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MANIFEST.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ recursive-include doc/sphinx/source *.txt *.rst *.py
 recursive-include doc/sphinx/sphinxext *.py
 include doc/sphinx/Makefile
 include doc/sphinx/Doxyfile
-include README.txt
+include README.md
 include requirements.txt
 include scripts/obi
 

python/obitools3/commands/annotate.pyx

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ from obitools3.dms.capi.obiview cimport NUC_SEQUENCE_COLUMN, \
                                         ID_COLUMN, \
                                         DEFINITION_COLUMN, \
                                         QUALITY_COLUMN, \
-                                        COUNT_COLUMN
+                                        COUNT_COLUMN, \
+                                        TAXID_COLUMN
 
 import time
 import math 
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ def sequenceTaggerGenerator(config, taxo=None):
             counter[0]+=1
                             
         for rank in annoteRank:
-            if 'taxid' in seq:
-                taxid = seq['taxid']
+            if TAXID_COLUMN in seq:
+                taxid = seq[TAXID_COLUMN]
                 if taxid is not None:
                     rtaxid = taxo.get_taxon_at_rank(taxid, rank)
                     if rtaxid is not None:

python/obitools3/commands/ecotag.pyx

@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ def run(config):
     comments = View.print_config(config, "ecotag", command_line, input_dms_name=input_dms_name, input_view_name=input_view_name)
 
     if obi_ecotag(i_dms.name_with_full_path, tobytes(i_view_name), \
-                  tobytes(ref_dms_name), tobytes(ref_view_name), \
-                  tobytes(taxo_dms_name), tobytes(taxonomy_name), \
+                  ref_dms.name_with_full_path, tobytes(ref_view_name), \
+                  taxo_dms.name_with_full_path, tobytes(taxonomy_name), \
                   tobytes(o_view_name), comments, 
                   config['ecotag']['threshold']) < 0:
         raise Exception("Error running ecotag")

python/obitools3/commands/import.pyx

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ from obitools3.dms.capi.obiview cimport VIEW_TYPE_NUC_SEQS, \
                                         DEFINITION_COLUMN, \
                                         QUALITY_COLUMN, \
                                         COUNT_COLUMN, \
-                                        TAXID_COLUMN
+                                        TAXID_COLUMN, \
+                                        MERGED_PREFIX
                                         
 from obitools3.dms.capi.obidms cimport obi_import_view
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ def run(config):
         taxo.write(taxo_name)
         taxo.close()
         o_dms.record_command_line(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
-        o_dms.close()
+        o_dms.close(force=True)
         logger("info", "Done.")
         return
 
@@ -217,11 +218,14 @@ def run(config):
                 logger("info", "Read %d entries", i)
     
             for tag in entry :
+                newtag = tag
+                if tag[:7] == b"merged_":
+                    newtag = MERGED_PREFIX+tag[7:]
                 if type(entry[tag]) == dict :
                     if tag in dict_dict:
-                        dict_dict[tag][0].update(entry[tag].keys())
+                        dict_dict[newtag][0].update(entry[tag].keys())
                     else:
-                        dict_dict[tag] = [set(entry[tag].keys()), get_obitype(entry[tag])]
+                        dict_dict[newtag] = [set(entry[tag].keys()), get_obitype(entry[tag])]
             i+=1
         
         if pb is not None:
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ def run(config):
             dcols[tag] = (Column.new_column(view, tag, dict_dict[tag][1], \
                               nb_elements_per_line=len(dict_dict[tag][0]), \
                               elements_names=list(dict_dict[tag][0])), \
-                          value_obitype)
+                          dict_dict[tag][1])
     
         
         # Reinitialize the input
@@ -288,6 +292,8 @@ def run(config):
                     tag = TAXID_COLUMN
                 if tag == b"count":
                     tag = COUNT_COLUMN
+                if tag[:7] == b"merged_":
+                    tag = MERGED_PREFIX+tag[7:]
                     
                 if tag not in dcols :
                      
@@ -328,8 +334,8 @@ def run(config):
                     try:
                         # Check that it's not the case where the first entry contained a dict of length 1 and now there is a new key                        
                         if type(value) == dict and \
-                            dcols[tag][0].nb_elements_per_line == 1 and len(value.keys()) == 1 \
-                            and dcols[tag][0].elements_names[0] != list(value.keys())[0] :
+                            dcols[tag][0].nb_elements_per_line == 1 \
+                            and set(dcols[tag][0].elements_names) != set(value.keys()) :
                             raise IndexError  # trigger column rewrite
                         
