Question

I have built UI, its like a search engine for BioProcess/Disease–> Genes. e.g., User can query: “Stem Cells” or “brain tumor”and in result it will give 50 to 5000 GeneIDs (essentially those are Numbers representing a uniqe Gene at NCBI database) .

Its free, you can try at : http://proteogenomics.musc.edu/genemesh/

Now, the problem is I am liking those GeneIDs to a NCBI site at once. For upto 200 or 400 GeneIDs I can get result fine. But for more than 500 GeneIDs I can get “URI TOO LARGE” error or somehow NCBI website can not accept huge query. I am trying to resolve this problem.

Can Javascript, OnClick write a file in UNIX /tmp file? or is there any better solution to this?

Any help/guidelines are great at this point…

thank you so much in advance,
Saurin

URL too LONG:

http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/30980,31208,31442,31789,32083,32855,33156,33392,33498,34309,35197,35974,36057,38545,38701,42945,43162,43256,43288,43739,44900,45339,45775,3772082,260437,393632,406845,379537,379620,399306,100037057,100037058,100037249,10,40,43,60,104,133,174,182,185,186,187,197,207,208,210,238,240,269,284,285,317,324,328,332,335,351,355,356,358,361,366,379,387,388,396,429,462,466,472,482,558,567,573,575,576,577,581,595,596,598,604,648,650,664,672,673,675,706,712,754,761,768,771,800,836,841,842,847,857,860,875,885,889,890,891,902,960,970,978,983,999,1000,1018,1019,1021,1025,1026,1027,1029,1030,1031,1051,1082,1111,1116,1124,1131,1152,1231,1234,1272,1282,1284,1285,1286,1287,1288,1316,1432,1457,1459,1462,1464,1471,1474,1485,1490,1493,1499,1508,1512,1520,1543,1545,1571,1594,1600,1605,1612,1620,1622,1630,1633,1638,1641,1643,1649,1728,1755,1756,1803,1809,1814,1839,1854,1869,1909,1910,1942,1950,1956,1969,2012,2013,2014,2019,2020,2022,2034,2035,2044,2045,2046,2048,2050,2051,2052,2064,2066,2067,2068,2071,2100,2149,2166,2173,2246,2247,2250,2251,2254,2260,2263,2264,2272,2289,2290,2305,2308,2309,2321,2335,2475,2542,2547,2574,2579,2621,2627,2670,2734,2735,2736,2737,2738,2740,2849,2890,2896,2901,2908,2925,2932,2936,2939,2944,2947,2950,2952,2956,3073,3074,3082,3090,3091,3104,3105,3106,3115,3122,3123,3146,3161,3162,3181,3191,3215,3240,3265,3309,3315,3324,3371,3373,3383,3384,3397,3398,3417,3479,3480,3481,3482,3485,3486,3487,3491,3553,3558,3561,3565,3566,3569,3574,3575,3596,3597,3598,3603,3611,3621,3630,3632,3645,3672,3685,3688,3717,3732,3738,3741,3766,3785,3791,3814,3815,3845,3897,3910,3912,3913,3915,3918,3925,3945,3956,3958,3981,3987,4035,4087,4088,4089,4133,4137,4145,4147,4152,4155,4172,4175,4192,4193,4194,4241,4255,4267,4288,4292,4303,4312,4313,4314,4316,4318,4320,4321,4323,4327,4350,4436,4440,4524,4548,4549,4552,4574,4601,4609,4654,4684,4691,4735,4745,4763,4771,4790,4804,4807,4808,4829,4830,4843,4851,4856,4893,4907,4914,4915,4916,4950,4978,4982,5015,5028,5030,5054,5080,5111,5118,5154,5155,5156,5159,5178,5241,5243,5266,5274,5276,5290,5294,5295,5328,5329,5334,5340,5395,5444,5468,5536,5538,5563,5566,5578,5579,5580,5581,5583,5584,5591,5594,5595,5599,5602,5629,5653,5663,5702,5708,5713,5725,5727,5728,5730,5743,5745,5747,5764,5781,5803,5805,5834