Install datasets via the Data Retriever (deprecated).

Data is stored in either CSV files or one of the following database management systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, or Microsoft Access.

Usage

install(
  dataset,
  connection,
  db_file = NULL,
  conn_file = NULL,
  data_dir = ".",
  log_dir = NULL
)

Arguments

dataset

the name of the dataset that you wish to download

connection

what type of database connection should be used. The options include: mysql, postgres, sqlite, msaccess, or csv'

db_file

the name of the datbase file the dataset should be loaded into

conn_file

the path to the .conn file that contains the connection configuration options for mysql and postgres databases. This defaults to mysql.conn or postgres.conn respectively. The connection file is a file that is formated in the following way:

host	my_server@my_host.com
port	my_port_number
user	my_user_name
password	my_password

data_dir

the location where the dataset should be installed. Only relevant for csv connection types. Defaults to current working directory

log_dir

the location where the retriever log should be stored if the progress is not printed to the console

Value

No return value, main install function

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
rdataretriever::install("iris", "csv")
} # }