R: 'connectToGEODB'

connectToGEODB {Onassis}

R Documentation

`connectToGEODB`

Description

This method allows users to connect to the GEOmetadb downloaded. If no parameter is provided than the function retrieves the database in sqlite format and returns a connection to query the database

Usage

connectToGEODB(sqliteFilePath = NULL, download = FALSE,
  destdir = getwd())

Arguments

`sqliteFilePath`	optional SQLite full file path of the SQLite database if already downloaded
`download`	If TRUE allow the automatic downloading of the database file.
`destdir`	optional destination directory. Current working directory is the default

Value

A connection to the GEOmetadb

Examples

## Not run: 
 geo_connection <- connectToGEODB(download=TRUE)
 
## End(Not run)
 if(file.exists('GEOmetadb.sqlite')){
    geo_con <- connectToGEODB()
 } else {
 message('Please provide GEOmetadb.sqlite file')
 }

[Package Onassis version 1.8.2 Index]