Mnemosyne query by a partial key

Wed Jan 22 16:35:52 CET 2003

OK Dan, it works.
Thank you very much. But, tell me please, why I could run queries like the
following without using application:start(mnemosyne) ?

sel_menus(Item) ->
 F = fun() ->
  Q = query [{E.item, E.url} || E <- table(menus), E.item = Item] end,
  mnemosyne:eval(Q)
 end,
 mnesia:transaction(F).

Regards,
Ing. Carlos E. Silva
INSwitch Solutions

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Gudmundsson" <dgud@REDACTED>
To: "Carlos Silva" <carlos@REDACTED>
Cc: "Erlang Questions" <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:20 PM
Subject: Mnemosyne query by a partial key

>
> {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
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>  > <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>
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>  > 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
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