Data type column

A relational table has a name, chosen when it is created. Although any name is possible, the name typically reflects the nature or source of the data contained in the table. Each column must also have a name. Consider Table 2.1, called EPA since it was constructed from data provided by the Environmental Protection Agency.2 This table is readily understandable to any chemist. Each row contains information about one compound and each column contains a molecular attribute or property. In order to make it part of a relational database, a minimum of two things must be specified for each column the column name and the column data type. In this example, the column names are Name, Formula, MW, logP, and MP corresponding to the compound name, molecular formula, molecular weight, octanol-water partition coefficient, and melting point. The column name in a relational table is arbitrary but is usually representative of the data contained in the column. 

Metatables The metatable defines the mapping from each data source to a set of simple tables (i.e., metatables). The metatable column data types consist of the common database types along with extended types for chemical structures, qualified numbers, and images (e.g., concentration response curves). A qualified number type consists of a basic number along with an optional qualifier (e.g., >) and statistics for summarized values. Results are often reported with qualifiers and/or as summarized values. The use of the qualified number data type can reduce the number of columns that are present in the user interface by up to 75%, thus reducing clutter. 

Integer programming has been applied by De Vries [3] (a short English-language description can be found in [2]) for the determination of the optimal configuration of equipment in a clinical laboratory and by De Clercq et al. [4] for the selection of optimal probes for GLC. From a data set with retention indices for 68 substances on 25 columns, sets ofp probes (substances) (p= i,2,..., 20) were selected, such that the probes allow to obtain the best characterization of the columns. This type of application would nowadays probably be carried out with genetic algorithms (see Chapter 27). 

Analysis of data from the factorials indicates that pH has a consistently significant effect on compound recoveries. A summary of the effect of pH level on compounds used in the study is given in Table VI. There is also an interaction between pH and primary column sorbent type for some compounds. This interaction suggests that at low sample pH, a C18 column will produce the best extraction efficiencies for phenolic compounds. The effect of adding methanol to the sample before extraction clearly produced odd results when the recovery data from the 24 factorial was analyzed by using half-normal plots. This effect will be studied in future work. Additionally, different elution solvents will be examined as well as new sorbent phases as they become available. 

The next operation is then to enter the data, namely the variable names and for each variable its nominal and extreme value. This is done by moving the pointer to the correct column and typing them in. As an example we shall input data for 7 variables from the literature (ref. 5). After typing the labels and 2 values for each variable (see Table 2.3) the LOTUS display should be as shown in Figure 2.6. One has not obtained the table of values to be used in the experimental design, which is the first step of the ruggedness procedure, but just the ordinary table of data. 

Ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy is one of the most common methods for online monitoring of analytes from a chromatographic column. This type of detector is fast (many data points can be taken every second) and sensitive (parts per million concentration levels can register a significant response). When two or more compounds elute through the flow cell at the same time, the UV signal is typically the superposition of the signals from each... 

Schema evolution primitives in the SQL language and in commercial DBMS are atomic in nature. Unless there is a proprietary extension to the language, each statement describes a simple change to a schema. For instance, individual tables may be added or dropped, individual columns may be added or dropped from a table, and individual constraints may be added or dropped. Additionally, individual properties of a single object may be changed so, one can rename a column, table, or constraint one can change individual properties of columns, such as their maximum length or precision and one can change the data type of a column under the condition that the conversion of data from the old type to the new type can be done implicitly.

If the type changes in such a way that will cause data type conflicts, Data Studio Administrator will alert the user that an error exists and offer the potential solution of casting the column s data on reload. 

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Chapter 7 introduces ways in which RDBMS can be used to handle chemical structural information using SMILES and SMARTS representations. It shows how extensions to relational databases allow chemical structural information to be stored and searched efficiently. In this way, chemical structures themselves can be stored in data columns. Once chemical structures become proper data types, many search and computational options become available. Conversion between different chemical structure formats is also discussed, along with input and output of chemical structures. 

The nature of the data in each column must be specified by providing a data type. The data type must be one of a fixed set of types available in the relational database management system (RDBMS) being used. A discussion of several common RDBMS follows in Chapter 4. Some of the frequently used data types are... 

To create a table using SQL, the name of the table is required along with the names and data types of the columns making up the table. Consider the following SQL command ... 

An SQL view is very similar to a table. It has rows and columns of defined data types just as a table. A view is defined by selecting particular rows and columns from one or more tables, using an SQL select statement. For example ... 

The column names in the Create statement are taken directly from the data tags in the input sdf file. The data types are guessed after analysis of data in the file. This sample includes only two lines of actual data from the 13,036 entries in the file. 

The recommendation here is to use SMILES to store molecular structure itself. If other features of the molecule or atoms need to be stored, other data types and columns can be added to the row describing the molecule. It is the "SQL way" to not encode a lot of information into one data type. When using a molfile as the structural data type, too much data is encoded in a single data type. The individual data items must be parsed and validated. Errors creep into the data, due to missing, extra, or invalid portions of the molfile. Ways of storing atomic coordinates, atom types, and molecular properties are discussed Chapter 11. 

The standard SQL data type Text has been used to store SMILES. This is appropriate because every SMILES is a valid text string. But not every text string is a valid SMILES. Without additional information about SMILES, the RDBMS cannot enforce any rules about which text strings ought to be in a column intended to contain SMILES. 

The SQL domain allows one to define which values are to be allowed in a particular column of a table. A domain is created by stating the underlying built-in SQL data type used to store the domain data type. In addition, a check constraint function may be used to allow or forbid certain values. This can be used to great advantage for SMILES and canonical SMILES. Using a domain improves the ability of the RDBMS to maintain the integrity of the data contained in its tables. 

Using a domain like this, the smiles data type behaves much like a standard data type. When one attempts to insert an invalid number into a numeric column, an SQL error is reported and the value is not inserted. This fundamental behavior of an RDBMS is readily extended to SMILES using a domain. 

Chapter 3 showed how SQL could be used to write a function to convert pressure data values expressed in atmospheres to kilopascals. Other functions were used in check constraints on a column containing CAS numbers. This chapter will show how new data types can be defined. This will require functions to define the method for input parsing and the method to output data values. There will also be functions to define operations on the new data types, enabling searches to be integrated easily with standard SQL syntax. 

This definition is similar to how a table is defined with its columns having names and data types. It might be possible to collect all concentration values into one table, but concentration values are very common and used in... 

It is essential to keep the association of ki unit with ki in order to accurately express the value. It is also important that units for one data value are not accidentally associated with those for a different column. Naming the corresponding columns as above (ki and ki unit, ec50 andecSO unit) helps, but using a composite data type actually enforces the correct association. This is another example of how database integrity can be increased. When the cone data type is used, this table becomes ... 

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