UPDATE

UPDATE changes row-wise attribute values of existing documents in a specified table with new values. Note that you can't update contents of a fulltext field or a columnar attribute. If there's such a need, use REPLACE.

Attribute updates are supported for RT, PQ and plain tables. All attribute types can be updated as long as they are stored in the traditional row-wise storage.

Note that document id cannot be updated.

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UPDATE products SET enabled=0 WHERE id=10;
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Response
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Multiple attributes can be updated in a single statement.

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UPDATE products
SET price=100000000000,
    coeff=3465.23,
    tags1=(3,6,4),
    tags2=()
WHERE MATCH('phone') AND enabled=1;
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Response
Query OK, 148 rows affected (0.0 sec)

When assigning out-of-range values to 32-bit attributes, they will be trimmed to their lower 32 bits without a prompt. For example, if you try to update the 32-bit unsigned int with a value of 4294967297, the value of 1 will actually be stored, because the lower 32 bits of 4294967297 (0x100000001 in hex) amount to 1 (0x00000001 in hex).

UPDATE can be used to perform partial JSON updates on numeric data types or arrays of numeric data types. Just make sure you don't update an integer value with a float value as it will be rounded off.

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insert into products (id, title, meta) values (1,'title','{"tags":[1,2,3]}');

update products set meta.tags[0]=100 where id=1;
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Response
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Updating other data types or changing property type in a JSON attribute requires a full JSON update.

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insert into products values (1,'title','{"tags":[1,2,3]}');

update products set data='{"tags":["one","two","three"]}' where id=1;
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Response
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

When using replication, the table name should be prepended with cluster_name: (in SQL) so that updates will be propagated to all nodes in the cluster. For queries via HTTP you should set a cluster property. See setting up replication for more info.

{
  "cluster":"nodes4",
  "index":"test",
  "id":1,
  "doc":
  {
    "gid" : 100,
    "price" : 1000
  }
}
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update weekly:posts set enabled=0 where id=1;
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Response
class UpdateResponse {
    index: products
    updated: null
    id: 1
    result: updated
}

Updates via SQL

Here is the syntax for the SQL UPDATE statement:

UPDATE table SET col1 = newval1 [, ...] WHERE where_condition [OPTION opt_name = opt_value [, ...]] [FORCE|IGNORE INDEX(id)]

where_condition has the same syntax as in the SELECT statement.

Multi-value attribute value sets must be specified as comma-separated lists in parentheses. To remove all values from a multi-value attribute, just assign () to it.

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UPDATE products SET tags1=(3,6,4) WHERE id=1;

UPDATE products SET tags1=() WHERE id=1;
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Response
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

OPTION clause is a Manticore-specific extension that lets you control a number of per-update options. The syntax is:

OPTION <optionname>=<value> [ , ... ]

The options are the same as for SELECT statement. Specifically for UPDATE statement you can use these options:

  • 'ignore_nonexistent_columns' - If set to 1 points that the update will silently ignore any warnings about trying to update a column which is not exists in current table schema. Default value is 0.
  • 'strict' - this option is used in partial JSON attribute updates. By default (strict=1), UPDATE will end in an error if the UPDATE query tries to perform an update on non-numeric properties. With strict=0 if multiple properties are updated and some are not allowed, the UPDATE will not end in error and will perform the changes only on allowed properties (with the rest being ignored). If none of the SET changes of the UPDATE are not permitted, the command will end in an error even with strict=0.

Query optimizer hints

In rare cases, Manticore's built-in query analyzer may be incorrect in understanding a query and determining whether a table by ID should be used. This can result in poor performance for queries like UPDATE ... WHERE id = 123. For information on how to force the optimizer to use a docid index, see Query optimizer hints.

Updates via HTTP JSON

Updates using HTTP JSON protocol are performed via the /update endpoint. The syntax is similar to the /insert endpoint, but this time the doc property is mandatory.

The server will respond with a JSON object stating if the operation was successful or not.

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POST /update
{
  "index":"test",
  "id":1,
  "doc":
   {
     "gid" : 100,
     "price" : 1000
    }
}
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Response
{
  "_index": "test",
  "_id": 1,
  "result": "updated"
}

The id of the document that needs to be updated can be set directly using the id property (as in the example above) or you can do an update by query and apply the update to all the documents that match the query:

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POST /update

{
  "index":"test",
  "doc":
  {
    "price" : 1000
  },
  "query":
  {
    "match": { "*": "apple" }
  }
}
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Response
{
  "_index":"products",
  "updated":1
}

The query syntax is the same as in the /search endpoint. Note that you can't specify id and query at the same time.

Flushing attributes

FLUSH ATTRIBUTES

Flushes all in-memory attribute updates in all the active disk tables to disk. Returns a tag that identifies the result on-disk state (basically, a number of actual disk attribute saves performed since the server startup).

mysql> UPDATE testindex SET channel_id=1107025 WHERE id=1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)

mysql> FLUSH ATTRIBUTES;
+------+
| tag  |
+------+
|    1 |
+------+
1 row in set (0.19 sec)

See also attr_flush_period setting.

