nid)
* $organism_id = chado_get_id_from_nid ('organism', $node->nid)
* $feature_id = chado_get_id_from_nid ('feature', $node->nid)
*
* @param $table
* The chado table the chado record is from
* @param $nid
* The value of the primary key of node
* @param $linking_table
* The Drupal table linking the chado record to it's node.
* This field is optional and defaults to chado_$table
*
* @return
* The chado id of the associated chado record
*
* @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api
*/
function chado_get_id_from_nid($table, $nid, $linking_table = NULL) {
if (empty($linking_table)) {
$linking_table = 'chado_' . $table;
}
$sql = "SELECT " . $table . "_id as id FROM {$linking_table} WHERE nid = :nid";
return db_query($sql, array(':nid' => $nid))->fetchField();
}
/**
* Get node id for a chado feature/organism/analysis. E.g, if you want to
* get the node id for an analysis, use:
* $nid = chado_get_nid_from_id ('analysis', $analysis_id)
* Likewise,
* $nid = chado_get_nid_from_id ('organism', $organism_id)
* $nid = chado_get_nid_from_id ('feature', $feature_id)
*
* @param $table
* The chado table the id is from
* @param $id
* The value of the primary key from the $table chado table (ie: feature_id)
* @param $linking_table
* The Drupal table linking the chado record to it's node.
* This field is optional and defaults to chado_$table
*
* @return
* The nid of the associated node
*
* @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api
*/
function chado_get_nid_from_id($table, $id, $linking_table = NULL) {
if (empty($linking_table)) {
$linking_table = 'chado_' . $table;
}
$sql = "SELECT nid FROM {" . $linking_table . "} WHERE " . $table . "_id = :" . $table . "_id";
return db_query($sql, array(":" . $table . "_id" => $id))->fetchField();
}
/**
* Determine the chado base table for a given content type
*
* @param $content_type
* The machine name of the content type (node type) you want to
* determine the base chado table of
* @param $module
* (Optional) The machine-name of the module implementing the
* content type
*
* @return
* The name of the chado base table for the specified content type
*
* @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api
*/
function chado_node_get_base_table($content_type, $module = FALSE) {
if ($module) {
$node_info = call_user_func($details['module'] . '_node_info');
}
else {
$node_types = module_invoke_all('node_info');
if (isset($node_types[$content_type])) {
$node_info = $node_types[$content_type];
}
else {
return FALSE;
}
}
if (isset($node_info['chado_node_api']['base_table'])) {
return $node_info['chado_node_api']['base_table'];
}
else {
return FALSE;
}
}
/**
* @section
* Sync Form
*/
/**
* Generic Sync Form to aid in sync'ing (create drupal nodes linking to chado content)
* any chado node type.
*
* To use this you need to add a call to it from your hook_menu() and
* add some additional information to your hook_node_info(). The Following code gives an
* example of how this might be done:
* @code
function modulename_menu() {
$module_name = 'tripal_example'; // the machine name of your module
$linking_table = 'chado_example'; // the base specified in hook_node_info
// This menu item will be a tab on the admin/tripal/chado/tripal_example page
// that is not selected by default
$items['admin/tripal/chado/tripal_example/sync'] = array(
'title' => ' Sync',
'description' => 'Sync examples from Chado with Drupal',
'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
'page arguments' => array('chado_node_sync_form', $module_name, $linking_table),
'access arguments' => array('administer tripal examples'),
'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
'weight' => 0
);
return $items;
}
function modulename_node_info() {
return array(
'chado_example' => array(
'name' => t('example'),
'base' => 'chado_example',
'description' => t('A Chado example is a collection of material that can be sampled and have experiments performed on it.'),
'has_title' => TRUE,
'locked' => TRUE,
// this is what differs from the regular Drupal-documented hook_node_info()
'chado_node_api' => array(
'base_table' => 'example', // the name of the chado base table
'hook_prefix' => 'chado_example', // usually the name of the node type
'record_type_title' => array(
'singular' => t('Example'), // Singular human-readable title
'plural' => t('Examples') // Plural human-readable title
),
'sync_filters' => array( // filters for syncing
'type_id' => TRUE, // TRUE if there is an example.type_id field
'organism_id' => TRUE, // TRUE if there is an example.organism_id field
'checkboxes' => array('name') // If the 'checkboxes' key is present then the
// value must be an array of column names in
// base table. The values from these columns will
// be retreived, contentated with a space delimeter
// and provided in a list of checkboxes
// for the user to choose which to sync.
