Hello I have a couple of minor questions
is the biomart perl api still available? although i have only ever used biomart through the ensembl website i was aware there was a perl api. In the rc5 user manual there is only mention on a java api.
Also am i correct in saying that there are only methods for retrieving data in the java api? I didn't see any methods for creating or updating database records. What does the 'power' bioinformatics user do if they want to add records to the underlying database? I believe if there is a virtual mart sitting on top of 'normal' databases then the user can just issue standard CRUD database statements and the virtual mart will seemlessly detect the inserted/updated data. Is that correct? But what if you wanted to add new records to a materialised mart? Is there anything in the api to cater for that?
Also i am unsure as to the purpose of the config file when i create a mart. From experience i seem to need a config file for each dataset in order to access the dataset from the website but i couldn't find an explanation of the purpose of this file in the user manual.
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