,5835,5879,5880,5881,5888,5894,5898,5899,5900,5915,5921,5925,5934,5970,5978,5981,5992,6048,6091,6118,6165,6195,6275,6278,6284,6347,6382,6387,6416,6464,6469,6490,6502,6506,6507,6513,6598,6606,6608,6622,6647,6648,6649,6657,6659,6660,6662,6663,6664,6667,6670,6678,6695,6697,6714,6717,6770,6772,6774,6790,6853,6855,6863,6892,6900,6948,7012,7013,7015,7018,7020,7025,7040,7042,7054,7057,7076,7078,7105,7124,7153,7157,7161,7168,7175,7185,7186,7248,7249,7258,7262,7276,7277,7283,7298,7422,7428,7431,7442,7447,7468,7474,7490,7508,7515,7517,7518,7520,7525,7545,7799,7849,7852,7980,8028,8038,8061,8089,8140,8190,8301,8372,8484,8507,8577,8605,8650,8678,8682,8692,8718,8737,8741,8742,8743,8745,8754,8771,8772,8788,8795,8797,8811,8828,8829,8841,8842,8848,8851,8862,8871,8877,8928,8930,9077,9100,9113,9141,9148,9156,9173,9211,9212,9232,9334,9353,9423,9429,9444,9445,9447,9459,9507,9518,9535,9545,9588,9681,9806,9833,9844,9961,10036,10135,10209,10215,10313,10362,10371,10381,10401,10472,10512,10530,10572,10620,10630,10642,10743,10763,10776,10855,10893,10991,11009,11010,11013,11065,11093,11095,11096,11141,11156,11162,11186,11191,11200,11235,11284,22865,22933,22943,23136,23152,23162,23209,23261,23308,23336,23435,23469,23627,23654,23705,25776,25792,25855,26013,26038,26050,26136,26256,26471,26524,27122,28514,29103,29108,29126,29997,29998,30001,50618,50859,50943,51050,51147,51199,51213,51230,51305,51330,51335,51438,51637,51668,51747,51763,53358,53615,53616,54106,54828,55210,55294,55553,55717,55752,55760,55859,56647,56920,57124,57142,57447,57448,57670,60672,63827,64101,64386,64710,64805,65065,79659,79682,79944,80309,80332,80381,80781,81557,83483,83605,83667,83858,84148,84189,84280,84504,84525,84631,84654,84707,84708,91419,92140,112755,114798,116448,116986,121227,129787,139065,140885,146691,146956,160728,162979,163732,200895,253260,253738,259266,284217,284459,286527,338030,342945,375790,399473,406907,406991,407043,646555,728239,100133941,403412,396562,396783,751862,100125840,100125841,282862,100008679,11539,11545,11601,11622,11629,11651,11731,11783,11789,11799,11829,11920,11932,12028,12035,12140,12151,12211,12307,12308,12344,12389,12390,12505,12519,12554,12575,12578,12606,12767,12945,13003,13051,13176,13193,13197,13555,13730,13731,13732,13846,13866,14080,14102,14164,14254,14360,14397,14580,14609,14632,14633,14634,14714,14751,14825,14829,14910,15160,15218,15251,15413,15442,15529,15901,16153,16483,16542,16653,16765,16847,17125,17196,17246,17390,17395,17869,17920,18008,18015,18016,18040,18071,18072,18125,18128,18133,18208,18386,18507,18591,18595,18616,18708,18787,18792,18793,18996,18997,19090,19118,19122,19206,19211,19227,19247,19373,19377,19531,19557,19645,19650,19651,20423,20511,20713,20720,20848,20849,20852,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Answer 1

If you cannot use a cookie, the url is too long. Write the data to a temp table in a database. Once the data is saved out, send back an ID, pass that via the URL. You can do this via a web service call without too much of an issue.

Also, put a timestamp on the table, prune out old data after a set period of time.