getMDB {maDB}R Documentation

Retriev regulation values from a database.

Description

getMDB this function reads the regulation (M) values from the selected comparisons out of a maDB database. For further informations and examples refer to the package vignette (which can be opened using the openMadbVignette).

Usage

getMDB(con,ids=NULL,comparisons.pk=NULL,v=TRUE,column.names="description")

Arguments

con The connection to the database (returned by the dbConnect function of the RdbiPgSQL package).
ids The IDs of the genes from which the expression values should be retrieved. In the case of Affymetrix GeneChips the Affymetrix IDs should be used (as they are used as rownames in the exprs matrix in the exprSet objects).
comparisons.pk the primary keys of the comparisons in the database for which the regulation values should be exported. A list of available comparisons and informations which sampes are compared in the various comparisons the dbGetComparisons function can be used.
column.names The information that should be used as column names of the returned regulation values matrix. Allowed are all column names of the sample and comparisons database tables.
v If TRUE additional information will be printed to the console.

Author(s)

Johannes Rainer

See Also

publishToDB dbGetExperimentInfo dbGetComparisons loadFromDB getEDB


[Package maDB version 1.12.0 Index]