On 5 Nov., 16:29, Maarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for pytables: it is the most elegant programming interface for HDF > on any platform that I've encountered so far. Most other platforms > stay close the HDF5 library C-interface, which is low-level, and quite > complex. PyTables was written with the end-user in mind, and it shows. > One correction though: PyTables is not a database: it is a storage for > (large) arrays, datablocks that you don't want in a database. Use a > database for the metadata to find the right file and field within that > file. Keep in mind though that I mostly work with externally created > HDF-5 files, not with files created in pytables. PyTables Pro has an > indexing feature which may be helpful for datamining (if you write the > hdf-5 files from python). >
PyTables? Wow! Looks amazing - I'll have to try that out soon. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
