Use this tag for questions related to InfluxQL, an SQL-like query language for interacting with data in InfluxDB.
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"Transactional safety" in influxDB
We have a scenario where we want to frequently change the tag of a (single) measurement value.
Our goal is to create a database which is storing prognosis values. But it should never loose data and track changes to already written data, like changes…

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Subtract two count values with different where clause in influxDb
I have a measurement in influxDb with two keys: operation and count. The operation key can store two different values: 'add' and 'delete'.
I want to subtract the sum(count) value when operation='delete' to sum(count) value when operation='add'.
The…

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Can't delete series with binary tag
I accidentally inserted a tag with some single quotes in them in a series:
> show series
key
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sensor,boardid=b'5ddd2d00'
sensor,boardid=living_room
and I can't get rid of them. I've tried
drop series from sensor where…

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Measure failed SMTP logins with Telegraf and InfluxDB
There is a lot of questions about the root of the problem without answers so I would like to specify my problem a little deeper to hopefully get some ideas about how can I achieve it.
Warning: InfluxDB newbie is here so please bear with me.
So, my…

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How to select the current database in InfluxDB
How can I get the current database name in Influx?
For example, we use SELECT DATABASE(); in MySQL to get the db. Do we have any similar function in Influx?

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Not able to retrieve a column from Influx database
I am using sprigboot and influx client :https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-java
I am facing a problem where i am trying to get specif column from the influx db but i am not able to get any record when i am putting column name in the query .But,…

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Combine LAST with DISTINCT or GROUP BY?
I have a simple time series like this:
time id area
2019-09-25T17:21:00Z 1 us
2019-09-25T17:22:00Z 1 uk
2019-09-25T17:23:00Z 2 canada
2019-09-25T17:24:00Z 3 …

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How to delete the field from measurment Influxdb
I am doing POC on influx db and i can see that if i am trying to drop measurement then all the data from the measurement has been deleted bu the old fields still remains there.
I want to delete the old fields how i can do this ?

Rohitesh
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Distinguish tags from fields in InfluxDB "SELECT *" results
Assume you're given an InfluxDB measurement you haven't seen before and you run,
SELECT * FROM measurement
How can you tell which of the keys returned are tags, and which are fields? The InfluxDB shell sorts the keys alphabetically, so unlike the…

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Sum of field with where condition of this field - Influxdb
I want to get the sum of result_code where result_code=0.
What I found is that querying without sum gives me result but adding the aggregation sum() and then I have 0 as a result.
For those who want an understanding of the use case :
I use telegraf…

Jérôme B
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Modifying the series data using flux language in influx
I have a function which takes the 1st value from a masurement every 5mins.
ever5Mins1st = from(bucket: "Historian/oneday")
|> range(start: dashboardTime)
|> filter(fn: (r) =>
r._measurement == "InventoryStock" and
r._field =="Value" …

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Writing to Influx DB results points beyond retention policy dropped=1
I am trying to test continuous queries as per influx example.
I am trying to create the measurement with following data.
insert bus_data,passengers=5 complaints=8 1557187200
insert bus_data,passengers=8 complaints=8 1557188100
insert…

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InfluxDB query using regular expression is not working
I am using InfluxDB and have below mention data in measurement against field…

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InfluxDB schema design - need only summation of thousands of time series data
I am very new to InfluxDB.
I am writing a program to monitor electricity usages from 13,000 homes' electric meters located in 11 districts. The data will be used for a reporting program that mostly cares only the total usages from the 11 districts.…

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How can I compare current value in my stream with previous value in tickscript?
I am working on kapacitor alerts to generate alerts on data in influxDB. I am receiving a new value from the stream when a request has been made. I want to compare the current value in my stream I received with the previous value I received just…

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