Thanks Nicklas. If Java has something like Perl's file based DBM storage (e.g. SDBM_File), then a low cost solution might be to store this lookup in such a file, and attach this to the array design (in BASE 2.5).
cheers, Bob Nicklas Nordborg writes: > > Is there any possibility that Affy array designs could have their > > reporters/features in the database? I'm sorry I don't understand Affy > > files > > enough to know why this can't be done in BASE as it stands. I guess they > > just > > don't fit into ArrayDesignBlocks? This may have been discussed to death > > elsewhere sorry. > > This was discussed in the original plan for BASE 2.0 but was dropped for > two reasons: > > * The plan was to store probe-level data and we realized that this may > just be too much to put into the database > > * Nobody is ever going to want anything else than the CEL and CDF files. > > I guess you proved us wrong on the second one... Maybe you can create a > separate database to hold the information. A single table containing > probesetId and array design ID should be enough. Hmmm... this table > doesn't have to be limited to Affymetrix arrays, though it might be > difficult to keep it synchronized with the BASE database. > > /Nicklas > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > basedb-devel mailing list > basedb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/basedb-devel -- Bob MacCallum | VectorBase Developer | Kafatos/Christophides Groups | Division of Cell and Molecular Biology | Imperial College London | Phone +442075941945 | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ basedb-devel mailing list basedb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/basedb-devel
