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.

Value

odbc connection

Details

For more information, refer to this tutorial.

Author

Stijn Van Hoey stijnvanhoey@gmail.com

Els Lommelen els.lommelen@inbo.be

Examples

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