,expr,3},
> >  >                     {erl_eval,exprs,4},
> >  >                     {shell,eval_loop,2}]} **
> >  >
> >  > Am I missing something?
> >  >
> >  > Alex
> >