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May 9, 2016 at 4:01 pm #111230
John DempsterKeymasterWelcome to the TimeStored online kdb+ training program.
This is our first training course for students and we are hoping to make it very successful. There has been overwhelming demand so if there are a few hiccups in terms of logins and how long we take on providing feedback please stick with us.
TimeTable
Normally our course takes 3 days of full-time work. We are are planning to spread this over 6 weeks and to add a group or individual project:
Week Start Date Section Details 1 16th May 1 History, Setup, Getting Started, Simple Data Types 2 23rd May 1 Lists, Dictionaries, Symbols 3 30th May 2 Functions, Defining Tables 4 6th June 2 Tables and Queries 5 13th June 3 IPC, Adverbs, Functional Form 6 20th June 3 On-disk Storage 7 27th June 4 Group or Individual Projects 8 4th July 4 Group or Individual Projects 9 11th July 4 Deadline to present Project We heavily recommend keeping to the schedule and we are considering removing anyone who falls too far behind. The reason for this is that we have found that to really learn a language well you must work in it often, even if just a little.
Course Login
Login HERE
(This can normally be found under the menu option “kdb+” -> “Online Course Login”)
..May 16, 2016 at 10:53 am #111248
MetalOnMemberHello,
in the last email you said you would be in touch about how to log in etc.,
but I didn’t receive the email yet, and apparently the course starts today.
I did answer this email with “I accept” and so on.
May 16, 2016 at 1:40 pm #111249
dnharri3MemberHello
I am having the same issue trying to login to the course.
Thank you
D
May 16, 2016 at 1:45 pm #111250
sahinMemberHi Admin,
I think the course is supposed to start today. But I cannot login. I see that other people are having same issues. Kindly let us know if this is still on.
Thanks
Sahin
May 16, 2016 at 4:32 pm #111251
Ryan HamiltonKeymasterDetails will be mailed out within the next two hours.
May 16, 2016 at 7:35 pm #111252
Ryan HamiltonKeymasterDetails have now been sent.
May 23, 2016 at 10:34 pm #111257
jemostromMemberI hope this is the place to ask questions. Sorry about being late but last week was busy at work. I’ve got a couple of questions:
When getting type information I get a reply like
-11h
What does ‘-‘ mean? Does the ‘h’ mean that the type number is a short or does it mean something else?
The “display format” for the month datatype is “yyyy.mm”? Slightly confusing to me since I expected the actual number of months, not something that looks like year + month. Just checking to make sure that I haven’t missed something.
May 24, 2016 at 7:40 pm #111260
aconstantinidesMemberHi there
I am also a bit late starting this due to some urgent commitments but really want to catch up with training. I dont seem to be able to login using the credentials provided in the email
thanks
May 25, 2016 at 5:18 pm #111263
francoisMember(Replying to jemostrom)
Fellow student and complete beginner here.
In -11h, 11 means your data is a symbol and – means its an atom. A type num code of (positive) 11 would have meant a symbol list, here you have a symbol atom (one value). The h show that the value that you get back as the type’s numerical code is a long.
q)type ``zaphod -11h q)type ``zaphod``beeblebrox 11h
(I would rewatch the data type and cast videos if that remain unclear).
Happy hacking!
May 25, 2016 at 5:29 pm #111264
francoisMemberIn the code above backticks have been swallowed by WP. It was meant as zaphod and zaphodbeeblebrox.
May 26, 2016 at 6:55 am #111265
cdwilmotMemberIn reply to jemostrom…
I’m also a fellow student. My understanding of the month portion is that if you were to ask someone “What month did X event happen?” and they just said “January” that may not be specific enough. A month is defined relative to its year, so “January of 2015” would make more sense. That’s what the month datatype represents.
This is comparable to the date datatype where if you asked someone “What day did X event happen?” and they just said “30” you would probably need more information, like the relative month and year so “The 30th of January in 2015” makes more sense. Hope that helps!
May 28, 2016 at 9:14 pm #111267
jemostromMemberI was more thinking in terms of: how many months are there between june 2017 and september 2012 then an answer like 2004-10 wouldn’t make sense. But I assume a cast can solve that problem.
June 16, 2016 at 5:14 am #111288
jemostromMemberI’m probably half-blind but where can I find that example file trades.q?
June 21, 2016 at 4:53 pm #111292
howardlinMemberDo we have section 3 open for access yet?
June 28, 2016 at 3:27 pm #111305
Ryan HamiltonKeymasterYes it was opened a few days ago.
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