Code Sample, a copy-pastable example if possible

# Your code here
data.to_hdf('data.h5',mode='w',format='f')

data = pd.read_hdf('data.h5')
####Traceback

AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-13fe6d5eccfa> in <module>()
----> 1 ndata = pd.read_hdf('cleaned_data_v1.h5')

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py in read_hdf(path_or_buf, key, mode, **kwargs)
    368                                      'contains multiple datasets.')
    369             key = candidate_only_group._v_pathname
--> 370         return store.select(key, auto_close=auto_close, **kwargs)
    371     except:
    372         # if there is an error, close the store

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py in select(self, key, where, start, stop, columns, iterator, chunksize, auto_close, **kwargs)
    715                            chunksize=chunksize, auto_close=auto_close)
    716 
--> 717         return it.get_result()
    718 
    719     def select_as_coordinates(

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py in get_result(self, coordinates)
   1455 
   1456         # directly return the result
-> 1457         results = self.func(self.start, self.stop, where)
   1458         self.close()
   1459         return results

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py in func(_start, _stop, _where)
    708             return s.read(start=_start, stop=_stop,
    709                           where=_where,
--> 710                           columns=columns, **kwargs)
    711 
    712         # create the iterator

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py in read(self, start, stop, **kwargs)
   2893         for i in range(self.nblocks):
   2894 
-> 2895             blk_items = self.read_index('block%d_items' % i)
   2896             values = self.read_array('block%d_values' % i,
   2897                                      start=_start, stop=_stop)

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py in read_index(self, key, **kwargs)
   2475 
   2476     def read_index(self, key, **kwargs):
-> 2477         variety = _ensure_decoded(getattr(self.attrs, '%s_variety' % key))
   2478 
   2479         if variety == u('multi'):

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tables/attributeset.py in __getattr__(self, name)
    290         if not name in self._v_attrnames:
    291             raise AttributeError("Attribute '%s' does not exist in node: "
--> 292                                  "'%s'" % (name, self._v__nodepath))
    293 
    294         # Read the attribute from disk. This is an optimization to read

AttributeError: Attribute 'block2_items_variety' does not exist in node: '/cleaned_data'

#### Problem description
We are working remotely on a Jupyter notebook on a server doing some 
data preprocessing, having loaded an unprocessed .h5 file that was created 
using the pd.to_hdf() command we then did a number of preprocessing operations
 and added some new columns to dataframe.

Next we saved the data using data.to_hdf command and generated the file data.h5. after 
that we used the command read_hdf to read the file but we get the error:
 "Attribute 'block2_items_variety' does not exist in node: /cleaned_data".


#### Expected Output
reading the file successfully.

#### Output of ``pd.show_versions()``


[paste the output of ``pd.show_versions()`` here below this line]
INSTALLED VERSIONS
------------------
commit: None
python: 3.6.3.final.0
python-bits: 64
OS: Linux
OS-release: 4.5.7-docker-4
machine: x86_64
processor: x86_64
byteorder: little
LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
LOCALE: en_US.UTF-8

pandas: 0.21.0
pytest: 3.3.1
pip: 9.0.1
setuptools: 36.6.0
Cython: 0.25.2
numpy: 1.12.1
scipy: 0.19.1
pyarrow: None
xarray: None
IPython: 6.2.1
sphinx: None
patsy: 0.4.1
dateutil: 2.6.1
pytz: 2017.3
blosc: None
bottleneck: None
tables: 3.4.2
numexpr: 2.6.2
feather: None
matplotlib: 2.0.2
openpyxl: None
xlrd: 1.0.0
xlwt: None
xlsxwriter: None
lxml: None
bs4: 4.5.3
html5lib: 0.999999999
sqlalchemy: 1.1.13
pymysql: None
psycopg2: None
jinja2: 2.9.6
s3fs: None
fastparquet: None
pandas_gbq: None
pandas_datareader: None

**Comment From: TomAugspurger**

Could you edit your original post to include

1. code that creates a sample DataFrame that generates the exception when written and read
2. The traceback when reading

**Comment From: seanysull**

I have added the full traceback, I am in the process of trying to recreate an example I can share here, however, I am working with data I can not easily share so it will take a while if I am even able to do it.

