[R] RODBC: closing databases

[Renaud Lancelot]

Dear all,

platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     x86            
os       Win32          
system   x86, Win32     
status                  
major    1              
minor    2.3            
year     2001           
month    04             
day      26             
language R

I wrote the following to import tables in different database formats
(Access, Visual FoxPro, etc.):

getTable <- function(Type, Table){
  if(!is.element("package:RODBC", search())){
    cat("Loading RODBC package", "\n")
    invisible(library(RODBC))
    }
  Channel <- odbcConnect(Type)
  query <- paste("select * from", Table)
  tab <- sqlQuery(Channel, query)
  odbcClose(Channel)
  tab
  }

Then something like:

CaPds <- getTable(Type = "VFP", Table = "CaPds")

does the job: the data.frame is quickly and properly obtained. However,
when I go back to the database management system and try to update the
original table, I get an error message saying that I cannot access the
file. I have to close R to be able to update the table.

How do I close an open table ?

Best regards,

Renaud

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