),
)
),
);
}
* @endcode
*
* For more information on how you can override some of this behaviour while still
* benifiting from as much of the common architecture as possible see the following
* functions: hook_chado_node_sync_create_new_node(), hook_chado_node_sync_form(),
* hook_chado_node_sync_select_query().
*
* @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api
*/
function chado_node_sync_form($form, &$form_state) {
$form = array();
if (isset($form_state['build_info']['args'][0])) {
$module = $form_state['build_info']['args'][0];
$linking_table = $form_state['build_info']['args'][1];
$node_info = call_user_func($module . '_node_info');
$args = $node_info[$linking_table]['chado_node_api'];
$form_state['chado_node_api'] = $args;
}
$form['linking_table'] = array(
'#type' => 'hidden',
'#value' => $linking_table
);
// define the fieldsets
$form['sync'] = array(
'#type' => 'fieldset',
'#title' => 'Sync ' . $args['record_type_title']['plural'],
'#descrpition' => '',
);
$form['sync']['description'] = array(
'#type' => 'item',
'#value' => t("%title_plural of the types listed ".
"below in the %title_singular Types box will be synced (leave blank to sync all types). You may limit the ".
"%title_plural to be synced by a specific organism. Depending on the ".
"number of %title_plural in the chado database this may take a long ".
"time to complete. ",
array(
'%title_singular' => $args['record_type_title']['singular'],
'%title_plural' => $args['record_type_title']['plural']
)),
);
if ($args['sync_filters']['type_id']) {
$form['sync']['type_ids'] = array(
'#title' => t('%title_singular Types',
array(
'%title_singular' => $args['record_type_title']['singular'],
'%title_plural' => $args['record_type_title']['plural']
)),
'#type' => 'textarea',
'#description' => t("Enter the names of the %title_singular types to sync. " .
"Leave blank to sync all %title_plural. Separate each type with a comma ".
"or new line. Pages for these %title_singular ".
"types will be created automatically for %title_plural that exist in the ".
"chado database. The names must match ".
"exactly (spelling and case) with terms in the ontologies",
array(
'%title_singular' => strtolower($args['record_type_title']['singular']),
'%title_plural' => strtolower($args['record_type_title']['plural'])
)),
'#default_value' => (isset($form_state['values']['type_id'])) ? $form_state['values']['type_id'] : '',
);
}
// get the list of organisms
if ($args['sync_filters']['organism_id']) {
$sql = "SELECT * FROM {organism} ORDER BY genus, species";
$results = chado_query($sql);
$organisms[] = '';
foreach ($results as $organism) {
$organisms[$organism->organism_id] = "$organism->genus $organism->species ($organism->common_name)";
}
$form['sync']['organism_id'] = array(
'#title' => t('Organism'),
'#type' => t('select'),
'#description' => t("Choose the organism for which %title_plural types set above will be synced.",
array(
'%title_singular' => $args['record_type_title']['singular'],
'%title_plural' => $args['record_type_title']['plural']
)),
'#options' => $organisms,
'#default_value' => (isset($form_state['values']['organism_id'])) ? $form_state['values']['organism_id'] : 0,
);
}
// get the list of organisms
if (array_key_exists('checkboxes', $args['sync_filters'])) {
// get the base schema
$base_table = $args['base_table'];
$table_info = chado_get_schema($base_table);
// if the base table does not have a primary key or has more than one then
// we can't proceed, otherwise, generate the checkboxes
if (array_key_exists('primary key', $table_info) and count($table_info['primary key']) == 1) {
$pkey = $table_info['primary key'][0];
$columns = $args['sync_filters']['checkboxes'];
$select_cols = implode("|| ' ' ||", $columns);
// get non-synced records
$sql = "
SELECT BT.$pkey as id, $select_cols as value
FROM {" . $base_table . "} BT
LEFT JOIN public.$linking_table LT ON LT.$pkey = BT.$pkey
WHERE LT.$pkey IS NULL
ORDER BY value ASC
";
$results = chado_query($sql);
$values = array();
foreach ($results as $result) {
$values[$result->id] = $result->value;
}
if (count($values) > 0) {
$form['sync']['ids'] = array(
'#title' => 'Avaliable ' . $args['record_type_title']['plural'],
'#type' => 'checkboxes',
'#options' => $values,
'#default_value' => (isset($form_state['values']['ids'])) ? $form_state['values']['ids'] : array(),
'#suffix' => '
',
'#prefix' => t("The following %title_plural have not been synced. Check those to be synced or leave all unchecked to sync them all.",
array(
'%title_singular' => strtolower($args['record_type_title']['singular']),
'%title_plural' => strtolower($args['record_type_title']['plural'])
)) . '
There are no " . strtolower($args['record_type_title']['plural']) . " to sync.
