Emmanuel Courcelle wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Some users have a gene whose ID is.... null  :-\
> this means "nothing here, just a control". It could also be "blank"
> 
> The problem is that the Importer plugin sends me a message for this "gene":
> "Invalid use of null. The 'externalId' value cannot be set to null. on 
> line 1178: null"
> 
> Is there a solution other than skipping or renaming this gene ?

There are two cases, if you are interested in the data or not. In the 
first case the reporter must be given a valid and unique ID. Null is not 
a valid value, since it never matches any other value including other 
nulls. In the second case you can skip the line.

/Nicklas


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