**Comment From: jreback**

you would have to show a reproducible example

**Comment From: JanKalin**

I get a similar error. I have an application that reads DEWESoft files, converts them to pandas DataFrame and writes them to HDF5 file(s). The complete code used for conversion is downloadable from https://github.com/JanKalin/python_dewesoft. The data file in question can be copied from ftp://zaguser:zagpublic@ftp.zag.si/publicftp/JanK/Pandas/Ravbarkomanda_2018_04_04_132938.dxd

Call `dws2hdf5 Ravbarkomanda_2018_04_04_132938.dxd  --fields 1 --rename :5:T_P13N4SN` to start conversion, which fails:

2018-07-03 12:52:58.939000 1/1 Ravbarkomanda_2018_04_04_132938.dxd, Traceback (most recent call last): File "J:\python\dws2hdf5.py", line 111, in data.to_hdf(filename, dataset, complevel=5, complib='zlib') File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\generic.py", line 1471, in to_hdf return pytables.to_hdf(path_or_buf, key, self, kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 281, in to_hdf f(store) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 275, in f = lambda store: store.put(key, value, kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 866, in put self._write_to_group(key, value, append=append, kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 1341, in _write_to_group s.write(obj=value, append=append, complib=complib, kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 2930, in write self.write_array('block%d_values' % i, blk.values, items=blk_items) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 2671, in write_array ca[:] = value File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\tables\array.py", line 718, in setitem nparr = convert_to_np_atom2(value, self.atom) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\tables\utils.py", line 128, in convert_to_np_atom2 nparr = convert_to_np_atom(object, atom, copy) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\tables\utils.py", line 96, in convert_to_np_atom nparr = array_of_flavor(arr, 'numpy') File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\tables\flavor.py", line 211, in array_of_flavor return array_of_flavor2(array, flavor_of(array), dst_flavor) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\tables\flavor.py", line 133, in array_of_flavor2 return convfunc(array) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\tables\flavor.py", line 373, in conv_to_numpy nparr = nparr.copy() # copying the array makes it contiguous MemoryError


The HDF5 file available at ftp://zaguser:zagpublic@ftp.zag.si/publicftp/JanK/Pandas/2018_04_04_13_29_40_110000.hdf5  is left in a mangled state,:

quark % python Python 2.7.15 (v2.7.15:ca079a3ea3, Apr 30 2018, 16:22:17) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import pandas as pd pd.read_hdf("2018_04_04_13_29_40_110000.hdf5") Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 370, in read_hdf return store.select(key, auto_close=auto_close, kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 717, in select return it.get_result() File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 1457, in get_result results = self.func(self.start, self.stop, where) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 710, in func columns=columns, kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 2902, in read blk_items = self.read_index('block%d_items' % i) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\pytables.py", line 2484, in read_index variety = _ensure_decoded(getattr(self.attrs, '%s_variety' % key)) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\tables\attributeset.py", line 305, in getattr "'%s'" % (name, self._v__nodepath)) AttributeError: Attribute 'block0_items_variety' does not exist in node: '/a_2018_04_04_13_29_40_110000' pd.show_versions()

INSTALLED VERSIONS

commit: None python: 2.7.15.final.0 python-bits: 32 OS: Windows OS-release: 7 machine: AMD64 processor: Intel64 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel byteorder: little LC_ALL: None LANG: None LOCALE: None.None

pandas: 0.22.0 pytest: None pip: 10.0.1 setuptools: 39.0.1 Cython: None numpy: 1.14.3 scipy: 1.0.1 pyarrow: None xarray: None IPython: 5.6.0 sphinx: 1.7.4 patsy: None dateutil: 2.7.2 pytz: 2018.4 blosc: None bottleneck: None tables: 3.4.3 numexpr: 2.6.5 feather: None matplotlib: 2.2.2 openpyxl: 2.5.4 xlrd: 1.1.0 xlwt: 1.3.0 xlsxwriter: None lxml: 4.2.1 bs4: None html5lib: 1.0.1 sqlalchemy: None pymysql: None psycopg2: None jinja2: 2.10 s3fs: None fastparquet: None pandas_gbq: None pandas_datareader: None