", ); } } } // if we provide a list of checkboxes we shouldn't need a max_sync else { $form['sync']['max_sync'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Maximum number of records to Sync'), '#description' => t('Leave this field empty to sync all records, regardless of number'), '#default_value' => (isset($form_state['values']['max_sync'])) ? $form_state['values']['max_sync'] : '', ); } $form['sync']['button'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Sync ' . $args['record_type_title']['plural']), '#weight' => 3, ); $form['cleanup'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', '#title' => t('Clean Up') ); $form['cleanup']['description'] = array( '#markup' => t("With Drupal and chado residing in different databases " . "it is possible that nodes in Drupal and " . strtolower($args['record_type_title']['plural']) . " in Chado become " . "\"orphaned\". This can occur if a node in Drupal is " . "deleted but the corresponding chado records is not and/or vice " . "versa. Click the button below to resolve these discrepancies.
"), '#weight' => 1, ); $form['cleanup']['button'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => 'Clean up orphaned ' . strtolower($args['record_type_title']['plural']), '#weight' => 2, ); // Allow each module to alter this form as needed $hook_form_alter = $args['hook_prefix'] . '_chado_node_sync_form'; if (function_exists($hook_form_alter)) { $form = call_user_func($hook_form_alter, $form, $form_state); } return $form; } /** * Generic Sync Form Submit * * @ingroup tripal_core */ function chado_node_sync_form_submit($form, $form_state) { global $user; if (preg_match('/^Sync/', $form_state['values']['op'])) { // get arguments $args = $form_state['chado_node_api']; $module = $form_state['chado_node_api']['hook_prefix']; $base_table = $form_state['chado_node_api']['base_table']; $linking_table = $form_state['values']['linking_table']; // Allow each module to hijack the submit if needed $hook_form_hijack_submit = $args['hook_prefix'] . '_chado_node_sync_form_submit'; if (function_exists($hook_form_hijack_submit)) { return call_user_func($hook_form_hijack_submit, $form, $form_state); } // Get the types separated into a consistent string $types = array(); if (isset($form_state['values']['type_ids'])) { // seperate by new line or comma. $temp_types = preg_split("/[,\n\r]+/", $form_state['values']['type_ids']); // remove any extra spacing around the types for($i = 0; $i < count($temp_types); $i++) { // skip empty types if (trim($temp_types[$i]) == '') { continue; } $types[$i] = trim($temp_types[$i]); } } // Get the ids to be synced $ids = array(); if (array_key_exists('ids', $form_state['values'])){ foreach ($form_state['values']['ids'] as $id => $selected) { if ($selected) { $ids[] = $id; } } } // get the organism to be synced $organism_id = FALSE; if (array_key_exists('organism_id', $form_state['values'])) { $organism_id = $form_state['values']['organism_id']; } // Job Arguments $job_args = array( 'base_table' => $base_table, 'max_sync' => (!empty($form_state['values']['max_sync'])) ? $form_state['values']['max_sync'] : FALSE, 'organism_id' => $organism_id, 'types' => $types, 'ids' => $ids, 'inking_table' => $linking_table ); $title = "Sync " . $args['record_type_title']['plural']; tripal_add_job($title, $module, 'chado_node_sync_records', $job_args, $user->uid); } if (preg_match('/^Clean up orphaned/', $form_state['values']['op'])) { $module = $form_state['chado_node_api']['hook_prefix']; $base_table = $form_state['chado_node_api']['base_table']; $job_args = array($base_table); tripal_add_job($form_state['values']['op'], $module, 'chado_cleanup_orphaned_nodes', $job_args, $user->uid); } } /** * Actual Sync Function. Works on a group of records * * @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api */ function chado_node_sync_records($base_table, $max_sync = FALSE, $organism_id = FALSE, $types = array(), $ids = array(), $linking_table = FALSE, $job_id = NULL) { global $user; $base_table_id = $base_table . '_id'; if (!$linking_table) { $linking_table = 'chado_' . $base_table; } print "\nSync'ing $base_table records. "; // START BUILDING QUERY TO GET ALL RECORD FROM BASE TABLE THAT MATCH $select = array("$base_table.*"); $joins = array(); $where_clauses = array(); $where_args = array(); // If types are supplied then handle them $restrictions = ''; if (count($types) > 0) { $restrictions .