PartheenMetaData_dbconn {PartheenMetaData.db} | R Documentation

## Collect information about the package annotation DB

### Description

Some convenience functions for getting a connection object to (or collecting information about) the package annotation DB.

### Usage

      PartheenMetaData_dbconn()
      PartheenMetaData_dbfile()
      PartheenMetaData_dbschema(file="", show.indices=FALSE)
      PartheenMetaData_dbInfo()

### Arguments

`file` | A connection, or a character string naming the file to print to (see the `file` argument of the `cat` function for the details).
`show.indices` | The CREATE INDEX statements are not shown by default. Use `show.indices=TRUE` to get them.

### Details

`PartheenMetaData_dbconn` returns a connection object to the package annotation DB. IMPORTANT: Don't call `dbDisconnect` on the connection object returned by `PartheenMetaData_dbconn` or you will break all the `AnnDbObj` objects defined in this package!

`PartheenMetaData_dbfile` returns the path (character string) to the package annotation DB (this is an SQLite file).

`PartheenMetaData_dbschema` prints the schema definition of the package annotation DB.

`PartheenMetaData_dbInfo` prints other information about the package annotation DB.

### Value

`PartheenMetaData_dbconn`: a DBIConnection object representing an open connection to the package annotation DB.
`PartheenMetaData_dbfile`: a character string with the path to the package annotation DB.
`PartheenMetaData_dbschema`: none (invisible `NULL`).
`PartheenMetaData_dbInfo`: none (invisible `NULL`).

### See Also

`dbGetQuery`, `dbConnect`, `dbconn`, `dbfile`, `dbschema`, `dbInfo`

### Examples

      ## Count the number of rows in the "probes" table:
      dbGetQuery(PartheenMetaData_dbconn(), "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM probes")

      ## The connection object returned by PartheenMetaData_dbconn() was created with:
      dbConnect(SQLite(), dbname=PartheenMetaData_dbfile(), cache_size=64000, synchronous=0)

      PartheenMetaData_dbschema()

      PartheenMetaData_dbInfo()

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