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Advanced database search
You may construct your own SQL database queries for more flexible
searches via this page. Queries can be made specific or general, and
may return multiple records unlike some of the other search pages.
Interactive queries will be returned as a table on the result web page
with a maximum of 100 lines per page. E-mail queries will return all
matched lines as a tab-delimited text file. Please note that only
SELECT statements are allowed (i.e. you are be able to search the
database, not to alter it). A diagram of the database structure is
displayed in the
Help page
to help you phrase your queries.
Warnings
- Very big searches may cause the server to run out of memory and
to return an error message. In that case, split your search up, by
chromosome for example. You may also want to use a 'LIMIT 100' clause in your SQL statement.
-
Using wildcards for field names means that the fields will be
returned in a strange order (although column titles will still
correspond to their contents).
SQL tutorials
If you're not familiar with SQL queries, the following links may help
you to get started:
http://www.sqlcourse.com,
a good site to learn SQL; the list of tutorials at the
MySQL links page;
or the
full MySQL
documentation..
Layout of the CATMA database
For explanations of the contents of the tables and fields, please look
here.