edbNames.RODBC_Access: Retrieve table names in a MS Access database (referenced by...

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also Examples

Description

Retrieve table names in a MS Access database (referenced by 'edb').

Usage

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## S3 method for class 'RODBC_Access'
edbNames(edb, onlyNames = TRUE, testFiles = TRUE, 


    ...)

Arguments

edb

An object of class 'edb', such as returned by edb.

onlyNames

Single logical. If TRUE only returns the table names (vector),

and if FALSE returns a detailed table as in

sqlTables.

testFiles

Single logical. Should the function test for the presence

(file.exist()) of the needed files in the folder before trying

to fetch information from the database?

...

Additional parameters to be passed to dbListTables.

Value

The function returns the list of tables found in the database.

Author(s)

Julien MOEYS <Julien.Moeys@mark.slu.se>

See Also

edb, edbRead.RODBC_Access,

edbWrite.RODBC_Access,

edbColnames.RODBC_Access.

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library( "easyrodbcaccess" ) 











# System check. Ingnore this or set 'testODBC' to TRUE 


testODBC <- (class(try(odbcDataSources())) != "try-error") & # Check (R)ODBC 


            (Sys.info()[[ "sysname" ]] == "Windows") &       # Only MS Windows


            (.Machine$"sizeof.pointer" == 4)                 # Only 32-bits 











### Windows only:


if( testODBC ){ 


    ### Make a copy of MS Access example database:


    #   (a database of soil profile description) 


    file.copy( 


        from = system.file( "soils.mdb", package = "easyrodbcaccess" ), 


        to   = "soils.mdb" 


    )   


    


    # soils.db is now in your working directory.


    


    


    


    ### Describe the database (NB: this is not a connection)


    myDb <- edb( dbType = "RODBC_Access", dbName = "soils.mdb" ) 


    


    


    


    ### Use the database:


    


    # List the tables:


    edbNames( myDb ) 


    


    


    


    ### Clean-up


    file.remove( "soils.mdb" ) 


    


    


    


    ### Access 2007 ---------------------------------------------


    file.copy( 


        from = system.file( "soils.accdb", package = "easyrodbcaccess" ), 


        to   = "soils.accdb" 


    )   


    


    # soils.db is now in your working directory.


    


    


    


    ### Describe the database (NB: this is not a connection)


    myDb2 <- edb( dbType = "RODBC_Access", dbName = "soils.accdb", 


        accessVersion = 2007 ) 


    


    


    


    ### Use the database:


    


    # List the tables:


    edbNames( myDb2 ) 


    


    


    


    ### Clean-up


    file.remove( "soils.accdb" ) 


}   #

easyrodbcaccess documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:26 p.m.