Tool: table Access tables from Glish
Method: table Construct table tool
tablename string Name of table on disk
tabledesc any Table descriptor
nrow int Number of rows
readonly bool Open Read-only?
lockoptions any locking to be used
ack bool Acknowledge creations, etc
dminfo any Data manager info for new table
endian string Endian format of new table
memorytable bool Hold new table in memory?
tableserver any Table handler to be used
tablenote any note function to be used Any note function
handle any attach to this table handle for internal use only
Method: tablefromfits Create an \aipspp\ table from binary FITS
tablename string Name of table to be created
fitsfile string Name of FITS file to be read
whichhdu int Which HDU to read (0-relative to primary HDU i.e. 1 is the smallest valid value)
storage string Storage manager to use (standard or incremental)
convention string Convention to use (SDFITS or none)
readonly bool Open Read-only?
lockoptions any locking to be used
ack bool Acknowledge creations, etc
tableserver any Table server to be used
Method: tablefromascii Create an \aipspp\ table from an ASCII format
tablename string Name of table to be created
asciifile string Name of ASCII file to be read
headerfile string Name of an optional file defining the format
autoheader bool Determine header information automatically
autoshape intArray Shape to be used if autoheader=T
sep string Value separator
commentmarker string Regex indicating comment line
firstline int First line to use
lastline int Last line to use
readonly bool Open Read-only?
lockoptions any locking to be used
ack bool Acknowledge creations, etc
tableserver any Table server to be used
Method: open open and existing table
tablename string
lockoptions any locking to be used
nomodify bool
Method: flush flush the current contents to disk
Method: resync resync the table tool with table file
Method: close close the table tool
Method: copy copy a table
newtablename string Name of newtable on disk
deep bool Make a deep copy of a reference table?
valuecopy bool Make a deep copy of any table?
dminfo any Data manager info for new table
endian string Endian format of new table
memorytable bool Hold new table in memory?
returnobject bool Return a tool object for the new table
Method: copyrows copy rows from this table to another
outtable string table object of output table
startrowin int First row to take from input table
startrowout int First row to write in output table, -1 (=end)
nrow int Nr of rows to copy, -1 (=all)
Method: done end the table tool
Method: iswritable is the table writable?
Method: endianformat get the endian format used for this table
Method: lock acquire a lock on the table
write bool Write lock? (F=read lock)
nattempts int Nr of attempts
Method: unlock unlock and flush the table
Method: datachanged has data changed in table?
Method: haslock has this process a lock on the table?
write bool Has it a write lock? (F=read lock)
Method: lockoptions get the lock options used for this table
Method: ismultiused is the table in use in another process?
checksubtables bool check if subtables are multiused?)
Method: browse browse a table using a graphical browser
Method: name return name on disk
Method: toasciifmt Write \aipspp\ table into an ASCII format
asciifile string Name of ASCII file to be written
headerfile string Name of an optional file defining the format
columns stringArray Names of columns to be written, default is all
sep string Value separator
Method: query Make a table from a query
query string Query string
name string Name of resulting reference table
sortlist string Sort string (one or more expressions separated by commas)
columns string List of column names separated by commas
Method: queryC Alternative table query function
query string the query expression
resultTable string Name of the results table
sortlist string Sort list of the results table
columns string Columns to return in the sort table, leave blank for all
Method: calc Calculate an expression on a table
expr string Expression string
Method: selectrows Make a table from a selection of rows
rownrs intArray 0-based Row Numbers
name string Name of resulting table
Method: putinfo set the info record
value any Info record
Method: addreadmeline add a readme line to the info record
value string readme line
Method: summary summarize the contents of the table
recurse bool Summarize subtables recursively
Method: colnames return the names of the columns
Method: rownumbers return the row numbers in the (reference) table
tab any Table to which the row numbers refer
nbytes int Maximum cache size in bytes
Method: setmaxcachesize set maximum cache size for column in the table
columnname string Name of column
nbytes int Maximum cache size in bytes
Method: isscalarcol is the specified column scalar?
