Is there somewhere that documents what columns are "required" for that type?
Thanks, Kenny On Oct 23, 2009 7:00pm, Jennifer Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
