How about using a 2i range query with pagination using max_results=1? Such results are ordered, so it's effectively an open ended query-for-first after N, if you choose a large end value for the range.
Kresten Sent from my iPhone On 22/08/2013, at 22.38, "Y N" <yug...@yahoo.com<mailto:yug...@yahoo.com>> wrote: Hi Jon, Thanks for your response. Unfortunately it is not as simple as that... in this particular case, I have a large dataset of predefined objects (with ranges already defined). I then need to perform the lookups given specific values. Unfortunately the ranges are not uniform e.g. domain object 1 may be from 1000-2000, and domain object 2 may be from 2001 to 2002 etc. The ranges do not overlap, but the fact that they aren't uniform makes this problem slightly more difficult (i.e. I cannot clamp / round my value down since I don't have a fixed / uniform difference. In some cases the differences between startval and endval may be 0 or 1 or as high as 50 million). ________________________________ From: Jon Meredith <jmered...@basho.com<mailto:jmered...@basho.com>> To: Y N <yug...@yahoo.com<mailto:yug...@yahoo.com>> Cc: "riak-users@lists.basho.com<mailto:riak-users@lists.basho.com>" <riak-users@lists.basho.com<mailto:riak-users@lists.basho.com>> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:34 AM Subject: Re: 2i, search or something else for most efficient "range" lookup How can you guarantee it's only a single object you'll find? If you know an event happens every X minutes but don't know the exact start/stop times, you could truncate the startVal/endVal to the level of precision you need, hit that directly first and probe either side if you don't find it. If I went with a design like that I'd make it so that I could store an array of readings under the key to tolerate timing issues, or to allow you to update your collection rate. Jon On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Y N <yug...@yahoo.com<mailto:yug...@yahoo.com>> wrote: Hi, I have a question regarding the most efficient way to perform a search / lookup for something. This isn't a typical range lookup (where you want to find all objects given a specific range). In this case I want to find a specific object where a lookup value falls within that objects range. My use case is as follows.... I have the following domain object: MyObj startVal (long / number) endVal (long / number) ..... (other data) I need to perform many lookups where I need to find a specific domain object given a long value that falls within startVal & endVal (inclusive). What would be the most efficient way to do this in Riak? I can't think of a way I could do this via directly lookup, so that only leaves me with 2i and search as possible options. They seem a bit like overkill, since in this case I am only interested in getting back a single object... but there doesn't see to be any other way to do this. Would 2i or search be the most efficient / least impactful way to perform this type of search? Thanks. _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com<mailto:riak-users@lists.basho.com> http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com -- Jon Meredith VP, Engineering Basho Technologies, Inc. jmered...@basho.com<mailto:jmered...@basho.com> _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com<mailto:riak-users@lists.basho.com> http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