                         # Fill value
@@ -402,7 +408,7 @@ def run(config):
     except AttributeError:
         pass
     try:
-        output[0].close()
+        output[0].close(force=True)
     except AttributeError:
         pass
 

python/obitools3/commands/ngsfilter.pyx

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ def addOptions(parser):
                      metavar="<URI>",
                      type=str,
                      default=None,
-                     help="URI to the view containing the samples definition (with tags, primers, sample names,...)"
-                          "Warning: primer lengths must be less than or equal to 32")
+                     help="URI to the view containing the samples definition (with tags, primers, sample names,...).\n"
+                          "\nWarning: primer lengths must be less than or equal to 32")
 
     group.add_argument('-R', '--reverse-reads',
                      action="store", dest="ngsfilter:reverse",

python/obitools3/commands/uniq.pxd

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ from obitools3.dms.taxo.taxo cimport Taxonomy
 from obitools3.dms.view.typed_view.view_NUC_SEQS cimport View_NUC_SEQS
 
 
-cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy)
-cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, list mergedKeys_list=*, Taxonomy taxonomy=*, bint mergeIds=*, list categories=*, int max_elts=*)
+cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy, dict config)
+cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, dict config, list mergedKeys_list=*, Taxonomy taxonomy=*, bint mergeIds=*, list categories=*, int max_elts=*)

python/obitools3/commands/uniq.pyx

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def addOptions(parser):
                              "(option can be used several times).")
 
 
-cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
+cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy, dict config) :
     
     cdef int             taxid
     cdef Nuc_Seq_Stored  seq
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
     cdef object          gn_sn
     cdef object          fa_sn
 
-    # Create columns
+    # Create columns and save them for efficiency
     if b"species" in o_view and o_view[b"species"].data_type_int != OBI_INT :
         o_view.delete_column(b"species")
     if b"species" not in o_view:
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"species", 
                           OBI_INT
                          )
+    species_column = o_view[b"species"]
 
     if b"genus" in o_view and o_view[b"genus"].data_type_int != OBI_INT :
         o_view.delete_column(b"genus")
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"genus", 
                           OBI_INT
                          )
+    genus_column = o_view[b"genus"]
 
     if b"family" in o_view and o_view[b"family"].data_type_int != OBI_INT :
         o_view.delete_column(b"family")
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"family", 
                           OBI_INT
                          )
+    family_column = o_view[b"family"]
 
     if b"species_name" in o_view and o_view[b"species_name"].data_type_int != OBI_STR :
         o_view.delete_column(b"species_name")
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"species_name", 
                           OBI_STR
                          )
+    species_name_column = o_view[b"species_name"]
 
     if b"genus_name" in o_view and o_view[b"genus_name"].data_type_int != OBI_STR :
         o_view.delete_column(b"genus_name")
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"genus_name", 
                           OBI_STR
                          )
+    genus_name_column = o_view[b"genus_name"]
 
     if b"family_name" in o_view and o_view[b"family_name"].data_type_int != OBI_STR :
         o_view.delete_column(b"family_name")
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"family_name", 
                           OBI_STR
                          )
+    family_name_column = o_view[b"family_name"]
 
     if b"rank" in o_view and o_view[b"rank"].data_type_int != OBI_STR :
         o_view.delete_column(b"rank")
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"rank", 
                           OBI_STR
                          )
+    rank_column = o_view[b"rank"]
 
     if b"scientific_name" in o_view and o_view[b"scientific_name"].data_type_int != OBI_STR :
         o_view.delete_column(b"scientific_name")
@@ -133,9 +140,15 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
                           b"scientific_name", 
                           OBI_STR
                          )
-        
-    for seq in o_view:     
-        PyErr_CheckSignals()   
+    scientific_name_column = o_view[b"scientific_name"]  
+    
+    # Initialize the progress bar
+    pb = ProgressBar(len(o_view), config, seconde=5)
+    
+    i=0
+    for seq in o_view:
+        PyErr_CheckSignals()
+        pb(i)
         if MERGED_TAXID_COLUMN in seq :
             m_taxids = []            
             m_taxids_dict = seq[MERGED_TAXID_COLUMN]
@@ -165,20 +178,23 @@ cdef merge_taxonomy_classification(View_NUC_SEQS o_view, Taxonomy taxonomy) :
             else:
                 fa_sn = None
                 tfa = None
-                
-            seq[b"species"] = tsp
-            seq[b"genus"] = tgn
-            seq[b"family"] = tfa
-                
-            seq[b"species_name"] = sp_sn
-            seq[b"genus_name"] = gn_sn
-            seq[b"family_name"] = fa_sn
             