= " Type(s): " . implode(', ',$types) . "\n"; $select[] = 'cvterm.name as cvtname'; $joins[] = "LEFT JOIN {cvterm} cvterm ON $base_table.type_id = cvterm.cvterm_id"; foreach ($types as $type) { $sanitized_type = str_replace(' ','_',$type); $where_clauses['type'][] = "cvterm.name = :type_name_$sanitized_type"; $where_args['type'][":type_name_$sanitized_type"] = $type; } } // if IDs have been supplied if ($ids) { $restrictions .= " Specific Records: " . count($ids) . " recored(s) specified.\n"; foreach ($ids as $id) { $where_clauses['id'][] = "$base_table.$base_table_id = :id_$id"; $where_args['id'][":id_$id"] = $id; } } // If Organism is supplied if ($organism_id) { $organism = chado_select_record('organism', array('*'), array('organism_id' => $organism_id)); $restrictions .= " Organism: " . $organism[0]->genus . " " . $organism[0]->species . "\n"; $select[] = 'organism.*'; $joins[] = "LEFT JOIN {organism} organism ON organism.organism_id = $base_table.organism_id"; $where_clauses['organism'][] = 'organism.organism_id = :organism_id'; $where_args['organism'][':organism_id'] = $organism_id; } // Allow module to add to query $hook_query_alter = $linking_table . '_chado_node_sync_select_query'; if (function_exists($hook_query_alter)) { call_user_func($hook_query_alter, $select, $joins, $where_clauses, $where_args); } // Build Query, we do a left join on the chado_xxxx table in the Drupal schema // so that if no criteria are specified we only get those items that have not // yet been synced. $query = " SELECT " . implode(', ',$select) . ' ' . 'FROM {' . $base_table . '} ' . $base_table . ' ' . implode(' ', $joins) . ' '. " LEFT JOIN public.$linking_table CT ON CT.$base_table_id = $base_table.$base_table_id " . "WHERE CT.$base_table_id IS NULL AND"; // extend the where clause if needed $where = ''; $sql_args = array(); if (count($where_clauses['type']) > 0) { $where .= '(' . implode(' OR ', $where_clauses['type']) . ') AND'; $sql_args = array_merge($sql_args, $where_args['type']); } if (count($where_clauses['organism']) > 0) { $where .= '(' . implode(' OR ', $where_clauses['organism']) . ') AND'; $sql_args = array_merge($sql_args, $where_args['organism']); } if (count($where_clauses['id']) > 0) { $where .= '(' . implode(' OR ', $where_clauses['id']) . ') AND'; $sql_args = array_merge($sql_args, $where_args['id']); } if ($where) { $query .= $where; } $query = substr($query, 0, -4); // remove the trailing 'AND' $query .- " ORDER BY " . $base_table_id; print $query."\n"; // If Maximum number to Sync is supplied if ($max_sync) { $query .= " LIMIT $max_sync"; $restrictions .= " Limited to $max_sync records.\n"; } if ($restrictions) { print "Records matching these criteria will be synced: \n$restrictions"; } else { print "\n"; } // execute the query $results = chado_query($query, $sql_args); // Iterate through records that need to be synced $count = $results->rowCount(); $interval = intval($count * 0.01); if ($interval < 1) { $interval = 1; } print "\n$count $base_table records found.\n"; $i = 0; $transaction = db_transaction(); try { foreach ($results as $record) { print "\nLoading $base_table " . ($i + 1) . " of $count ($base_table_id=" . $record->{$base_table_id} . ")..."; // update the job status every 1% features if ($job_id and $i % $interval == 0) { $percent = sprintf("%.2f", ($i / $count) * 100); print "Parsing Line $line_num (" . $percent . "%). Memory: " . number_format(memory_get_usage()) . " bytes.\n"; tripal_set_job_progress($job_id, intval(($i/$count)*100)); } // Check if it is in the chado linking table (ie: check to see if it is already linked to a node) $result = db_select($linking_table, 'lnk') ->fields('lnk',array('nid')) ->condition($base_table_id, $record->{$base_table_id}, '=') ->execute() ->fetchObject(); if (!empty($result)) { print " Previously Sync'd"; } else { // Create generic new node $new_node = new stdClass(); $new_node->type = $linking_table; $new_node->uid = $user->uid; $new_node->{$base_table_id} = $record->{$base_table_id}; $new_node->$base_table = $record; $new_node->language = LANGUAGE_NONE; // TODO: should we get rid of this hook and use hook_node_presave() instead? // allow base module to set additional fields as needed $hook_create_new_node = $linking_table . '_chado_node_sync_create_new_node'; if (function_exists($hook_create_new_node)) { $new_node = call_user_func($hook_create_new_node, $new_node, $record); } // Validate and Save New Node $form = array(); $form_state = array(); node_validate($new_node, $form, $form_state); if (!form_get_errors()) { $node = node_submit($new_node); node_save($node); print " Node Created (nid=".