-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The dropdown options are preserved during export regardless of table content.
cheers, Richard Robert Hamon wrote: > > Does this also mean that whatever options I remove from a "Make Dropdown" > they will still popup in biomart because the template is rebuilt from the > data in the database on export? > > I'm hoping not... Because as a workaround to using a temp table to build my > dropdown, I though about inserting some temp data in the main table, do a > "Make Dropdown", clean the options, do the export and then delete the dummy > data. > > Robert > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part > de Damian Smedley > Envoyé : 2 avril 2007 12:47 > À : Robert Hamon > Cc : [email protected] > Objet : RE: [mart-dev] Marteditor dropdown list > > On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Robert Hamon wrote: > >> >> It silently fails. >> >From marteditor I point the filter to my temp table, use Make >>> Dropdown and >> it correctly shows my list options in the filter. I then point the >> filter back to the main table and export the config. >> I then reconfigure biomart with a --clean to rebuild the cache. >> In the browser it shows the list of option from the main table >> ("|matrix1|matrix3|", "|matrix4|matrix5|", etc..) instead of the >> options list I created from the temp table ("matrix1", "matrix2", >> etc...) > > ok - I see what is going on now. We introduced this new templating system > recently (mainly for our own ensembl needs) which changes the way MartEditor > handles things. What it boils down as a consequence of all this is that on > export each config gets updated to the real data so you lose your 'dummy' > data. Its a shame as that was a neat trick you were using :-) > > I can't really think of an easy way round it at the moment (apart from the > obvious data redesign) but I will have a think. MartEditor will get > reengineered in the very near future so hopefully this functionality will > get returned > > best wishes > Damian > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGEhng4C5LeMEKA/QRAonzAJ9kQlXd69KzvT9XcOS1mTCie4HO/wCeIXj2 3/XNcOCk/lg0GBInSk97tDA= =nnnN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
