dbDataType: Determine the SQL Data Type of an S object
Description
Determine an (approximately) appropriate SQL data type for an S object.
Usage
dbDataType(dbObj, obj, ...)
Arguments
dbObj
a DBIDriver object, e.g., ODBCDriver,
OracleDriver.
obj
R/Splus object whose SQL type we want to determine.
...
any other parameters that individual methods may need.
Value
A character string specifying the SQL data type for obj.
Details
This is a generic function. The default method determines the
SQL type of an R/Splus object according to the SQL 92 specification,
which may serve as a starting point for driver implementations.
References
See the Database Interface definition document
DBI.pdf in the base directory of this package
or http://developer.r-project.org/db.