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RODBC (version 1.2-2)

odbcClose: ODBC Close Connections

Description

Close connections to ODBC databases.

Usage

odbcClose(channel)
## S3 method for class 'RODBC':
close(con, \dots)
odbcCloseAll()

Arguments

channel, con
RODBC connection object returned by odbcConnect.
...
additional arguments passed from the generic.

Value

  • Function odbcClose returns invisibly a logical indicating if it succeeded.

Details

odbcClose cleans up and frees resources. It is also the method for the generic function close.

odbcCloseAll closes all open channels (amongst the first 1000 used in the session)

Channels are closed at the end of an Rsession, and may also be closed by garbage collection if no object refers to them.

See Also

odbcConnect