7.3.33. logical_count#

7.3.33.1. Summary#

New in version 5.0.0.

logical_count is a command that has only count feature in logical_select. logical_select searches records from multiple tables, outputs the number of matched records, outputs columns of the matched records and so on. logical_count only searches records from multiple tables and output the number of matched records.

logical_count is useful when you just want the number of matched records. You can use logical_count and logical_range_filter at once. You can show the first N matched records before you get the number of matched records. If you use only logical_select, you need to wait finishing all search.

You need to plugin_register sharding plugin because this command is included in sharding plugin.

7.3.33.2. Syntax#

This command takes many parameters.

The required parameters are logical_table and shard_key. Other parameters are optional:

logical_count
  logical_table
  shard_key
  [min=null]
  [min_border="include"]
  [max=null]
  [max_border="include"]
  [filter=null]
  [post_filter=null]

There are some parameters that can be only used as named parameters. You can’t use these parameters as ordered parameters. You must specify parameter name.

Here are parameters that can be only used as named parameters:

  • cache=no

New in version 7.0.9: This command has the following named parameters for dynamic columns:

  • columns[${NAME}].stage=null

  • columns[${NAME}].flags=COLUMN_SCALAR

  • columns[${NAME}].type=null

  • columns[${NAME}].value=null

  • columns[${NAME}].window.sort_keys=null

  • columns[${NAME}].window.group_keys=null

You can use one or more alphabets, digits, _ for ${NAME}. For example, column1 is a valid ${NAME}. This is the same rule as normal column. See also name.

Parameters that have the same ${NAME} are grouped.

For example, the following parameters specify one dynamic column:

  • --columns[name].stage initial

  • --columns[name].type UInt32

  • --columns[name].value 29

The following parameters specify two dynamic columns:

  • --columns[name1].stage initial

  • --columns[name1].type UInt32

  • --columns[name1].value 29

  • --columns[name2].stage initial

  • --columns[name2].type Float

  • --columns[name2].value '_score * 0.1'

7.3.33.3. Usage#

Let’s learn about usage with examples. This section shows many popular usages.

You need to register sharding plugin because this command is included in sharding plugin.

Execution example:

plugin_register sharding
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]

Note that logical_count is implemented as an experimental plugin, and the specification may be changed in the future.

Here is the simple example which shows how to use this feature. Let’s consider to count specified logs which are stored into multiple tables.

Here are a schema definition and sample data to show usage.

Execution example:

table_create Entries_20150708 TABLE_HASH_KEY ShortText
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150708 created_at COLUMN_SCALAR Time
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150708 content COLUMN_SCALAR Text
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150708 n_likes COLUMN_SCALAR UInt32
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150708 tag COLUMN_SCALAR ShortText
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
table_create Entries_20150709 TABLE_HASH_KEY ShortText
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150709 created_at COLUMN_SCALAR Time
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150709 content COLUMN_SCALAR Text
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150709 n_likes COLUMN_SCALAR UInt32
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Entries_20150709 tag COLUMN_SCALAR ShortText
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
table_create Terms TABLE_PAT_KEY ShortText \
  --default_tokenizer TokenBigram \
  --normalizer NormalizerAuto
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Terms entries_key_index_20150708 \
  COLUMN_INDEX|WITH_POSITION Entries_20150708 _key
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Terms entries_content_index_20150708 \
  COLUMN_INDEX|WITH_POSITION Entries_20150708 content
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Terms entries_key_index_20150709 \
  COLUMN_INDEX|WITH_POSITION Entries_20150709 _key
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
column_create Terms entries_content_index_20150709 \
  COLUMN_INDEX|WITH_POSITION Entries_20150709 content
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],true]
load --table Entries_20150708
[
{"_key":       "The first post!",
 "created_at": "2015/07/08 00:00:00",
 "content":    "Welcome! This is my first post!",
 "n_likes":    5,
 "tag":        "Hello"},
{"_key":       "Groonga",
 "created_at": "2015/07/08 01:00:00",
 "content":    "I started to use Groonga. It's very fast!",
 "n_likes":    10,
 "tag":        "Groonga"},
{"_key":       "Mroonga",
 "created_at": "2015/07/08 02:00:00",
 "content":    "I also started to use Mroonga. It's also very fast! Really fast!",
 "n_likes":    15,
 "tag":        "Groonga"}
]
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],3]
load --table Entries_20150709
[
{"_key":       "Good-bye Senna",
 "created_at": "2015/07/09 00:00:00",
 "content":    "I migrated all Senna system!",
 "n_likes":    3,
 "tag":        "Senna"},
{"_key":       "Good-bye Tritonn",
 "created_at": "2015/07/09 01:00:00",
 "content":    "I also migrated all Tritonn system!",
 "n_likes":    3,
 "tag":        "Senna"}
]
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],2]

There are two tables, Entries_20150708 and Entries_20150709, for blog entries.

