Thanks, Wes. I really appreciate you doing that.

I'll be sure let you know if I run into other issues.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wes McKinney [mailto:wesmck...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 11:54
To: dev@arrow.apache.org
Subject: Re: list scope question

Seems like valid use cases. I created ARROW-1006 and ARROW-1007 to build 
support for appends. If you are have other problems with the reader can you 
open a JIRA or post them here? Thanks

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Katelman, Michael 
<michael.katel...@cubistsystematic.com> wrote:
> I do see a streaming reader and writer, which might what I need. Although, 
> I'm having some minor problems with the reader.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katelman, Michael [mailto:michael.katel...@cubistsystematic.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 9:37
> To: dev@arrow.apache.org
> Subject: RE: list scope question
>
> Thanks, Wes.
>
> I was able to get the setup you outlined working as long as I explicitly 
> communicate the location of the footer to processes wanting to read the table 
> (I'm not sure if there's a better way of doing this). One other thing, 
> though, that I would ultimately like to do is share a table that is 
> conceptually growing. Is that something that arrow is intended for?
>
> I see in the code that a lot of the table-related data structures are 
> immutable and that the footer is written only on close, so perhaps not. But, 
> any thoughts on a use case like that would be appreciated.
>
> -Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wes McKinney [mailto:wesmck...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 22:11
> To: dev@arrow.apache.org
> Subject: Re: list scope question
>
> hi Mike,
>
> I recommend using record batches along with io::MemoryMappedFile. You can 
> write the table with ipc::FileWriter:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_apache
> _arrow_blob_master_cpp_src_arrow_ipc_writer.h-23L111&d=DwIFaQ&c=f5Q7ov
> 8zryUUIGT55zpGgw&r=p7uiAfJkXEwbVhZPqB-VxtsgxuGNpO5tGgnMUX3wqrPAIvdxhcK
> mn9kvZiXDziBQ&m=pWtlkbDLKO7PWTrI6MPiTzAuUgTWYLSRraZBy7KPCYA&s=Ud95KVEw
> n_XX3LwfEKTLH7nXvKGmOLhYnUu09ZrLyOg&e=
>
> and then read it with ipc::FileReader. If you use MemoryMappedFile, then the 
> read will be zero-copy (no memory allocated), so ideal for a multiple-process 
> shared memory setting. You can use one large record batch or multiple smaller 
> record batches. Let us know if you run into issues.
>
> Thanks
> Wes
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Katelman, Michael 
> <michael.katel...@cubistsystematic.com> wrote:
>> Great!
>>
>> What I'd like to do is create a table that can be shared among multiple 
>> processes. I see, e.g., this in the comments where RecordBatch is defined:
>>
>>  // A record batch is a simpler and more rigid table data structure 
>> intended for // use primarily in shared memory IPC. It contains a 
>> schema (metadata) and a // corresponding sequence of equal-length 
>> Arrow arrays class ARROW_EXPORT RecordBatch {
>>
>> But I wasn't entirely sure what the author had in mind.
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jason Altekruse [mailto:altekruseja...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 17:59
>> To: dev@arrow.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: list scope question
>>
>> I think we opted to not create a user list yet, as using arrow is likely 
>> going to require some willingness to poke around in the library until we can 
>> fill out the docs and some more complete example usages. So as far as I know 
>> this is the place to ask, what were you looking to do?
>>
>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Katelman, Michael < 
>> michael.katel...@cubistsystematic.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a good place for user-oriented arrow questions and discussions?
>>> (my apologies in advance if this isn't the appropriate venue)
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
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