| gmGetVariableType {gmDatabase} | R Documentation |
Getting information on variables in a geometallurgy (gm)Database
Description
Reads the variable name metainformation from the gmDatabase.
Usage
gmGetVariableType(sel,name,selID=attr(sel,"id"),db=getOption("gmDB"))
Arguments
sel |
A call representing the intended SQL expression as R expression. |
name |
A character vector giving the names of the variables to be read. |
selID |
The ID attribute of the selection. |
db |
The database connection to the geometallurgical database. |
Details
The geometallurgical database allows to store recursive dataframes of arbitrary content, provided that the same variable always contains the same type of information. This command allows to get the information on defined variables including their information.
Value
A dataframe with column name, table, decription and var, giving the name of the variable, the database table storing the information, the description (definition) of the variable, and the column of the database containing this data.
Author(s)
K. Gerald van den Boogaart