1 | |
| 1.1 | Main Features |
| 1.2 | The Object Tree |
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2 | |
| 2.1 | Installation from source |
| 2.1.1 | Prerequisites |
| 2.1.2 | PyTables package
installation
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| 2.2 | Binary installation (Windows) |
| 2.2.1 | Windows prerequisites |
| 2.2.2 | PyTables package
installation
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3 | |
| 3.1 | Getting started |
| 3.1.1 | Importing tables
objects |
| 3.1.2 | Declaring a Column Descriptor |
| 3.1.3 | Creating a PyTables file from scratch |
| 3.1.4 | Creating a new group |
| 3.1.5 | Creating a new table |
| 3.1.6 | Reading (and selecting) data in a table |
| 3.1.7 | Creating new array objects |
| 3.1.8 | Closing the file and looking at its content |
| 3.2 | Browsing the object tree
and appending to tables |
| 3.2.1 | Traversing the object tree |
| 3.2.2 | Setting and getting user attributes |
| 3.2.3 | Getting object metadata |
| 3.2.4 | Reading data from Array objects |
| 3.2.5 | Appending data to an existing table |
| 3.2.6 | And finally... how to delete rows from a table |
| 3.3 | Multidimensional table cells and automatic
sanity checks |
| 3.3.1 | Shape checking |
| 3.3.2 | Field name checking |
| 3.3.3 | Data type checking |
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4 | |
| 4.1 | tables variables and
functions |
| 4.1.1 | Global variables |
| 4.1.2 | Global functions |
| 4.2 | The File class |
| 4.2.1 | File instance
variables |
| 4.2.2 | File methods |
| 4.2.3 | File special
methods |
| 4.3 | The Group class |
| 4.3.1 | Group instance
variables |
| 4.3.2 | Group methods |
| 4.3.3 | Group special
methods |
| 4.4 | The Leaf class |
| 4.4.1 | Leaf instance
variables |
| 4.4.2 | Leaf methods |
| 4.5 | The Table class |
| 4.5.1 | Table instance
variables |
| 4.5.2 | Table methods
|
| 4.5.3 | Table special methods
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| 4.5.4 | The Row class |
| 4.5.5 | The Cols class |
| 4.6 | The Column class |
| 4.6.1 | Column instance
variables
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| 4.6.2 | Column methods
|
| 4.6.3 | Column special methods
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| 4.7 | The Array
class |
| 4.7.1 | Array instance
variables |
| 4.7.2 | Array
methods |
| 4.7.3 | Array special
methods |
| 4.8 | The EArray class |
| 4.8.1 | EArray instance
variables |
| 4.8.2 | EArray
methods |
| 4.9 | The VLArray class |
| 4.9.1 | VLArray instance
variables |
| 4.9.2 | VLArray methods |
| 4.9.3 | VLArray special
methods |
| 4.10 | The UnImplemented class |
| 4.11 | The AttributeSet
class |
| 4.11.1 | AttributeSet instance
variables |
| 4.11.2 | AttributeSet
methods |
| 4.12 | Declarative classes
|
| 4.12.1 | The IsDescription
class |
| 4.12.2 | The Col class and its descendants |
| 4.12.3 | The Atom class and its
descendants.
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| 4.13 | Helper classes |
| 4.13.1 | The Filters class
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| 4.13.2 | The IndexProps class
|
| 4.13.3 | The Index class |
| 4.13.4 | The IndexArray
class |
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5 | |
| 5.1 | What is FileNode? |
| 5.2 | Current limitations |
| 5.3 | Finding a FileNode
node |
| 5.4 | Using FileNode |
| 5.4.1 | Creating a new file node |
| 5.4.2 | Using a file node |
| 5.4.3 | Opening an existing file node |
| 5.4.4 | Adding metadata to a file node |
| 5.5 | Complementary notes |
| 5.6 | FileNode module
reference |
| 5.6.1 | Global constants |
| 5.6.2 | Global functions |
| 5.6.3 | The FileNode
abstract class |
| 5.6.4 | The ROFileNode
class |
| 5.6.5 | The RWFileNode
class |
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6 | |
| 6.1 | Informing PyTables
about expected number of rows in tables |
| 6.2 | Accelerating your searches |
| 6.2.1 | In-kernel searches |
| 6.2.2 | Indexed searches |
| 6.3 | Compression issues |
| 6.4 | Shuffling (or how to make the compression process
more effective) |
| 6.5 | Taking advantage of Psyco |
| 6.6 | Selecting an User Entry Point (UEP) in your
tree |
| 6.7 | Compacting your PyTables
files
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A | |
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B | |
| B.1 | ptdump |
| B.1.1 | Usage |
| B.1.2 | A small tutorial on ptdump
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| B.2 | ptrepack |
| B.2.1 | Usage |
| B.2.2 | A small tutorial on ptrepack
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| B.3 | nctoh5 |
| B.3.1 | Usage |
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C | |
| C.1 | Mandatory attributes for a File |
| C.2 | Mandatory attributes for a Group |
| C.3 | Mandatory attributes, storage layout and supported
datatypes for Leaves
|
| C.3.1 | Table
format |
| C.3.2 | Array
format |
| C.3.3 | EArray
format |
| C.3.4 | VLArray
format |