dbBuildTableDefinition {RMySQL}R Documentation

Build the SQL CREATE TABLE definition as a string

Description

Build the SQL CREATE TABLE definition as a string for the input data.frame

Usage

dbBuildTableDefinition(dbObj, name, obj, field.types = NULL, row.names = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

dbObj any DBI object (used only to dispatch according to the engine (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
name name of the new SQL table
obj an R object coerceable to data.frame for which we want to create a table
field.types optional named list of the types for each field in obj
row.names logical, should row.name of value be exported as a row\_names field? Default is TRUE
... reserved for future use

Details

The output SQL statement is a simple CREATE TABLE with suitable for dbGetQuery

Value

An SQL string

References

See the Database Interface definition document DBI.pdf in the base directory of this package or http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI.

See Also

MySQL, dbConnect, dbSendQuery, dbGetQuery, fetch, dbCommit, dbGetInfo, dbReadTable.


[Package RMySQL version 0.6-0 Index]