[Pytables-users] storing large numbers of variable sized 2D arrays

[Thomas B. <tm...@gm...>]

I have a large (and growing) number of variable sized 2D arrays (from about
10x10 to about 200x100).

>From the mailing list, I gather that I can't store those in a column in a
table, since there is no VLArrayCol or anything like that.

I can't quite figure out how to store these in a VLArray either, though.
 It seems the elements of the VLArray can only be variable in one
dimension.  (I couldn't figure out the mapping of the atom's shape onto the
permissible dimensions from the documentation, but experimented a bit.)

The best choice seems to be to have an n x 2 array to store the widths and
heights of the actual arrays, and then store the flattened 2D arrays in the
VLArray.  Is that really the only choice I have?

Can anybody help?

Tom