Database

The OME database contains information about projects, datasets, images, users, groups, and all of the other entities involved in the OME data stream.

The default DBMS is Postgres. Eventually, Oracle may be supported as well. Postgres users can use the psql command line utility to interactively issue queries to the database. The default name for the OME database is — not surprisingly — ome, so psql ome will enter the database. Much of the OME code depends upon the database structure, so you should be extremely careful about making any changes to the database. As a general rule, it's best to limit direct access to the database to SELECT queries.