DBI (version 0.1-3)

DBIDriver-class: Class "DBIDriver"

Description

Virtual class that groups all database management system drivers (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, ODBC, DB2). DBMS drivers should extend this class.

Objects from the Class

A virtual Class: No objects may be created from it.

Extends

Class "DBIObject", directly. Class "VIRTUAL", directly.

Methods

No methods defined with class "DBIDriver" in the signature.

keywords

database

References

http://developer.r-project.org/db

See Also

Classes DBIObject-class, DBIDriver-class, DBIDriver-class, and DBIResult-class.

Examples

drv <- dbDriver("Oracle")
   is(drv, "DBIDriver")