-            seq[b"rank"] = taxonomy.get_rank(taxid)
-            seq[b"scientific_name"] = taxonomy.get_scientific_name(taxid)
+            species_column[i] = tsp
+            genus_column[i] = tgn
+            family_column[i] = tfa
+                
+            species_name_column[i] = sp_sn
+            genus_name_column[i] = gn_sn
+            family_name_column[i] = fa_sn
+            
+            rank_column[i] = taxonomy.get_rank(taxid)
+            scientific_name_column[i] = taxonomy.get_scientific_name(taxid)
+        i+=1
+    
+    pb(len(o_view), force=True)
+    
 
-
-cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, list mergedKeys_list=None, Taxonomy taxonomy=None, bint mergeIds=False, list categories=None, int max_elts=1000000) :
+cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, dict config, list mergedKeys_list=None, Taxonomy taxonomy=None, bint mergeIds=False, list categories=None, int max_elts=1000000) :
      
     cdef int            i
     cdef int            k
@@ -187,6 +203,7 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
     cdef int            u_idx
     cdef int            i_idx
     cdef int            i_count
+    cdef int            o_count
     cdef str            key_str
     cdef bytes          key
     cdef bytes          mkey
@@ -209,7 +226,6 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
     cdef Nuc_Seq_Stored i_seq
     cdef Nuc_Seq_Stored o_seq
     cdef Nuc_Seq_Stored u_seq
-    cdef Column         i_col
     cdef Column         i_seq_col
     cdef Column         i_id_col
     cdef Column         i_taxid_col
@@ -217,6 +233,8 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
     cdef Column         o_id_col
     cdef Column         o_taxid_dist_col
     cdef Column         o_merged_col
+    cdef Column         o_count_col
+    cdef Column         i_count_col
     cdef Column_line    i_mcol  
     cdef object         taxid_dist_dict
     cdef object         iter_view
@@ -252,7 +270,12 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
     mergedKeys_m = []
     for k in range(k_count):
         mergedKeys_m.append(MERGED_PREFIX + mergedKeys[k])
-     
+    
+    # Check that not trying to remerge without total count information
+    for key in mergedKeys_m:
+        if key in view and COUNT_COLUMN not in view:
+            raise Exception("\n>>>>\nError: trying to re-merge tags without total count tag. Run obi annotate to add the count tag from the relevant merged tag, i.e.: \nobi annotate --set-tag COUNT:'sum([value for key,value in sequence['MERGED_sample'].items()])' dms/input dms/output\n")
+    
     if categories is None:
         categories = []
  
@@ -320,7 +343,11 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
     for k in range(k_count):
         key = mergedKeys[k]
         merged_col_name = mergedKeys_m[k]
-        i_col = view[key]
+        
+        if merged_col_name in view:
+            i_col = view[merged_col_name]
+        else:
+            i_col = view[key]
         
         if merged_infos[merged_col_name]['nb_elts'] > max_elts:
             str_merged_cols.append(merged_col_name)
@@ -374,12 +401,19 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
                           alias=MERGED_COLUMN
                          )
 
-    # Keep columns that are going to be used a lot in variables 
+    # Keep columns in variables for efficiency
     o_id_col = o_view[ID_COLUMN]
     if TAXID_DIST_COLUMN in o_view:
         o_taxid_dist_col = o_view[TAXID_DIST_COLUMN]
     if MERGED_COLUMN in o_view:
         o_merged_col = o_view[MERGED_COLUMN]
+    if COUNT_COLUMN not in o_view:
+        Column.new_column(o_view,
+                          COUNT_COLUMN,
+                          OBI_INT)
+    o_count_col = o_view[COUNT_COLUMN]
+    if COUNT_COLUMN in view:
+        i_count_col = view[COUNT_COLUMN]
         
     pb(len(view), force=True)
     print("")
@@ -407,7 +441,7 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
             merged_list = list(set(merged_list)) # deduplicate the list
             o_merged_col[o_idx] = merged_list
 
