access_bridge: Wrapper function to link to data

In biostatUniBS/RDataXMan: Data Extraction Management

Description

Wrapper function to link to data

Usage

access_bridge(data.type, database, table_name, username, password, type = NA)

Arguments

data.type	flat for flat tables and sql fo MySQL database.
database	Name of database. Should be either private or public for flat tables, indicating whether data is stored in public_data or research/[research folder]/private_data, or the actual name of database if extracting data from a database.
table_name	The name of dataset. File extension must be included if the data is saved as a flat file instead of in a database, e.g. 'data.csv' should be given instead of simply 'data'.
username	User name for accessing database if data.type is not flat. Default is NA for flat tables.
password	Password for accessing database if data.type is not flat. Default is NA for flat tables.
type	To decide whether to extract column names (vafiable) or whole data.

Value

Returns the linked data (as data.table) and name of database or flat table.

biostatUniBS/RDataXMan documentation built on Feb. 2, 2021, 9:41 a.m.