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author Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it>
date Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:22:13 +0100
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+  <table class="nav" summary="Navigation aid" border="0" width=
+  "100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+    <tr>
+      <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td>
+
+      <td valign="baseline" align="right"><a href=
+      "repo_gui_submit.html"><img src="b_prev.gif" border="0" align=
+      "bottom" alt="Submitting objects to a repository"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=
+      "repo_gui_hlq.html"><img src="b_next.gif" border="0" align=
+      "bottom" alt="Performing High-Level Queries"></a></td>
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+  </table>
+
+  <h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Querying the contents of a repository</h1>
+  <hr>
+  
+  <p>
+	<p>
+  Querying an LTPDA repository is done using standard SQL statements. The repository GUI
+  presents the user with the possibility to graphically build SQL statements which avoids
+  learning SQL syntax. Currently, the SQL statements that can be built in this way are 
+  restricted to queries on a single database table. High-level queries, searching more database tables at once, are implemented in the following panel.
+</p>
+<p>
+  The repository GUI has a query panel which looks like the figure below:
+</p>
+<br>
+<br>
+<img src="images/repo_gui_query_1.png" alt="Repo GUI Query">
+<br>
+<br>
+<p>
+  In this figure, you see that the user has built a query to select all objects 
+  submitted on the 24th February 2008. The results will contain the object id, 
+  the submitted date, the experiment title, the experiment description, and the analysis
+  description. The results will be sorted in descending order of the object id.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Executing the query (click the 'Execute query' button) produces the results table
+  shown below.
+</p>
+<br>
+<br>
+<img src="images/repo_gui_query_2.png" alt="Repo GUI Query Results">
+<br>
+<br>
+<p>
+  The query string that is actually executed is presented in the text edit
+  box above the 'Execute query' button. This query string can be edited to allow for finer
+  control over the query. This is meant for users who already have a working knowledge of MySQL 
+  SQL syntax.
+</p>
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+
+  </p>
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+  <table class="nav" summary="Navigation aid" border="0" width=
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+    <tr valign="top">
+      <td align="left" width="20"><a href="repo_gui_submit.html"><img src=
+      "b_prev.gif" border="0" align="bottom" alt=
+      "Submitting objects to a repository"></a>&nbsp;</td>
+
+      <td align="left">Submitting objects to a repository</td>
+
+      <td>&nbsp;</td>
+
+      <td align="right">Performing High-Level Queries</td>
+
+      <td align="right" width="20"><a href=
+      "repo_gui_hlq.html"><img src="b_next.gif" border="0" align=
+      "bottom" alt="Performing High-Level Queries"></a></td>
+    </tr>
+  </table><br>
+
+  <p class="copy">&copy;LTP Team</p>
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