Re: [Pytables-users] setting default table entries

[Francesc A. <fa...@ca...>]

A Dissabte 05 Novembre 2005 12:39, Francesc Altet va escriure:
> El dv 04 de 11 del 2005 a les 13:14 -0700, en/na Jeff Whitaker va
>
> escriure:
> > I would expect that the default value for 'pressure' would be set to
> > -999.9.  However, ptdump -v shows
> >....
> > Why does it say dflt=3DNone?
>
> Just because the default values are not saved permanently on-disk. The
> user defaults are only used at creation time of the table. If you close
> it and re-open for append, then the default values are lost (although
> sensible values are set as the new defaults). This is a flaw in the
> design that should be addressed in the future.

Well, after some work, I've added support for persistent defaults in
PyTables :-) It will be out for the forthcoming PyTables 1.2 release.
Meanwhile, you can test it by donwloading the 1.2rc2 version available
in:

http://www.carabos.com/downloads/pytables/preliminary/pytables-1.2-rc2.tar.=
gz

Cheers,

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