[R] Problem executing function

[Divyam]

ok. I tested it in two ways. I want to externalise my odbcConnection details
dsn, uid, and pwd. Hence I created a csv file to have these information.
Like I showed in the sample function initially, the order of the steps were
1) loading of the packages,
2) fetching the csv file,
3)assigning the dsn, uid, and pwd separately to values,
4) establish the connection by using these values .

The sample function I created thus was:

fun <-  function ()
{
# Package load into R;
a <-  c(library("RODBC"),library("e1071"));
b <- read.csv("path of the csv file",   header=TRUE,   sep=",",   
quote="");
c<- b[,1];
d <- b[,2];
e<- b[,3];

rm(b);

# Establishing ODBC connection;
connection <- odbcConnect(c, uid=d, pwd=e);
X<-list(a=a, b=b, c=c,d=d, e=e, connection=connection);
return(X);

}

# function call

> fun()



Error in RegressionAnalytics() : object 'b' not found
In addition: Warning messages:
1: package 'RODBC' was built under R version 2.13.1 
2: package 'e1071' was built under R version 2.13.1 

However, when I simply give the code for fetch directly on the command
prompt, it works.

> b <- read.csv("path of the csv file",   header=TRUE,   sep=",",   
> quote="");

object b gets created under data. I checked the path of the file and its
name. They are correct. So I thought I'll directly give the dsn, uid, and
pwd information in odbcConnection instead of externalizing it to see how the
function responds. This is what I did:


> fun <-  function()
 {
 a <- c(library("RODBC"),library("e1071"));
 connection <- odbcConnect("x",uid="xy",pwd="abcdef");
 X<-list(b=b,connection=connection);
 return(X);
 }

# function call and result

> fun ()
 
$a
 [1]  "e1071"     "RODBC"     "class"     "stats"     "graphics" 
 [7] "grDevices" "utils"     "datasets"  "methods"   "base"     
[13] "e1071"     "RODBC"     "class"     "stats"     "graphics"  "grDevices"
[19] "utils"     "datasets"  "methods"   "base"       "e1071"    
[25] "RODBC"     "class"     "stats"     "graphics"  "grDevices" "utils"    
[31] "datasets"  "methods"   "base"     

$connection
RODBC Connection 4
Details:
  case=nochange
  DSN=x
  Description=test
  UID=xy
  PWD=******
  APP=RStudio
 
when I try to see the connection object by typing in the command prompt it
throws an error saying the object is not found:
> connection
Error: object 'connection' not found

This is what I meant by the function being created, printed but object not
created. I should also mention that these steps run perfectly fine when not
assigned to a function (both the methods). So i guess the code is ok. I am
missing something but am not able to figure that out. By the looks of it I
think I have assigned the values to be returned to some object. Any
thoughts?

Thanks
Divya

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