Inserting Data with Raw SQL (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

The SQL command INSERT inserts data into a database. An alternative is to use the Mathematica command SQLInsert, as described in "Inserting Data". If you find that the ...

Getting Started with Web Services (WebServices Tutorial)

Web Services Link is a Mathematica add-on application. Before any functions from the package can be used, it must be loaded as follows. InstallService will install the web ...

Selecting Data with Raw SQL (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

The raw SQL command SELECT selects and returns data from a database. An alternative is to use the Mathematica command SQLSelect, described in "Selecting Data". If you find ...

Combine and Rearrange Lists (Mathematica How To)

Mathematica provides a complete data manipulation language with vast flexibility in rearranging lists with any number of elements in any kind of structure.

TagSet (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

f /: lhs = rhs assigns rhs to be the value of lhs, and associates the assignment with the symbol f.

RandomChoice (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RandomChoice[{e_1, e_2, ...}] gives a pseudorandom choice of one of the e_i. RandomChoice[list, n] gives a list of n pseudorandom choices. RandomChoice[list, {n_1, n_2, ...}] ...

Convolve (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Convolve[f, g, x, y] gives the convolution with respect to x of the expressions f and g.Convolve[f, g, {x_1, x_2, ...}, {y_1, y_2, ...}] gives the multidimensional ...

TimeConstrained (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

TimeConstrained[expr, t] evaluates expr, stopping after t seconds. TimeConstrained[expr, t, failexpr] returns failexpr if the time constraint is not met.

MakeBoxes (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MakeBoxes[expr, form] is the low-level function used in Mathematica sessions to convert expressions into boxes. MakeBoxes[expr] is the function to convert expr to ...

Urn Model Distributions (Mathematica Guide)

Urn models have a long history, starting with Laplace suggesting in 1786 that France's population be estimated by an urn-sampling scheme. They are conceptually relatively ...