Hi Kenny, The data was created by slightly different processes, however all follow the general specification for the file type. The extra columns are optional. Our best advice is to create a routine in the utility you use to parse the data to either use or ignore the extra data if it is there and to allow it to be absent.
We are making the assumption that you do not need the data in the extra, optional columns (since a NULL would be OK). If we have this wrong, please correct us. Jennifer ------------------------------------------------ Jennifer Jackson UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group ----- "kenny daily" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "kenny daily" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:04:54 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: [Genome] Columns missing in refGene (example, rn4) > > Why are there different columns for refGene tables, depending on the > species? For example, rn4 is missing name2, cdsStartStat, cdsEndStat, > and > exonFrames. If this data does not exist, is it possible for you to add > these > columns with NULL data? It's cumbersome to change reading functions > for > different species when wanting to use this data and the columns > available > are not predictable. Thank you. > > -- > Kenny Daily > [email protected] > http://www.kennydaily.net/ > > --- Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. (Niels > Bohr) > --- > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