columnname string Name of column
Method: isvarcol tell if column contains variable shaped arrays
columnname string Name of column
Method: coldatatype return the column data type
columnname string Name of column
Method: colarraytype return the column array type
columnname string Name of column
Method: ncols return number of columns
Method: nrows return number of rows
Method: addrows add a specified number of rows
nrow int Number of rows to add
Method: removerows remove the specified rows
rownrs intArray Row numbers to remove
Method: addcols add one or more columns
desc any Description of one or more columns
dminfo any Optional description data manager to use
Method: renamecol rename a column
oldname string name of column to be renamed
newname string new name of column
Method: removecols remove one or more columns
columnames stringArray names of columns to be removed
Method: iscelldefined test if a specific cell contains a value
columnname string Name of column
rownr int Row number, starting at 0
Method: getcell get a specific cell
columnname string Name of column
rownr int Row number, starting at 1
Method: getcellslice get a slice from a specific cell
columnname string Name of column
rownr int Row number, starting at 0
blc intArray Bottom left corner (e.g. [1,1,1] is start of 3D array)
trc intArray Top right corner
incr intArray Stride (defaults to 1 for all axes)
Method: getcol get a specific column
columnname string Name of column
startrow int First row to read (default 0)
nrow int Number of rows to read (default -1 means till the end)
rowincr int Increment in rows to read (default 1)
Method: getvarcol get a specific column (for variable arrays)
columnname string Name of column
startrow int First row to read (default 1)
nrow int Number of rows to read (default -1 means till the end)
rowincr int Increment in rows to read (default 1)
Method: getcolslice get a slice from a specific columnarray
columnname string Name of column
blc intArray Bottom left corner (e.g. [1,1,1] is start of 3D array)
trc intArray Top right corner
incr intArray Stride (defaults to 1 for all axes)
startrow int First row to read (default 1)
nrow int Number of rows to read (default -1 means till the end)
rowincr int Increment in rows to read (default 1)
Method: putcell put a specific cell
columnname string Name of column
rownr intArray Row number(s) (0-relative)
thevalue any Value
Method: putcellslice put a slice into a specific cell
columnname string Name of column
rownr int Row number, starting at 0
value any Value
blc intArray Bottom left corner (e.g. [1,1,1] is start of 3D array)
trc intArray Top right corner
incr intArray Stride (defaults to 1 for all axes)
Method: putcol put a specific column
columnname string Name of column
value any Array
startrow int First row to put (default 1)
nrow int Number of rows to put (default -1 means till the end)
rowincr int Increment in rows to put (default 1)
Method: putvarcol put a specific column (for variable arrays)
columnname string Name of column
value any Record with values
startrow int First row to put (default 1)
nrow int Number of rows to put (default -1 means till the end)
rowincr int Increment in rows to put (default 1)
Method: putcolslice put a slice into a specific column
columnname string Name of column
value any Array
blc intArray Bottom left corner (e.g. [1,1,1] is start of 3D array)
trc intArray Top right corner
incr intArray Stride (defaults to 1 for all axes)
startrow int First row to put (default 1)
nrow int Number of rows to put (default -1 means till the end)
rowincr int Increment in rows to put (default 1)
Method: getcolshapestring get shape of arrays in a specific column
columnname string Name of column
startrow int First row to read (default 1)
nrow int Number of rows to read (default -1 means till the end)
rowincr int Increment in rows to read (default 1)
Method: getkeyword get value of specific table keyword
keyword any Name or seqnr of keyword, string or int
Method: getkeywords get values of all table keywords
Method: getcolkeyword get value of specific column keyword
columnname string Name of column
keyword any Name or seqnr of keyword, string or int
Method: getcolkeywords get values of all keywords for a column
columnname string Name of column
Method: putkeyword put a specific table keyword
keyword any Name or seqnr of keyword, string or in
value any Value of keyword
makesubrecord bool Create intermediate records
Method: putkeywords put multiple table keywords
value any Record of keyword=value pairs
Method: putcolkeyword put a specific keyword for a column
columnname string Name of column
keyword any Name or seqnr of keyword,string or int
value any Value of keyword
Method: putcolkeywords put multiple keywords for a column
columnname string Name of column
value any Record of keyword=value pairs
Method: removekeyword remove a specific table keyword
keyword any Name or seqnr of keyword, string or int
Method: removecolkeyword remove a specific keyword for a column
columnname string Name of column
keyword any Name or seqnr of keyword, string or int
Method: getdminfo get the info about data managers
Method: keywordnames get the names of all table keywords
Method: fieldnames get the names of fields in a table keyword
keyword string keyword name
Method: colkeywordnames get the names of all keywords in a column
columnname string column name
Method: colfieldnames get the names of fields in a keyword in a column
columnname string column name
keyword string keyword name
Method: getdesc get the table description
actual bool actual table description?
Method: getcoldesc get the description of a specific column
columnname string Name of column
Method: ok Is the table tool ok?

-- WesYoung - 17 Jul 2006

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Topic revision: 2006-07-17, WesYoung
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