xmapDatabase {exonmap}R Documentation

Connect/disconnect to an xmap database

Description

xmapConnect connects to an instance of the xmap database. xmapDisconnect disconnects. If no parameters are specified, then the user is presented with a list of possible databases to chose from. Alternatively, the name of the database can be specified. Username and password can be specified if required; they are requested if they are needed but not specified in the function call. xmapDatabase provides the same functionality as xmapConnect; it is there for backwards compatibility.

Usage

  xmapConnect(name,username,password)
  xmapDatabase(name,username,password)  
  xmapDisconnect()              

Arguments

name The name of the database to connect to
username The username to use
password The password to specify for the connection

Details

The function looks in the file databases.txt for a list of possible databases and their connection details. For information about the contents of this file, see the package installation instructions.

Value

Nothing.

Author(s)

C.J. Miller, M.J. Okoniewski

References

http://xmap.picr.man.ac.uk

Examples

  if(interactive()) {
    xmapDatabase()
    xmapDisconnect()
  }

[Package exonmap version 2.0.03 Index]