Re^3: Text CSV_XS memory crash

...in order to pull out the first value of every row to get a column.

Not sure I'm understanding you correctly, but if you only need the first column of every row, why not store only the first column (that would at least reduce memory usage somewhat).

The getline() method returns a reference to an array holding the columns. In other words, $row->[0] would be the first column.

If, OTOH, you actually do need access to all columns of all rows simultaneously, I'm afraid there's not much you can do except to upgrade memory (or write out the data into another (DB) file format that allows direct random access to individual fields).

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Re^4: Text CSV_XS memory crash by glepore70 (Novice) on Feb 02, 2011 at 15:57 UTC
Hmm, I'm starting to see the light. I only need to work on one column at a time, read in the column, select min/max and distinct, then load the next column and repeat. I'll go back to the drawing board, I think I'm pretty close...	[reply]
Re^5: Text CSV_XS memory crash by Anonyrnous Monk (Hermit) on Feb 02, 2011 at 16:18 UTC
select min/max and distinct FWIW, things like min/max (and many other statistics) can also be computed sequentially (or incrementally), i.e. without storing all values in memory prior to starting the computations. Maybe that's worth reconsidering...	[reply]
Re^5: Text CSV_XS memory crash by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 02, 2011 at 16:01 UTC
Have you considered using DBD::CSV, or alternativly importing your data into a database of some sort?	[reply]
Re^6: Text CSV_XS memory crash by Tux (Canon) on Feb 02, 2011 at 18:18 UTC
Using DBD::CSV will never be a valid option when reading a CSV file in full will cause memory hogs, as DBD::CSV will read the whole file into memory always. Nothing to prevent that. That means that the memory consumption for CSV files accessed with DBI might be up to double the size of the complete dataset as returned bi `Text::CSV_XS->getline_all ()`. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l]