> From: Arek Kasprzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On 7 Feb 2007, at 22:00, Amir Karger wrote: > > >> From: Arek Kasprzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> On 7 Feb 2007, at 21:09, Amir Karger wrote: > >> > >>> I'm downloading all valid dbSNPs from Biomart.org. I > >> selected ensembl > >>> variation 42, selected the "valid only" restriction, and left the > >>> default attributes. > >>> > >>> When I ask for a count, there are 5.6M, which is about what > >> I got a few > >>> months ago when I downloaded a slightly different version > >> from ensembl. > >>> However, when I do the actual download, I get only 1.9M lines. I > >>> downloaded as tsv as well as xml.
> > Hi Amir, > I am not sure what happened there. I just downloaded the file > according > to your spec and got exactly what expected: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] files]$ gunzip martquery_0207220501_510.txt.gz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] files]$ wc martquery_0207220501_510.txt > 5696142 17088430 124854968 martquery_0207220501_510.txt > > so perhaps some temporarily glitch with the server. Could you try > again and if you have any further problem we'll investigate Don't you hate temporary problems that go away? I now get exactly the same results as you. I guess the moral of the story is always to check the download carefully in case it wasn't a full set. -Amir
