R: Request Information on an ODBC Connection

odbcGetInfo {RODBC} | R Documentation

## Request Information on an ODBC Connection

### Description

Request information on an ODBC connection.

### Usage

    odbcGetInfo(channel)

### Arguments

`channel` | connection handle as returned by `odbcConnect` of class `"RODBC"`.

### Value

A named character string giving information on the database and ODBC driver in use on the connection `channel`.

### Author(s)

Brian Ripley

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    odbcGetInfo(channel) # under Windows XP
    ## MySQL returned
                 DBMS_Name               DBMS_Ver        Driver_ODBC_Ver
                   "MySQL"     "5.1.35-community"                "03.51"
          Data_Source_Name            Driver_Name             Driver_Ver
                 "testdb5"          "myodbc5.dll"           "05.01.0005"
                  ODBC_Ver            Server_Name
              "03.52.0000" "localhost via TCP/IP"
    ## MS Access returned
           DBMS_Name         DBMS_Ver  Driver_ODBC_Ver Data_Source_Name
            "ACCESS"     "04.00.0000"          "03.51"        "testacc"
         Driver_Name       Driver_Ver         ODBC_Ver      Server_Name
      "odbcjt32.dll"     "04.00.6305"     "03.52.0000"         "ACCESS"
    ## SQL Server 2008 Express returned
                 DBMS_Name               DBMS_Ver        Driver_ODBC_Ver
    "Microsoft SQL Server"           "10.00.1600"                "03.52"
          Data_Source_Name            Driver_Name             Driver_Ver
               "SQLServer"          "SQLNCLI.DLL"           "09.00.4035"
                  ODBC_Ver            Server_Name
              "03.52.0000"      "AUK\\SQLEXPRESS"

    ## End(Not run)

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