-        o_seq[COUNT_COLUMN] = 0
+        o_count = 0
 
         if TAXID_DIST_COLUMN in u_seq and i_taxid_dist_col[u_idx] is not None:
             taxid_dist_dict = i_taxid_dist_col[u_idx]
@@ -423,12 +457,12 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
             i_id = i_id_col[i_idx]
             i_seq = view[i_idx]
 
-            if COUNT_COLUMN not in i_seq or i_seq[COUNT_COLUMN] is None:
+            if COUNT_COLUMN not in i_seq or i_count_col[i_idx] is None:
                 i_count = 1
             else:
-                i_count = i_seq[COUNT_COLUMN]
+                i_count = i_count_col[i_idx]
  
-            o_seq[COUNT_COLUMN] += i_count
+            o_count += i_count
         
             for k in range(k_count):
                                 
@@ -463,44 +497,52 @@ cdef uniq_sequences(View_NUC_SEQS view, View_NUC_SEQS o_view, ProgressBar pb, li
                                 mcol[key2] = i_mcol[key2]
                             else:
                                 mcol[key2] = mcol[key2] + i_mcol[key2]
-            
-            # Write taxid_dist
-            if mergeIds and TAXID_COLUMN in mergedKeys:
-                if TAXID_DIST_COLUMN in str_merged_cols:
-                    o_taxid_dist_col[o_idx] = str(taxid_dist_dict)
-                else:
-                    o_taxid_dist_col[o_idx] = taxid_dist_dict
-            
-            # Write merged dicts
-            for mkey in merged_dict: 
-                if mkey in str_merged_cols:
-                    mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx] = str(merged_dict[mkey])
-                else:
-                    mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx] = merged_dict[mkey]
-                    # Sets NA values to 0  # TODO discuss, for now keep as None and test for None instead of testing for 0 in tools
-                    #for key in mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx]:
-                    #    if mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx][key] is None:
-                    #        mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx][key] = 0
-                            
+                                        
             for key in i_seq.keys():
                 # Delete informations that differ between the merged sequences
-                # TODO make special columns list?
+                # TODO make special columns list? // could be more efficient
                 if key != COUNT_COLUMN and key != ID_COLUMN and key != NUC_SEQUENCE_COLUMN and key in o_seq and o_seq[key] != i_seq[key] \
                     and key not in merged_dict :
                     o_seq[key] = None
 
+        # Write merged dicts
+        for mkey in merged_dict: 
+            if mkey in str_merged_cols:
+                mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx] = str(merged_dict[mkey])
+            else:
+                mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx] = merged_dict[mkey]
+                # Sets NA values to 0  # TODO discuss, for now keep as None and test for None instead of testing for 0 in tools
+                #for key in mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx]:
+                #    if mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx][key] is None:
+                #        mkey_cols[mkey][o_idx][key] = 0
+
+        # Write taxid_dist
+        if mergeIds and TAXID_COLUMN in mergedKeys:
+            if TAXID_DIST_COLUMN in str_merged_cols:
+                o_taxid_dist_col[o_idx] = str(taxid_dist_dict)
+            else:
+                o_taxid_dist_col[o_idx] = taxid_dist_dict
+                
+        o_count_col[o_idx] = o_count
         o_idx += 1
     
+    pb(len(uniques), force=True)
+    
     # Deletes quality columns if there is one because the matching between sequence and quality will be broken (quality set to NA when sequence not)
     if QUALITY_COLUMN in view:
         o_view.delete_column(QUALITY_COLUMN)
     if REVERSE_QUALITY_COLUMN in view:
         o_view.delete_column(REVERSE_QUALITY_COLUMN)
     
+    # Delete old columns that are now merged
+    for k in range(k_count):
+        if mergedKeys[k] in o_view:
+            o_view.delete_column(mergedKeys[k])
+    
     if taxonomy is not None:
         print("")  # TODO because in the middle of progress bar. Better solution?
         logger("info", "Merging taxonomy classification")
-        merge_taxonomy_classification(o_view, taxonomy)
+        merge_taxonomy_classification(o_view, taxonomy, config)
 
 
 
@@ -547,11 +589,10 @@ def run(config):
     pb = ProgressBar(len(entries), config, seconde=5)
     
     try:
-        uniq_sequences(entries, o_view, pb, mergedKeys_list=config['uniq']['merge'], taxonomy=taxo, mergeIds=config['uniq']['mergeids'], categories=config['uniq']['categories'], max_elts=config['obi']['maxelts'])       
+        uniq_sequences(entries, o_view, pb, config, mergedKeys_list=config['uniq']['merge'], taxonomy=taxo, mergeIds=config['uniq']['mergeids'], categories=config['uniq']['categories'], max_elts=config['obi']['maxelts'])       
     except Exception, e:
         raise RollbackException("obi uniq error, rollbacking view: "+str(e), o_view)
     
