wiDB_validate: Validate query input

In SPATIAL-Lab/wiDButil: Query And Retrieve Data From The Waterisotopes Database

Description

This function is called by wiDB_data and wiDB_sites to validate arguments passed by the user.

Usage

wiDB_validate = function(minLat, maxLat, minLong, maxLong, minElev, maxElev,
                         minDate, maxDate, countries, states, types, projects)

Arguments

minLat	numeric. Minimum latitude for query region, in decimal degrees. South negative.
maxLat	numeric. Maximum latitude for query region, in decimal degrees. South negative.
minLong	numeric. Minimum longitude for query region, in decimal degrees. West negative.
maxLong	numeric. Maximum longitude for query region, in decimal degrees. West negative.
minElev	numeric. Minimum elevation for query. Meters.
maxElev	numeric. Maximum elevation for query. Meters.
minDate	character. Minimum date for query. Format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
maxDate	character. Maximum date for query. Format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
countries	character. Vector of one or more two-letter country codes for query.
states	character. Vector of one or more two-letter state or province codes for query.
types	character. Vector of one or more sample types for query. See vocabulary in the wiDB tempate.
projects	character. Vector of one or more project codes for query.

Details

Not intended to be called by user. Calling functions pad all arguments with NULL values if not provided by user.

Examples

#Call wiDB_sites with incorrectly formatted date, returns error
sites = wiDB_sites(minDate = "9/1/2019", types = "Tap")

SPATIAL-Lab/wiDButil documentation built on Feb. 14, 2021, 1:29 a.m.