$node->nid.")"; } else { watchdog('trp-fsync', "Failed to insert $base_table: %title", array('%title' => $new_node->title), WATCHDOG_ERROR); } } $i++; } print "\n\nComplete!\n"; } catch (Exception $e) { $transaction->rollback(); print "\n"; // make sure we start errors on new line watchdog_exception('trp-fsync', $e); print "FAILED: Rolling back database changes...\n"; } } /** * This function will delete Drupal nodes for any sync'ed table (e.g. * feature, organism, analysis, stock, library) if the chado record has been * deleted or the entry in the chado_[table] table has been removed. * * @param $table * The name of the table that corresonds to the node type we want to clean up. * @param $job_id * This should be the job id from the Tripal jobs system. This function * will update the job status using the provided job ID. * * @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api */ function chado_cleanup_orphaned_nodes($table, $job_id = NULL) { $count = 0; // build the SQL statments needed to check if nodes point to valid analyses $dsql = "SELECT * FROM {node} WHERE type = 'chado_" . $table . "' order by nid"; $nsql = "SELECT * FROM {node} WHERE nid = :nid"; $csql = "SELECT * FROM {chado_" . $table . "} WHERE nid = :nid "; $clsql= "SELECT * FROM {chado_" . $table . "}"; $lsql = "SELECT * FROM {" . $table . "} where " . $table . "_id = :" . $table . "_id "; // load into nodes array print "Getting nodes\n"; $nodes = array(); $res = db_query($dsql); foreach ($res as $node) { $nodes[$count] = $node; $count++; } // load the chado_$table into an array print "Getting chado_$table\n"; $cnodes = array(); $res = db_query($clsql); foreach ($res as $node) { $cnodes[$count] = $node; $count++; } $interval = intval($count * 0.01); if ($interval < 1) { $interval = 1; } // iterate through all of the chado_$table entries and remove those // that don't have a node or don't have a $table record in chado.libary print "Verifying all chado_$table Entries\n"; $deleted = 0; foreach ($cnodes as $nid) { // update the job status every 1% analyses if ($job_id and $i % $interval == 0) { tripal_set_job_progress($job_id, intval(($i / $count) * 100)); } // see if the node exits, if not remove the entry from the chado_$table table $results = db_query($nsql, array(':nid' => $nid->nid)); $node = $results->fetchObject(); if (!$node) { $deleted++; db_query("DELETE FROM {chado_" . $table . "} WHERE nid = :nid", array(':nid' => $nid->nid)); $message = "chado_$table missing node.... DELETING: $nid->nid"; watchdog('tripal_core', $message, array(), WATCHDOG_WARNING); } // see if the record in chado exist, if not remove the entry from the chado_$table $table_id = $table . "_id"; $results = chado_query($lsql, array(":" . $table . "_id" => $nid->$table_id)); $record = $results->fetchObject(); if (!$record) { $deleted++; $sql = "DELETE FROM {chado_" . $table . "} WHERE " . $table . "_id = :" . $table . "_id"; db_query($sql, array(":" . $table . "_id" => $nid->$table_id)); $message = "chado_$table missing $table.... DELETING entry."; watchdog('tripal_core', $message, array(), WATCHDOG_WARNING); } $i++; } print "\t$deleted chado_$table entries missing either a node or chado entry.\n"; // iterate through all of the nodes and delete those that don't // have a corresponding entry in chado_$table $deleted = 0; foreach ($nodes as $node) { // update the job status every 1% libraries if ($job_id and $i % $interval == 0) { tripal_set_job_progress($job_id, intval(($i / $count) * 100)); } // check to see if the node has a corresponding entry // in the chado_$table table. If not then delete the node. $results = db_query($csql, array(":nid" => $node->nid)); $link = $results->fetchObject(); if (!$link) { if (node_access('delete', $node)) { $deleted++; $message = "Node missing in chado_$table table.... DELETING node $node->nid"; watchdog("tripal_core", $message, array(), WATCHDOG_WARNING); node_delete($node->nid); } else { $message = "Node missing in chado_$table table.... but cannot delete due to improper permissions (node $node->nid)"; watchdog("tripal_core", $message, array(), WATCHDOG_WARNING); } } $i++; } print "\t$deleted nodes did not have corresponding chado_$table entries.