# Connecting to Various Database Platforms

## Documentation for package ‘DatabaseConnector’ version 6.4.0

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
- Package NEWS.

## Help Pages

assertTempEmulationSchemaSet | Assert the temp emulation schema is set
computeDataHash | Compute hash of data
connect | connect
createConnectionDetails | createConnectionDetails
createDbiConnectionDetails | Create DBI connection details
createZipFile | Compress files and/or folders into a single zip file
DatabaseConnectorDriver | Create a DatabaseConnectorDriver object
dateAdd | Add an interval to a date
dateDiff | Compute difference between dates
dateFromParts | Construct a date from parts
day | Extract the day from a date
dbAppendTable-method | Insert rows into a table
dbClearResult-method | Clear a result set
dbClearResult-method | Clear a result set
dbColumnInfo-method | Information about result types
dbColumnInfo-method | Information about result types
dbConnect-method | Create a connection to a DBMS
dbCreateTable-method | Create a table in the database
dbDisconnect-method | Disconnect (close) a connection
dbExecute-method | Change database state
dbExistsTable-method | Does a table exist?
dbFetch-method | Fetch records from a previously executed query
dbFetch-method | Fetch records from a previously executed query
dbGetInfo-method | Get DBMS metadata
dbGetInfo-method | Get DBMS metadata
dbGetQuery-method | Retrieve results from a query
dbGetRowCount-method | The number of rows fetched so far
dbGetRowCount-method | The number of rows fetched so far
dbGetRowsAffected-method | The number of rows affected
dbGetRowsAffected-method | The number of rows affected
dbGetStatement-method | Get the statement associated with a result set
dbGetStatement-method | Get the statement associated with a result set
dbHasCompleted-method | Completion status
dbHasCompleted-method | Completion status
dbIsValid-method | Is this DBMS object still valid?
dbIsValid-method | Is this DBMS object still valid?
dbListFields-method | List field names of a remote table
dbListTables-method | List remote tables
dbms | Get the database platform from a connection
dbReadTable-method | Read database tables as data frames
dbRemoveTable-method | Remove a table from the database
dbSendQuery-method | Execute a query on a given database connection
dbSendQuery-method | Execute a query on a given database connection
dbSendStatement-method | Execute a data manipulation statement on a given database connection
dbUnloadDriver-method | Load and unload database drivers
dbWriteTable-method | Copy data frames to database tables
disconnect | Disconnect from the server
downloadJdbcDrivers | Download DatabaseConnector JDBC Jar files
dropEmulatedTempTables | Drop all emulated temp tables.
eoMonth | Return the end of the month
executeSql | Execute SQL code
existsTable | Does the table exist?
extractQueryTimes | Extract query times from a 'ParallelLogger' log file
getAvailableJavaHeapSpace | Get available Java heap space
getTableNames | List all tables in a database schema.
inDatabaseSchema | Refer to a table in a database schema
insertTable | Insert a table on the server
isSqlReservedWord | Test a character vector of SQL names for SQL reserved words
jdbcDrivers | How to download and use JDBC drivers for the various data platforms.
lowLevelExecuteSql | Execute SQL code
lowLevelQuerySql | Low level function for retrieving data to a data frame
lowLevelQuerySqlToAndromeda | Low level function for retrieving data to a local Andromeda object
month | Extract the month from a date
querySql | Retrieve data to a data.frame
querySqlToAndromeda | Retrieves data to a local Andromeda object
renderTranslateExecuteSql | Render, translate, execute SQL code
renderTranslateQueryApplyBatched | Render, translate, and perform process to batches of data.
renderTranslateQuerySql | Render, translate, and query to data.frame
renderTranslateQuerySqlToAndromeda | Render, translate, and query to local Andromeda
requiresTempEmulation | Does the DBMS require temp table emulation?
year | Extract the year from a date