dbUnloadDriver-DatabaseConnectorDriver-method: Load and unload database drivers

In DatabaseConnector: Connecting to Various Database Platforms

Load and unload database drivers

Description

These methods are deprecated, please consult the documentation of the individual backends for the construction of driver instances.

dbDriver() is a helper method used to create an new driver object given the name of a database or the corresponding R package. It works through convention: all DBI-extending packages should provide an exported object with the same name as the package. dbDriver() just looks for this object in the right places: if you know what database you are connecting to, you should call the function directly.

dbUnloadDriver() is not implemented for modern backends.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'DatabaseConnectorDriver'
dbUnloadDriver(drv, ...)

Arguments

drv	an object that inherits from DBIDriver as created by dbDriver.
...	any other arguments are passed to the driver drvName.

Details

The client part of the database communication is initialized (typically dynamically loading C code, etc.) but note that connecting to the database engine itself needs to be done through calls to dbConnect.

Value

In the case of dbDriver, an driver object whose class extends DBIDriver. This object may be used to create connections to the actual DBMS engine.

In the case of dbUnloadDriver, a logical indicating whether the operation succeeded or not.

See Also

Other DBIDriver generics: DBIDriver-class, dbCanConnect(), dbConnect(), dbDataType(), dbGetInfo(), dbIsReadOnly(), dbIsValid(), dbListConnections()

Other DBIDriver generics: DBIDriver-class, dbCanConnect(), dbConnect(), dbDataType(), dbGetInfo(), dbIsReadOnly(), dbIsValid(), dbListConnections()

DatabaseConnector documentation built on May 29, 2024, 6:14 a.m.