[erlang-questions] mnesia:table_info(Table, size) returns 0 for remote tables

[Serge Aleynikov]

Is this any better than doing:
  Node = mnesia:table_info(Table, where_to_read),
  rpc:call(Node, mnesia, table_info, [Table, size]).

I think that
   mnesia:activity(transaction,fun() ->  mnesia:table_info(t2,size) 
end,mnesia_frag).

boils down to the rpc call anyway.  Though it looks like a simple call 
to mnesia:table_info(Table, size) that would abstract implementation 
details of where the table is would be cleaner.

Serge

Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote:
> Serge Aleynikov wrote:
>> I ran into this non-intuitive behavior of the mnesia:table_info(Table, 
>> size) function.  Unlike other calls of the mnesia:table_info/2 family 
>> this one returns 0 if a table is not local.
>>
>> The work around is to do:
>> Node = mnesia:table_info(Table, where_to_read),
>> rpc:call(Node, mnesia, table_info, [Table, size]).
>>
>> Though, it's not clear to me why the caller of mnesia:table_info/2 has 
>> to go though this trouble.  Can this be fixed?
>>
>> Serge
>>   
> 
> You can use the mnesia_frag callback:
> 
> Eshell V5.5.4  (abort with ^G)
> (m1@REDACTED)1> mnesia:start().
> ok
> (m1@REDACTED)2> mnesia:create_table(t2,[{ram_copies,[m2@REDACTED]}]).
> {atomic,ok}
> (m1@REDACTED)3> mnesia:table_info(t2,size).
> 0
> (m1@REDACTED)4> mnesia:activity(transaction,fun() -> 
> mnesia:table_info(t2,size) end,mnesia_frag).
> 1
> (m1@REDACTED)5>
> 
> 
> BR,
> Ulf W
>