compendiumdb (version 1.0.3)

checkUpdates: Check whether GSE records have been updated on GEO

Description

Check whether GEO series (GSE) records loaded in the compendium database have been updated on GEO

Usage

checkUpdates(con, GSEid = NULL)

Arguments

con

list containing a connection object specifying the user name and password to connect or interact with the compendium database (see connectDatabase)

GSEid

character vector specifying the GSE ID(s). The default value is NULL, in which case the function performs a check for all GSEs present in the compendium database.

Value

An object of class data.frame consisting of the GSE IDs that were updated after having been loaded in the compendium database, their last update date on GEO and the date on which they were loaded in the compendium database

See Also

removeGSE, downloadGEOdata, loadDataToCompendium

Examples

 ## Not run: 
#   conn <- connectDatabase(user="usrname",password="passwd",dbname="compendium")
#   ids <- checkUpdates(conn,"GSE18290")
# 
#  ## End(Not run)