db_get_type: Get the Type of a Field.

In deohs/RMariaDBHelper: Helper functions to make RMariaDB easier to use

Description

Run a database query on a table that shows the type of a field (column).

Usage

db_get_type(tablename, fieldname, conf_file = "~/.db_conf.yml")

Arguments

tablename	(character) A table name to query for structure.
fieldname	(character) A field name to query for Field Type.
conf_file	(character) A file containing database connection parameters. (Default: "~/.db_conf.yml")

Value

(character) The Field Type.

Details

An ALTER TABLE command will return the type of a field in a table in a database.

Examples

## Not run: 
db_get_type("iris", "Species")

## End(Not run)

deohs/RMariaDBHelper documentation built on Dec. 31, 2020, 11:17 p.m.