[R] RODBC: sqlSave leave primary key and other columns null

[Douglas.Reich at bnymellon.com]

I have an existing table, and I am trying to use sqlSave to append 
additional rows to this database. I omit the primary key, which is a 
uniqueidentifier type (MS SQL), so that the database can populate that 
field. However, I get the following error:

>     sqlSave( ch, result, tablename=thetablename, append=TRUE, 
rownames=FALSE, colnames=FALSE )
Error in odbcUpdate(channel, query, mydata, coldata[m, ], test = test,  : 
  missing columns in 'data'

Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit 

1: sqlSave(ch, result, tablename = "CreditLadderData", append = TRUE, 
rownames
2: sqlwrite(channel, tablename, dat, verbose = verbose, fast = fast, test 
= te
3: odbcUpdate(channel, query, mydata, coldata[m, ], test = test, verbose = 
ver

Selection: 0

When I explore a little, I see that odbcUpdate is automatically looking 
for ALL the columns in the table, even though some allow nulls.

I also tried putting NAs for those values I wanted to leave as NULL, I 
just get the following error:

Error in sqlSave(ch, result, tablename = "CreditLadderData", append = 
TRUE,  : 
  unable to append to table 'CreditLadderData'

Does sqlSave support this behavior, or do I have to construct the INSERT 
statement myself/modify sqlsave and odbcUpdate to be more lenient (if 
that's possible)?

Thanks,
Doug

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