checkUpdates: Check whether GSE records have been updated on GEO
In compendiumdb: Tools for Retrieval and Storage of Functional Genomics Data

Description Usage Arguments Value Note Author(s) See Also Examples

Check whether GEO series (GSE) records loaded in the compendium database have been updated on GEO

1	checkUpdates(con, GSEid = NULL)

`con`	`list` containing a connection object specifying the user name and password to connect or interact with the compendium database (see `connectDatabase`)
`GSEid`	character vector specifying the GSE ID(s). The default value is `NULL`, in which case the function performs a check for all GSEs present in the compendium database.

An object of class data.frame consisting of the GSE IDs that were updated after having been loaded in the compendium database, their last update date on GEO and the date on which they were loaded in the compendium database

If a GSE record has been updated on GEO, one can first remove the GSE from the compendium database using the function removeGSE and then download the updated GSE record and reload the GSE into the compendium database.

Umesh K. Nandal

removeGSE, downloadGEOdata, loadDataToCompendium

 ## Not run: 
  conn <- connectDatabase(user="usrname",password="passwd",dbname="compendium")
  ids <- checkUpdates(conn,"GSE18290")

 
## End(Not run)