NAME

Genezzo::Row::RSIdx1.pm - Row Source InDeX tied hash class. A hierarchical pushhash (see Genezzo::PushHash::hph) class that stores a pushhash as a btree via Genezzo::Row::RSTable.

SYNOPSIS

 use Genezzo::Row::RSIdx1;

 # see Tablespace.pm -- implementation and usage is tightly tied
 # to genezzo engine...

 my %args = (
             # need tablename, bufcache, etc...
             tablename => ...
             tso       => ...
             bufcache  => ...
                    );

  my %td_hash;
  $tie_val = 
    tie %td_hash, 'Genezzo::Row::RSIdx1', %args;

 # pushhash style 
 my @rowarr = ("this is a test", "and this is too");
 my $newkey = $tie_val->HPush(\@rowarr);

 @rowarr = ("update this entry", "and this is too");
 $tied_hash{$newkey} = \@rowarr;

 my $getcount = $tie_val->HCount();

DESCRIPTION

RSIdx1 is index-only table class that packs complex objects into byte buffers via Genezzo::Block::RDBlock, maintaining a b-tree index on the primary key columns. Unlike a standard index, all of the table data (keys and value columns) is stored in a single b-tree.

ARGUMENTS

tablename (Required) - the name of the table
tso (Required) - tablespace object from Genezzo::Tablespace
bufcache (Required) - buffer cache object from Genezzo::BufCa::BCFile

CONCEPTS

FUNCTIONS

EXPORT

LIMITATIONS

various

TODO

HSuck:
FirstCount/NextCount: do real estimate vs fake
should pass leftmost blockno explicitly versus rely on RSTab FIRSTKEY
rectify some overlap between btHash and this module
could encode multiple column key into single col rid using MIME::Base64 encode of a packed row. should check dependency for perl 5.6 and add to Makefile.PL.

AUTHOR

Jeffrey I. Cohen, jcohen@genezzo.com

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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Address bug reports and comments to: jcohen@genezzo.com

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