Bulk updates

Several update operations can be performed in a single call using the /bulk endpoint. This endpoint only works with data that has Content-Type set to application/x-ndjson. The data itself should be formatted as a newline-delimited json (NDJSON). Basically it means that each line should contain exactly one json statement and end with a newline \n and maybe a \r.

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POST /bulk

{ "update" : { "index" : "products", "id" : 1, "doc": { "price" : 10 } } }
{ "update" : { "index" : "products", "id" : 2, "doc": { "price" : 20 } } }
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Response
{
   "items":
   [
      {
         "update":
         {
            "_index":"products",
            "_id":1,
            "result":"updated"
         }
      },
      {
         "update":
         {
            "_index":"products",
            "_id":2,
            "result":"updated"
         }
      }
   ],
   "errors":false
}

/bulk endpoint supports inserts, replaces and deletes. Each statement starts with an action type (in this case, update). Here's a list of the supported actions:

  • insert: Inserts a document. The syntax is the same as in the /insert endpoint.
  • create: a synonym for insert
  • replace: Replaces a document. The syntax is the same as in the /replace.
  • index: a synonym for replace
  • update: Updates a document. The syntax is the same as in the /update.
  • delete: Deletes a document. The syntax is the same as in the /delete endpoint.

Updates by query and deletes by query are also supported.

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POST /bulk

{ "update" : { "index" : "products", "doc": { "coeff" : 1000 }, "query": { "range": { "price": { "gte": 1000 } } } } }
{ "update" : { "index" : "products", "doc": { "coeff" : 0 }, "query": { "range": { "price": { "lt": 1000 } } } } }
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Response
{
  "items":
  [
    {
      "update":
      {
        "_index":"products",
        "updated":0
      }
    },
    {
      "update":
      {
        "_index":"products",
        "updated":3
      }
    }
  ],
  "errors":false
}

Note that the bulk operation stops at the first query that results in an error.

Settings related with updates

attr_update_reserve

attr_update_reserve=size

attr_update_reserve is a per-table setting which sets the space to be reserved for blob attribute updates. Optional, default value is 128k.

When blob attributes (MVAs, strings, JSON), are updated, their length may change. If the updated string (or MVA, or JSON) is shorter than the old one, it overwrites the old one in the .spb file. But if the updated string is longer, updates are written to the end of the .spb file. This file is memory mapped, that's why resizing it may be a rather slow process, depending on the OS implementation of memory mapped files.

To avoid frequent resizes, you can specify the extra space to be reserved at the end of the .spb file by using this option.

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create table products(title text, price float) attr_update_reserve = '1M'

attr_flush_period

attr_flush_period = 900 # persist updates to disk every 15 minutes

When updating attributes the changes are first written to in-memory copy of attributes. This setting allows to set the interval between flushing the updates to disk. It defaults to 0, which disables the periodic flushing, but flushing will still occur at normal shut-down.

Deleting documents

Deleting is only supported for:

  • real-time tables,
  • percolate tables
  • distributed tables that contain only RT tables as agents

You can delete existing rows (documents) from an existing table based on ID or conditions.

Deleting documents is supported via SQL and HTTP interfaces.

SQL response for successful operation will show the number of rows deleted.

json/delete is an HTTP endpoint for deleting. The server will respond with a JSON object stating if the operation was successful or not and the number of rows deleted.

To delete all documents from a table it's recommended to use instead the table truncation as it's a much faster operation.

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DELETE FROM table WHERE where_condition
  • table is a name of the table from which the row should be deleted.
  • where_condition for SQL has the same syntax as in the SELECT statement.

In this example we are deleting all documents that match full-text query dummy from table named test:

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SELECT * FROM TEST;

DELETE FROM TEST WHERE MATCH ('dummy');

SELECT * FROM TEST;
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Response
+------+------+-------------+------+
| id   | gid  | mva1        | mva2 |
+------+------+-------------+------+
|  100 | 1000 | 100,201     | 100  |
|  101 | 1001 | 101,202     | 101  |
|  102 | 1002 | 102,203     | 102  |
|  103 | 1003 | 103,204     | 103  |
|  104 | 1004 | 104,204,205 | 104  |
|  105 | 1005 | 105,206     | 105  |
|  106 | 1006 | 106,207     | 106  |
|  107 | 1007 | 107,208     | 107  |
+------+------+-------------+------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)

+------+------+-------------+------+
| id   | gid  | mva1        | mva2 |
+------+------+-------------+------+
|  100 | 1000 | 100,201     | 100  |
|  101 | 1001 | 101,202     | 101  |
|  102 | 1002 | 102,203     | 102  |
|  103 | 1003 | 103,204     | 103  |
|  104 | 1004 | 104,204,205 | 104  |
|  105 | 1005 | 105,206     | 105  |
+------+------+-------------+------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here - deleting a document with id 100 from table named test:

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DELETE FROM TEST WHERE id=100;

SELECT * FROM TEST;
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Response
Query OK, 1 rows affected (0.00 sec)

+------+------+-------------+------+
| id   | gid  | mva1        | mva2 |
+------+------+-------------+------+
|  101 | 1001 | 101,202     | 101  |
|  102 | 1002 | 102,203     | 102  |
|  103 | 1003 | 103,204     | 103  |
|  104 | 1004 | 104,204,205 | 104  |
|  105 | 1005 | 105,206     | 105  |
+------+------+-------------+------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Manticore SQL allows to use complex conditions for the DELETE statement.