\n"; return ''; } /** * Create New Node * * Note: For your own module, replace hook in the function name with the machine-name of * your chado node type (ie: chado_feature). * * @param $new_node: * a basic new node object * @param $record: * the record object from chado specifying the biological data for this node * * @return * A node object containing all the fields necessary to create a new node during sync * * @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api */ function hook_chado_node_sync_create_new_node($new_node, $record) { // Add relevant chado details to the new node object // This really only needs to be the fields from the node used during node creation // including values used to generate the title, etc. // All additional chado data will be added via nodetype_load when the node is later used $new_node->uniquename = $record->uniquename; return $new_node; } /** * Alter the sync form (optional) * * This might be necessary if you need additional filtering options for choosing which * chado records to sync or even if you just want to further customize the help text * provided by the form. * * Note: For your own module, replace hook in the function name with the machine-name of * your chado node type (ie: chado_feature). * * @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api */ function hook_chado_node_sync_form($form, $form_state) { // Change or add to the form array as needed // Any changes should be made in accordance with the Drupal Form API return $form; } /** * Bypass chado node api sync form submit (optional). Allows you to use this function * as your own submit. * * This might be necessary if you want to add additional arguements to the tripal job or * to call your own sync'ing function if the generic chado_node_sync_records() is not * sufficient. * * Note: For your own module, replace hook in the function name with the machine-name of * your chado node type (ie: chado_feature). * * @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api */ function hook_chado_node_sync_form_submit ($form, $form_state) { global $user; $job_args = array( $base_table, // the base chado table (ie: feature) $max_sync, // the maximum number of records to sync or FALSE for sync all that match $organism_id, // the organism_id to restrict records to or FALSE if not to restrict by organism_id $types // A string with the cvterm.name of the types to restrict to separated by ||| ); // You should register a tripal job tripal_add_job( $title, // the title of the job -be descriptive $module, // the name of your module 'chado_node_sync_records', // the chado node api sync function $job_args, // an array with the arguments to pass to the above function $user->uid // the user who submitted the job ); } /** * Alter the query for the chado database which gets the chado records to be sync'd (optional) * * This might be necessary if you need fields from other chado tables to create your node * or if your chado node type only supports a subset of a given table (ie: a germplasm node * type might only support node creation for cerain types of stock records in which case * you would need to filter the results to only those types). * * Note: For your own module, replace hook in the function name with the machine-name of * your chado node type (ie: chado_feature). * * @param $select: * An array of select clauses * @param $joins: * An array of joins (ie: a single join could be 'LEFT JOIN {chadotable} alias ON base.id=alias.id') * @param $where_clauses: * An array of where clauses which will all be AND'ed together. Use :placeholders for values. * @param $where_args: * An associative array of arguments to be subbed in to the where clause where the * key = :placeholder and the value is the actual argument to be subbed in. * * @ingroup tripal_chado_node_api */ function hook_chado_node_sync_select_query (&$select, &$joins, &$where_clauses, &$where_args) { // You can add fields to be selected $select[] = 'example.myfavfield'; // Or joins to important tables $joins[] = 'LEFT JOIN {exampleprop} PROP ON PROP.example_id=EXAMPLE.example_id'; // Or filter the query using where clauses $where_clauses[] = 'example.myfavfield = :favvalue'; $where_args[':favvalue'] = 'awesome-ness'; }