**Comment From: JanKalin**

The problem apparently only occurs on 32-bit Python. With 64-bit running inside a 64-bit virtual machine the conversion goes well:

Y:>c:\Users\jank\test\dws2hdf5.py Ravbarkomanda_2018_04_04_132938.dxd --fields 1 @rename.opt 2018-07-04 09:53:22.973000 1/1 Ravbarkomanda_2018_04_04_132938.dxd, a_2018_04_04 _13_29_40_110000, T_2018_04_04_13_29_40_110000, done

Y:>python Python 2.7.15 (v2.7.15:ca079a3ea3, Apr 30 2018, 16:30:26) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AM D64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import pandas as pd pd.show_versions()

INSTALLED VERSIONS

commit: None python: 2.7.15.final.0 python-bits: 64 OS: Windows OS-release: 7 machine: AMD64 processor: Intel64 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel byteorder: little LC_ALL: None LANG: None LOCALE: None.None

pandas: 0.23.1 pytest: None pip: 10.0.1 setuptools: 39.0.1 Cython: None numpy: 1.14.5 scipy: None pyarrow: None xarray: None IPython: 5.7.0 sphinx: 1.7.5 patsy: None dateutil: 2.7.3 pytz: 2018.5 blosc: None bottleneck: None tables: None numexpr: 2.6.5 feather: None matplotlib: None openpyxl: None xlrd: None xlwt: None xlsxwriter: None lxml: None bs4: None html5lib: 1.0.1 sqlalchemy: None pymysql: None psycopg2: None jinja2: 2.10 s3fs: None fastparquet: None pandas_gbq: None pandas_datareader: None


**Comment From: JanKalin**

And the problem disappears with the latest version of Pandas, 0.23.2

**Comment From: AiAlex**

Got this error
`AttributeError: Attribute 'block1_items_variety' does not exist in node: '/dataset'`

on
Pandas  0.25.3
Python 3.6.3 :: Anaconda, Inc.

**Comment From: alice17**

I experienced the same error:

`AttributeError: Attribute 'block0_items_variety' does not exist in node: '/train'` when calling the function `pd.read_hdf(fileInPath, key="train")`. 


pandas 0.24.2
tables 3.5.2
python 3.6


**Comment From: gerritholl**

I experience this error with the attached file.

[72047299999.h5.gz](https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/files/4096382/72047299999.h5.gz)

MWE is rather simple:

```python
import pandas
pandas.read_hdf("/data/gholl/cache/fogtools/2019/72047299999.h5", "root")

The resulting traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mwe15.py", line 2, in <module>
    pandas.read_hdf("/data/gholl/cache/fogtools/2019/72047299999.h5", "root")
  File "/media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py", line 428, in read_hdf
    auto_close=auto_close,
  File "/media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py", line 814, in select
    return it.get_result()
  File "/media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py", line 1829, in get_result
    results = self.func(self.start, self.stop, where)
  File "/media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py", line 798, in func
    return s.read(start=_start, stop=_stop, where=_where, columns=columns)
  File "/media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py", line 3068, in read
    blk_items = self.read_index(f"block{i}_items")
  File "/media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/io/pytables.py", line 2752, in read_index
    variety = _ensure_decoded(getattr(self.attrs, f"{key}_variety"))
  File "/media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tables/attributeset.py", line 301, in __getattr__
    "'%s'" % (name, self._v__nodepath))
AttributeError: Attribute 'block0_items_variety' does not exist in node: '/root'
Closing remaining open files:/data/gholl/cache/fogtools/2019/72047299999.h5...done

Software versions:

Pandas 1.0.0rc0, pytables 3.6.1, Python 3.7.3. See below for a full output of conda list:

# packages in environment at /media/nas/x21324/miniconda3/envs/py37e:
#
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
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Comment From: gerritholl

@jreback I have attached a file with a reproduceable example. Are you able to reproduce this? Could this be reopened please?

Comment From: jreback

@gerritholl

you would need to show writing and reading read_hdf is only capable of reading its own format

pls open a new issue if you have a repro example

Comment From: gerritholl

@jreback See #31199