This is a collection of usefull UDFs that we use at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam. These are: - UDF for angular distance using the Vincenty formula - UDF for up to 10-dim hilbert curve key generation - UDF for distributed STDDEV calculation (using Welford 1962, Chan et al. 1979) - UDF for doing nothing for a given number of seconds (sleep) - UDF for strrpos implementation To install ---------- 1) Download the mysql source corresponding to your installed version. Building mysql from scratch is recommended. Note: ONLY MYSQL VERSION 5.5 AND ABOVE ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTED 2) edit CMakeList.txt accordingly to point to the directory where mysql is installed. 3) edit CMakeList.txt accordingly to point to the directory of the mysql sources 4) mkdir build cd build 5) cmake .. 6) make 7) make install 8) log into mysql server as root and execute the commands in install_udfs.sql This will setup the neccessary tables, install the plugin and create all the UDFs needed to administer the queue. How to use ---------- udf_angdist: angdist(pointA RA (degree), pointA DEC (degree), pointB RA (degree), pointB DEC (degree)) udf_hilbert: hilbertKey(hilbert order, box size, num dim, x, y, z, ... ) coordFromHilbertKey(hilbert order, box size, num dim, hilbert key, current dimension (separate call for each dimension)) udf_sleep: idle(num seconds) udf_strrpos: strrpos(haystack, needle) udf_sum_of_squares: sum_of_squares(number) udf_partitAdd_sum_of_squares: partitadd_sum_of_sqares(PART_M2, PART_MEAN, PART_COUNT) * - par1: PART_M2: the sum of squares for a given partition * - par2: PART_MEAN: the mean for a given partition * - par3: PART_COUNT: the number of elements in the partition