[Bioperl-l] Reliability of get_Seq_by_gi

[Rob Edwards]

Did you capture the errors and do they make any sense?

Rob


On Apr 5, 2004, at 5:44 PM, Wes Barris wrote:

> Rob Edwards wrote:
>
>> Just a suggestion, but have you tried making sure that $seq exists 
>> before writing. Something like this should fix the problem:
>>

<snip>

>> You should capture all the failed sequences and then validate them in 
>> case there is some error with the Acc/GI (like they doesn't exist any 
>> more).
>> Rob
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Your solution appears to have worked.  I was able to download sequences
> over night and my script was still running this morning -- the first 
> time
> it has ever done that.  Thanks.