Hi Syed,
Thanks for your answer, though we don't really want a fixed query URL. Instead, we only want to determine the database and dataset that the user sees on the query page. The ideal would be a URL like www.biomart.org/martview?dataset=my_dataset_name or equivalent.
The use case is as a link in a page (e.g. 'Human Gene BioMart' ) or from another system, which guides the user to the query page of this specific mart . The user does not then need to know which database/mart combination they need before they even start a query, this is automatically selected for them.
For example, take a look at Ensembl Biomart. To get human gene data you need to choose BioMart, then select from 8 databases, then select from approx 40 species. Fine if you know the BioMart system. How much easier would it be for a 'naive' user to go to the Human species Ensembl homepage, click a 'BioMart' link on this homepage and bang you're there; the query page for human genes. No messing, no fuss, no knowledge of all the databases and marts necessary. It's a link that encourages people to query BioMart, not a page that begs the question 'so what do I do next? what does all this mean?'
Let me know what you think.
Robert
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Hi Robert,
Its definitely possible. Though, it takes you directly to results page,
setting the dataset, attribute/s, filter/s.
please consult docs for 'MartView URL Requests' section 6.7 (pg: 72).
syed
On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 12:31 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> filter page, so that by clicking a link you can by-pass choosing
> database and dataset manually. Is this possible in the URL or in
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