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+ − 2 Querying an LTPDA repository is done using standard SQL statements. The repository GUI
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+ − 3 presents the user with the possibility to graphically build SQL statements which avoids
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+ − 4 learning SQL syntax. Currently, the SQL statements that can be built in this way are
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+ − 5 restricted to queries on a single database table. High-level queries, searching more database tables at once, are implemented in the following panel.
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+ − 8 The repository GUI has a query panel which looks like the figure below:
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+ − 12 <img src="images/repo_gui_query_1.png" alt="Repo GUI Query">
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+ − 16 In this figure, you see that the user has built a query to select all objects
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+ − 17 submitted on the 24th February 2008. The results will contain the object id,
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+ − 18 the submitted date, the experiment title, the experiment description, and the analysis
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+ − 19 description. The results will be sorted in descending order of the object id.
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+ − 20 </p>
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+ − 22 Executing the query (click the 'Execute query' button) produces the results table
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+ − 23 shown below.
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+ − 24 </p>
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+ − 25 <br>
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+ − 26 <br>
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+ − 27 <img src="images/repo_gui_query_2.png" alt="Repo GUI Query Results">
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+ − 31 The query string that is actually executed is presented in the text edit
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+ − 32 box above the 'Execute query' button. This query string can be edited to allow for finer
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+ − 33 control over the query. This is meant for users who already have a working knowledge of MySQL
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+ − 34 SQL syntax.
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+ − 35 </p>
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