Connect to an INBO database — connect_inbo

Connects to an INBO database by simply providing the database's name as an argument. The function can only be used from within the INBO network.

connect_inbo_dbase(database_name, autoconvert_utf8 = TRUE)

Arguments

database_name: char Name of the INBO database you want to connect
autoconvert_utf8: Should the encoding of the tables that are retrieved from the database be adapted to ensure correct presentation? Defaults to TRUE.

odbc connection

For more information, refer to this tutorial.

if (FALSE) {
connection <- connect_inbo_dbase("D0021_00_userFlora")
connection <- connect_inbo_dbase("W0003_00_Lims")
}