Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-16 Thread Dennis Cote
Mike McGonagle wrote: Basically, I am trying to connect SQLite up to Pure Data (a dataflow programming language), and I am creating arbitrary lists of floating point numbers that I would like to be able to store as sets. The SQL code from my original message is what I am currently using for the

Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-16 Thread Mike McGonagle
On Jan 16, 2008 2:18 PM, Dennis Cote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, Do you need to be able to access the individual array elements with SQL statements, or do you simply need to save and restore entire arrays? The arrays are a set, so they would never be addressed as individual elements.

Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-15 Thread P Kishor
with SQLite being the db... On 1/14/08, mark pirogovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some relational (PostgreSQL for example) databases allow you to store arbitrary array as a field in on row. So your retrieval would be much easier. Also depending on your performance requirements you can store

Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-15 Thread Joe Wilson
On 1/14/08, mark pirogovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some relational (PostgreSQL for example) databases allow you to store arbitrary array as a field in on row. I was not aware of Postgres arrays or that it is part of the SQL:1999 standard:

Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-15 Thread P Kishor
On 1/15/08, Joe Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/14/08, mark pirogovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some relational (PostgreSQL for example) databases allow you to store arbitrary array as a field in on row. I was not aware of Postgres arrays or that it is part of the SQL:1999

Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-15 Thread Mike McGonagle
On Jan 14, 2008 11:28 PM, mark pirogovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is really hard to give you some idea without knowing more of you problem... but your proposed implementation does carry a lot of overhead - for every number you have two extra fields, not to mention the database internal

[sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-14 Thread Mike McGonagle
Hello all, This isn't s question specific to SQLite, so I hope that you don't mind... but, I am trying to store an ordered lists of numbers of arbitrary length in a table. I am not really sure what the best method of doing this, but the way that I have come up with is to create a table with the

Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-14 Thread Ken
Depending upon your needs an alternative would be to store the numbers list as a blob. Then the list can be retrieved as a single select. Just an idea. Ken Mike McGonagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, This isn't s question specific to SQLite, so I hope that you don't mind... but, I am

Re: [sqlite] Question on SQL arbitrary arrays

2008-01-14 Thread mark pirogovsky
Some relational (PostgreSQL for example) databases allow you to store arbitrary array as a field in on row. So your retrieval would be much easier. Also depending on your performance requirements you can store your numbers in CSV format in the single text filed. The search for the group