RODBC (version 1.3-15)

odbcGetInfo: 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.

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"
# }