gmGetVariableType: Getting information on variables in a
geometallurgy (gm)Database
Description
Reads the variable name metainformation from the gmDatabase.
Usage
gmGetVariableType(sel,name,selID=attr(sel,"id"),db=getOption("gmDB"))
Arguments
sel
A call representing the intended SQL
expression as R expression.
name
A character vector giving the names of the variables to be
read.
selID
The ID attribute of the selection.
db
The database connection to the geometallurgical database.
Value
A dataframe with column name, table, decription and var, giving the
name of the variable, the database table storing the information, the
description (definition) of the variable, and the column of the
database containing this data.
Details
The geometallurgical database allows to store recursive dataframes of
arbitrary content, provided that the same variable always contains the
same type of information. This command allows to get the information
on defined variables including their information.