-    pb(len(entries), force=True)
     print("", file=sys.stderr)
 
     # Save command config in View and DMS comments
@@ -567,8 +608,8 @@ def run(config):
     #print("\n\nOutput view:\n````````````", file=sys.stderr)
     #print(repr(o_view), file=sys.stderr)
     
-    input[0].close()
-    output[0].close()
+    input[0].close(force=True)
+    output[0].close(force=True)
 
     logger("info", "Done.")
 

python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx

@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ cdef class View(OBIWrapper) :
         for level in self.view_history:
             command_list = [level[input][b"command_line"] for input in level.keys()]
             for command in command_list:
+                s+=b"obi "
                 s+=command
-                s+=b"\n"
         return s
 
 

python/obitools3/parsers/fasta.pyx

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def fastaNucIterator(lineiterator,
     cdef bytes      sequence
     cdef int        skipped, ionly, read
     cdef Nuc_Seq    seq
+    cdef bint       stop
     
     if only is None:
         ionly = -1
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ def fastaNucIterator(lineiterator,
     else:
         line = firstline       
     
-    while True:
+    stop=False
+    while not stop:
                 
         if ionly >= 0 and read >= ionly:
             break
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ def fastaNucIterator(lineiterator,
                 s.append(line[0:-1])
                 line = next(iterator)
         except StopIteration:
-            pass
+            stop=True
         
         sequence  = b"".join(s)        
         

python/obitools3/parsers/genbank.pyx

@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ def genbankIterator_dir(dir_path,
     read = 0
     read_files = 0
     files = [filename for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, b'*.gbff*'))]
+    files.extend([filename for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, b'*.seq*'))])  # new genbank extension
+    files = list(set(files))
     for filename in files:
         if read==only:
             return

python/obitools3/version.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 major = 3
 minor = 0
-serial= '0-beta15'
+serial= '0b19'
 
-version ="%d.%02d.%s" % (major,minor,serial)
+version ="%d.%d.%s" % (major,minor,serial)

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--extra-index-url https://pypi.python.org/simple/
+Cython>=0.24
+Sphinx>=1.2.0
+ipython>=3.0.0
+breathe>=4.0.0

setup.py

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 
 from distutils import log
-from distutils.core import setup
-    
+#from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup    # to work with pip
+
 from distutils.core import Extension
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
 

src/obiavl.c

@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ int truncate_avl_data_to_size_used(OBIDMS_avl_data_p avl_data)	// TODO is it nec
 	new_data_size = ((index_t) multiple) * getpagesize();
 
 	// Check that it is actually greater than the current size of the file, otherwise no need to truncate
-	if ((avl_data->header)->data_size_max == new_data_size)
+	if ((avl_data->header)->data_size_max >= new_data_size)
 		return 0;
 
 	// Get the file descriptor
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ int truncate_avl_data_to_size_used(OBIDMS_avl_data_p avl_data)	// TODO is it nec
 	if (ftruncate(file_descriptor, file_size) < 0)
 	{
 		obi_set_errno(OBI_AVL_ERROR);
-		obidebug(1, "\nError truncating an AVL data file");
+		obidebug(1, "\nError truncating an AVL data file, old data size = %lld, new data size = %lld", (avl_data->header)->data_size_max, new_data_size);
 		return -1;
 	}
 

src/obiview.c

@@ -1037,8 +1037,9 @@ static int finish_view(Obiview_p view)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	// Add count column if it's a NUC_SEQ_VIEW with no count column // TODO discuss
-	if ((!strcmp((view->infos)->view_type, VIEW_TYPE_NUC_SEQS)) && (!obi_view_column_exists(view, COUNT_COLUMN)))
+	// Add count column if it's a NUC_SEQ_VIEW with no count column (and there's no MERGED_sample column) // TODO discuss
+	if ((!strcmp((view->infos)->view_type, VIEW_TYPE_NUC_SEQS)) && (!obi_view_column_exists(view, COUNT_COLUMN))
+			&& (!obi_view_column_exists(view, "MERGED_sample")))  // TODO should eventually compute from merged samples?
 	{
 		if (obi_create_auto_count_column(view) < 0)
 		{