---
name: "dbshowquery"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dbshowquery"
---

# dbshowquery(1e)

Show possible database queries that use a given data identifier

## NAME

dbshowquery - Show possible database queries that use a given data identifier

## SYNOPSIS

**dbshowquery** **-identifier** *string* **-database** *string* **-datatype** *string* \[**-outfile** *outfile*\] \[**-html** *boolean*\]

**dbshowquery** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**dbshowquery** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Information" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-identifier** *string*

  This is a data identifier (e.g. a sequence accession number) that is used to specify the data (of type 'datatype') to retrieve. If you're unsure of the data identifier(s) that are used for a given query (database/datatype) use dbtellquery. The types of data identifier are listed under the 'Data identifier' branch of the EDAM ontology (http://edamontology.sourceforge.net/). For example values, see the catalogue of public databases in the EMBOSS data file DRCAT.dat. If you have a data identifier but are unsure of its type, use idtell.

### Required section

### Additional section

### Advanced section

- **-database** *string*

  This is the name of a database from the catalogue of public databases in the EMBOSS data file DRCAT.dat. If you are unsure of the available databases use drfind. If you have a database name but are not sure its valid, use isdbname.

- **-datatype** *string*

  This is the name of a retrievable datatype from the catalogue of public databases in the EMBOSS data file DRCAT.dat. The names are terms from the 'data' branch of the EDAM ontology, http://edamontology.sourceforge.net/. If you are unsure of the available retrievable datatypes for a given database, use dbtellquery. If you have a datatype name but are not sure its valid, use isdbdata.

### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  Default value: stdout

### Html section

- **-html** *boolean*

  If you are sending the output to a file, this will format it for displaying as a table in a WWW document. Default value: N

## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

dbshowquery is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.