I suppose I should instead stream the list of keys to client, slice keys in
client, then fetch the objects, right?
On Nov 29, 2011 5:21 PM, "Jonathan Langevin" <jlange...@loomlearning.com>
wrote:
> When attempting to run m/r queries that execute Riak.reduceSlice to create
> paginated result sets, I've found an unexpected result.
>
> For instance, if I call Riak.reduceSlice with start = 80, end = 85, which
> you would expect to return 5 results (knowing that you have a total of 115
> objects stored in Riak), you might instead get 16 objects returned back.
> This is due to the logic of Riak.reduceSlice, which just returns the
> results-thus-far when it finds that the end value (85) is greater than the
> current length of value (16 objects).
>
> I suppose ultimately this is due to how Riak sends data in chunks between
> phases (at least, that's my understanding)? So it happens to send a small
> chunk of 16 results from the map phase to the reduce phase, and reduce
> returns back the current "value" chunk since 16 results is less than 85
> results...
>
>
> How can I plan for this, so that I can ensure I'm getting the expected #
> results back, and in fair context to the "page" of results that I should be
> viewing?
> And just a note, while I tested with & without sorted results, the final
> code would be with sorted results that are then paginated.
>
>
> Example data payload:
> {
> "inputs":"demo_3_Course",
> "query":[
> {
> "map":{
> "keep":false,
> "language":"javascript",
> "arg":null,
> "source":"function(value){return [value.key];}"
> }
> },
> {
> "reduce":{
> "keep":true,
> "language":"javascript",
> "arg":[
> 80,
> 85
> ],
> "name":"Riak.reduceSlice"
> }
> }
> ]
> }
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> Loom Inc.
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