SimpleRA

Compilation Instructions

We use make to compile all the files and creste the server executable. make is used primarily in Linux systems.

To compile

cd into the SimpleRA directory

cd SimpleRA

cd into the soure directory (called src)

cd src

To compile

make clean
make

To run

Post compilation, an executable names server will be created in the src directory

./server

Branch Info

• master branch supports transposing matrices and join and group by commands.

• BPTree branch supports B+ tree indices.

Commands / Queries

• Look at the Overview.html to understand the syntax and working of the table related queries.

• LOAD MATRIX <matrix_name>: The LOAD MATRIX command loads contents of the .csv (stored in data folder) and stores it as blocks in the data/temp directory.

• PRINT MATRIX <matrix_name>: PRINT MATRIX command prints the first 20 rows of the matrix on the terminal.

• TRANSPOSE <matrix_name>: TRANSPOSE command transposes the matrix IN PLACE (without using any additional disk blocks) and writes it back into the same blocks the matrix was stored in.

• EXPORT MATRIX <matrix_name>: EXPORT command writes the contents of the matrix named <matrix_name> into a file called <matrix_name>.csv in data folder.