For example here we are deleting documents that match full-text query dummy and have attribute mva1 with a value greater than 206 or mva1 values 100 or 103 from table named test:

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DELETE FROM TEST WHERE MATCH ('dummy') AND ( mva1>206 or mva1 in (100, 103) );

SELECT * FROM TEST;
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Response
Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.00 sec)

+------+------+-------------+------+
| id   | gid  | mva1        | mva2 |
+------+------+-------------+------+
|  101 | 1001 | 101,202     | 101  |
|  102 | 1002 | 102,203     | 102  |
|  104 | 1004 | 104,204,205 | 104  |
|  105 | 1005 | 105,206     | 105  |
+------+------+-------------+------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is an example of deleting documents in cluster nodes4's table test:

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delete from nodes4:test where id=100;
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Response
Array(
    [_index] => test
    [_id] => 100
    [found] => true
    [result] => deleted
)

Transactions

Manticore supports basic transactions when performing deleting and insertion into real-time and percolate tables. That is: each change to a table is first saved into an internal changeset, and then is actually committed to the table. By default each command is wrapped into an individual automatic transaction, making it transparent: you just 'insert' something, and can see the inserted result after it completes, having no care about transactions. However that behaviour can be explicitly managed by starting and committing transactions manually.

Transactions are supported for the following commands:

Transactions are not supported for:

Please also note, that transactions in Manticore do not aim to provide isolation. The idea of transactions in Manticore is to let you accumulate a number of writes and run them at once at commit or rollback them all if needed. Transactions are integrated with binary log which gives durability and consistency.

Automatic and manual mode

SET AUTOCOMMIT = {0 | 1}

SET AUTOCOMMIT controls the autocommit mode in the active session. AUTOCOMMIT is set to 1 by default. With default you have not to care about transactions, since every statement that performs any changes on any table is implicitly wrapped into separate transaction. Setting it to 0 allows you to manage transactions manually. I.e., they will not be visible until you explicitly commit them.

Transactions are limited to a single RT or percolate table, and also limited in size. They are atomic, consistent, overly isolated, and durable. Overly isolated means that the changes are not only invisible to the concurrent transactions but even to the current session itself.

BEGIN, COMMIT, and ROLLBACK

START TRANSACTION | BEGIN
COMMIT
ROLLBACK

BEGIN statement (or its START TRANSACTION alias) forcibly commits pending transaction, if any, and begins a new one.

COMMIT statement commits the current transaction, making all its changes permanent.

ROLLBACK statement rolls back the current transaction, canceling all its changes.

Examples

Automatic commits (default)

insert into indexrt (id, content, title, channel_id, published) values (1, 'aa', 'blabla', 1, 10);
Query OK, 1 rows affected (0.00 sec)

select * from indexrt where id=1;
+------+------------+-----------+--------+
| id   | channel_id | published | title  |
+------+------------+-----------+--------+
|    1 |          1 |        10 | blabla |
+------+------------+-----------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Inserted value immediately visible by following 'select' statement.

Manual commits (autocommit=0)

set autocommit=0;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

insert into indexrt (id, content, title, channel_id, published) values (3, 'aa', 'bb', 1, 1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

insert into indexrt (id, content, title, channel_id, published) values (4, 'aa', 'bb', 1, 1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

select * from indexrt where id=3;
Empty set (0.01 sec)

select * from indexrt where id=4;
Empty set (0.00 sec)

Here changes is NOT automatically committed. So, insertion is not visible even in the same session, since they're not committed. Also, despite absent BEGIN statement, transaction is implicitly started.

So, let's finally commit it:

commit;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

select * from indexrt where id=4;
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
| id   | channel_id | published | title |
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
|    4 |          1 |         1 | bb    |
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

select * from indexrt where id=3;
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
| id   | channel_id | published | title |
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
|    3 |          1 |         1 | bb    |
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Now it is finished and visible.

Manual transaction

Using BEGIN and COMMIT you can define bounds of transaction explicitly, so no need to care about autocommit in this case.

begin;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

insert into indexrt (id, content, title, channel_id, published) values (2, 'aa', 'bb', 1, 1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

select * from indexrt where id=2;
Empty set (0.01 sec)

commit;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

select * from indexrt where id=2;
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
| id   | channel_id | published | title |
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
|    2 |          1 |         1 | bb    |
+------+------------+-----------+-------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

SET TRANSACTION

SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL { READ UNCOMMITTED
    | READ COMMITTED
    | REPEATABLE READ
    | SERIALIZABLE }

SET TRANSACTION statement does nothing. It was implemented to maintain compatibility with 3rd party MySQL client libraries, connectors, and frameworks that may need to run this statement when connecting. They just goes across syntax parser and then returns 'ok'. Nothing usable for your own programs, just a stubs to make third-party clients happy.

mysql> SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)