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SraRunTable.txt downloads as CSV, not TSV #127

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esallychang opened this issue Apr 27, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #131
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SraRunTable.txt downloads as CSV, not TSV #127

esallychang opened this issue Apr 27, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #131

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@esallychang
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esallychang commented Apr 27, 2020

In the updated version of the SRA Run Selector Page, the downloaded SraRunTable.txt is actually now a comma-delimited file rather than a tab-delimited file as stated on the current version of the "Examining Data on the NCBI SRA Database" page.

Students will need to specify that their spreadsheet program interpret it as comma-delimited, so I suggest the following language: "Using your choice of spreadsheet program, open the SraRunTable.txt file. You may need to tell the program that this is a comma-delimited file in order to have the data separated properly into columns."

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hoytpr commented Apr 27, 2020

Hello @esallychang and thanks very much for this contribution! This occurs because of the newer NCBI website being in the cloud, and you are correct! NCBI has also changed the the Run Table button to a button that reads "Metadata". It may be that we have to say "Depending on whether you are using the new or older version of the Run Website, you may need to tell the spreadsheet program that this is a tab-delimited (old version) or comma delimited (new version)." Thanks again and I'll get back to this in the afternoon.

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Boosting this issue, we had the same point teaching this morning, and I like @hoytpr 's proposed fix.

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