odbcConnectionColumns

This function has been deprecated in favor of dbListFields().

For a given table this function returns detailed information on all fields / columns. The expectation is that this is a relatively thin wrapper around the ODBC SQLColumns function call, with some of the field names renamed / re-ordered according to the return specifications below.

Usage

odbcConnectionColumns(conn, name, ..., exact = FALSE)

Arguments

conn

OdbcConnection

name

Table identifiers. By default, are interpreted as a ODBC search pattern where _ and % are wild cards. Set exact = TRUE to match _ exactly.

...

additional parameters to methods

exact

Set to TRUE to escape _ in identifier names so that it matches exactly, rather than matching any single character. % always matches any number of characters as this is unlikely to appear in a table name.

Value

data.frame with columns

• name

• field.type - equivalent to type_name in SQLColumns output

• table_name

• schema_name

• catalog_name

• data_type

• column_size

• buffer_length

• decimal_digits

• numeric_precision_radix

• remarks

• column_default

• sql_data_type

• sql_datetime_subtype

• char_octet_length

• ordinal_position

• nullable

Details

In dbWriteTable() we make a call to this method to get details on the fields of the table we are writing to. In particular the columns data_type, column_size, and decimal_digits are used. An implementation is not necessary for dbWriteTable() to work.

odbcConnectionColumns is routed through the SQLColumns ODBC method. This function, together with remaining catalog functions (SQLTables, etc), by default ( SQL_ATTR_METADATA_ID == false ) expect either ordinary arguments (OA) in the case of the catalog, or pattern value arguments (PV) in the case of schema/table name. For these, quoted identifiers do not make sense, so we unquote identifiers prior to the call.

See also

The ODBC documentation on SQLColumns for further details.