[BioC] ensembl connection

[James W. MacDonald]

TM wrote:
> Hi
> I used to create an object by this command :
> martMm <- useMart(biomart = "ensembl", dataset="hsapiens_gene_ensembl")
> But now it dosen't work anymore and i get this error message :
> unable to open connection
> unable to resolve 'web50-node4.ebi.ac.uk'
> Could you explain why it doesn't work ?

A quick search of the BioC list would have shown you several emails in 
the past few days that are related to this problem.

The short answer is that the BioMart webserver is having problems that 
they are trying to correct. In the meantime you can always connect using 
the RMySQL interface.

Best,

Jim


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-- 
James W. MacDonald, M.S.
Biostatistician
Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core
University of Michigan Cancer Center
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7410 CCGC
Ann Arbor MI 48109
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