[ensembl-dev] relationship between api and database release

[Chris Fields]

I would assume these are in tags/branches in ensembl CVS.  So, one would checkout using a different release as shown here:

http://uswest.ensembl.org/info/docs/api/api_cvs.html

(note 'branch-ensembl-60').

chris

On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:45 PM, 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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