You can use match all query to match all rows in a table to query the total number of rows in the table and return multiple random rows.

Prerequisites

  • The OTSClient is initialized. For more information, see Initialization.
  • A data table is created. Data is written to the table.
  • A search index is created for the data table. For more information, see Create search indexes.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
queryThe query type. To use match all query, set this parameter to MatchAllQuery.
table_nameThe name of the table.
index_nameThe name of the search index.
limitThe maximum number of rows that the current query returns.

To query the number of matched rows without detailed data, you can set limit to 0. In this case, Tablestore returns the number of matched rows without data from the table.

get_total_countSpecifies whether to return the total number of rows that match the query conditions. By default, this parameter is set to false, which indicates that the total number of rows that match the query conditions is not returned.

Query performance is affected when this parameter is set to true.

columns_to_getSpecifies whether to return all columns of each matched row.
  • If you set return_type to ColumnReturnType.SPECIFIED, you can use column_names to specify the columns to return.
  • If you set return_type to ColumnReturnType.ALL, all columns are returned.
  • If you set return_type to ColumnReturnType.NONE, only the primary key columns are returned.

Examples

Use match all query to query the total number of rows in the table.

  • Perform match all query by using Tablestore SDK for Python V5.2.1 or later
    By default, if you use Tablestore SDK for Python V5.2.1 or later to perform a match all query, SearchResponse objects are returned. The following code provides a request sample:
    query = MatchAllQuery()
    all_rows = []
    next_token = None
    first_page = True
    
    while first_page or next_token:
        search_response = client.search(table_name, index_name,
            SearchQuery(query, next_token=next_token, limit=100, get_total_count=True),
            columns_to_get=ColumnsToGet(['k', 't', 'g', 'ka', 'la'], ColumnReturnType.SPECIFIED))
        all_rows.extend(search_response.rows)
        first_page = False
    for row in all_rows:
        print row
    
    print 'Total rows:', len(all_rows)
    You can use the following sample request to return results of the Tuple type:
    query = MatchAllQuery()
    all_rows = []
    next_token = None
    first_page = True
    
    while first_page or next_token:
        rows, next_token, total_count, is_all_succeed, agg_results, group_by_results = client.search(table_name, index_name,
            SearchQuery(query, next_token=next_token, limit=100, get_total_count=True),
            columns_to_get=ColumnsToGet(['k', 't', 'g', 'ka', 'la'], ColumnReturnType.SPECIFIED)).v1_response()
        all_rows.extend(rows)
        first_page = False
    for row in all_rows:
        print row
    
    print 'Total rows:', len(all_rows)
  • Perform match all query by using Tablestore SDK for Python of a version earlier than 5.2.1

    By default, if you use Tablestore SDK for Python of a version earlier than 5.2.1 to perform a match all query, results of the Tuple type are returned. The following code provides a request sample:

    query = MatchAllQuery()
    all_rows = []
    next_token = None
    first_page = True
    while first_page or next_token:
        rows, next_token, total_count, is_all_succeed = client.search(table_name, index_name,
            SearchQuery(query, next_token=next_token, limit=100, get_total_count=True),
            columns_to_get=ColumnsToGet(['k', 't', 'g', 'ka', 'la'], ColumnReturnType.SPECIFIED))
        all_rows.extend(rows)
        first_page = False
    for row in all_rows:
        print row
    
    print 'Total rows:', len(all_rows)