Hi I've not been able to access biomaRt using the mysql interface this week. I'm seeing this both in release and devel. Is this a problem at the EBI end? If so, who should I contact? > library(biomaRt) Loading required package: RCurl > listMarts(mysql=TRUE) Loading required package: RMySQL Loading required package: DBI Error in mysqlNewConnection(drv, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (could not connect anonymous at martdb.ebi.ac.uk on dbname "(null)" Error:Can't connect to MySQL server on 'martdb.ebi.ac.uk' (110) ) > sessionInfo() R version 2.7.1 (2008-06-23) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu locale: C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices datasets utils methods base other attached packages: [1] RMySQL_0.6-0 DBI_0.2-4 biomaRt_1.14.0 RCurl_0.9-3 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] XML_1.95-3 tools_2.7.1 Best wishes Richard. -- Richard D. Pearson richard.pearson at postgrad.manchester.ac.uk School of Computer Science, http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pearsonr University of Manchester, Tel: +44 161 275 6178 Oxford Road, Mob: +44 7971 221181 Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Fax: +44 161 275 6204

HJi Richard, Richard Pearson wrote: > I've not been able to access biomaRt using the mysql interface this > week. I'm seeing this both in release and devel. Is this a problem at > the EBI end? If so, who should I contact? Have you checked whether the Biomart web site was available while you had the problems? I'm asking because two hours ago, i.e., when you wrote your mail, I could not get to the Ensembl web server either, i.e., they seem to been experiencing problems. At the moment, it works, however. Simon