Note

You need to use ${LOGICAL_TABLE_NAME}_${YYYYMMDD} naming rule for table names. In this example, LOGICAL_TABLE_NAME is Entries and YYYYMMDD is 20150708 or 20150709.

An entry has title, created time, content, the number of likes for the entry and tag. Title is key of Entries_YYYYMMDD. Created time is value of Entries_YYYYMMDD.created_at column. Content is value of Entries_YYYYMMDD.content column. The number of likes is value of Entries_YYYYMMDD.n_likes column. Tag is value of Entries_YYYYMMDD.tag column.

Entries_YYYYMMDD._key column and Entries_YYYYMMDD.content column are indexed using TokenBigram tokenizer. So both Entries_YYYYMMDD._key and Entries_YYYYMMDD.content are fulltext search ready.

OK. The schema and data for examples are ready.

Here is an example to count the number of records which have Groonga or Senna in content column. logical_count searches records over all Entries_YYYYMMDD tables.

Execution example:

logical_count \
  --logical_table Entries \
  --shard_key created_at \
  --filter 'query("content", "Groonga OR Senna")'
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],2]

Here are matched records:

  • _key:"Groonga" in Entries_20150708

  • _key:"Good-bye Senna" in Entries_20150709

7.3.33.4. Parameters#

This section describes parameters of this command.

7.3.33.4.1. Required parameters#

There are required parameters, logical_table and shard_key.

7.3.33.4.1.1. logical_table#

Specifies logical table name. It means table name without _YYYYMMDD postfix. If you use actual table such as Logs_20150203, Logs_20150203 and so on, logical table name is Logs.

You can count all records by specifying only logical_table and shard_key parameters. They are required parameters.

Execution example:

logical_count \
  --logical_table Entries \
  --shard_key created_at
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],5]

If nonexistent table is specified, an error is returned.

Execution example:

logical_count \
  --logical_table Nonexistent \
  --shard_key created_at
# [
#   [
#     -22,
#     1337566253.89858,
#     0.000355720520019531,
#     "[logical_count] no shard exists: logical_table: <Nonexistent>: shard_key: <created_at>",
#     [
#       [
#         "execute",
#         "lib/groonga/plugins/sharding/logical_count.rb",
#         68
#       ]
#     ]
#   ]
# ]

7.3.33.4.1.2. shard_key#

Specifies column name which is treated as shared key. Shard key is a column that stores data that is used for distributing records to suitable shards.

Shard key must be Time type for now.

See logical_table how to specify shard_key.

7.3.33.4.2. Optional parameters#

There are optional parameters.

7.3.33.4.2.1. min#

Specifies the minimum value of shard_key column. If shard doesn’t have any matched records, the shard isn’t searched.

For example, min is "2015/07/09 00:00:00", Entry_20150708 isn’t searched. Because Entry_20150708 has only records for "2015/07/08".

The following example only uses Entry_20150709 table. Entry_20150708 isn’t used.

Execution example:

logical_count \
  --logical_table Entries \
  --shard_key created_at \
  --min "2015/07/09 00:00:00"
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],2]

7.3.33.4.2.2. min_border#

Specifies whether the minimum value is included or not. Here is available values.

Value

Description

include

Includes min value. This is the default.

exclude

Doesn’t include min value.

Here is an example for exclude. The result doesn’t include the "Good-bye Senna" record because its created_at value is "2015/07/09 00:00:00".

Execution example:

logical_count \
  --logical_table Entries \
  --shard_key created_at \
  --min "2015/07/09 00:00:00" \
  --min_border "exclude"
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],1]

7.3.33.4.2.3. max#

Specifies the maximum value of shard_key column. If shard doesn’t have any matched records, the shard isn’t searched.

For example, max is "2015/07/08 23:59:59", Entry_20150709 isn’t searched. Because Entry_20150709 has only records for ""2015/07/09".

The following example only uses Entry_20150708 table. Entry_20150709 isn’t used.

Execution example:

logical_count \
  --logical_table Entries \
  --shard_key created_at \
  --max "2015/07/08 23:59:59"
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],3]

7.3.33.4.2.4. max_border#

Specifies whether the maximum value is included or not. Here is available values.

Value

Description

include

Includes max value. This is the default.

exclude

Doesn’t include max value.

Here is an example for exclude. The result doesn’t include the "Good-bye Senna" record because its created_at value is "2015/07/09 00:00:00".

Execution example:

logical_count \
  --logical_table Entries \
  --shard_key created_at \
  --max "2015/07/09 00:00:00" \
  --max_border "exclude"
# [[0,1337566253.89858,0.000355720520019531],3]

7.3.33.5. Return value#

The command returns a response with the following format:

[HEADER, N_HITS]

If the command fails, error details are in HEADER.

See Output format for HEADER.

N_HITS is the number of matched records.