[ensembl-dev] relationship between api and database release

[Andrea Edwards]

Hi

Please ignore the question about getting the code. I forgot about the 
cvs server. The other questions about the interdependencies between code 
version and database still stand

thanks

On 16/11/2010 18:45, Andrea Edwards wrote:
> Hi
>
> I don't fully understand how the perl api is related to different 
> releases of the ensembl database.
>
> Is it correct that if I want to use, for example, release 59 of the 
> database then I need to use release 59 of the perl API?
>
> If so, how can I find past versions of the api. I looked on the ftp 
> site and could only find the database releases and not the api 
> releases. I need to use release 58 of the database but I currently 
> have release 59 of the perl API and a local copy of the version 59 
> database.
>
> If i was using version 59 of the perl api to make remote database 
> calls, would the api automatically query version 59 of the database?
>
> What would happen if i was using version 59 of the perl api against a 
> local database installation of say version 57?
>
> Is there a Java version of the Perl API? Does it have equivalent 
> functionality?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
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