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Add Laboratory

add_laboratory.Rd

add_laboratory() adds a new laboratory to the laboratory lookup table

Usage

add_laboratory(con, laboratory)

Arguments

con

A DBI connection object obtained from DBI::dbConnect()

laboratory

A valid laboratory dataframe containing the following:

  • code Short code representing laboratory name

  • laboratory_name Laboratory full name

  • description Brief description of the laboratory

See also

Other laboratory functions: delete_laboratory(), get_laboratories(), update_laboratory(), update_laboratory_status()

Examples

# example database connection
cfg <- config::get()
con <- DBI::dbConnect(RPostgres::Postgres(),
                      dbname = cfg$dbname,
                      host = cfg$host,
                      port = cfg$port,
                      user = cfg$username,
                      password = cfg$password)
#> Error: connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
#> 	Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
#> connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
#> 	Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?

new_laboratory <- data.frame(code = "CNL",
                             laboratory_name = "Cool New Lab",
                             description = "The coolest new lab ever")
add_laboratory(con, new_laboratory)
#> Error in h(simpleError(msg, call)): error in evaluating the argument 'dbObj' in selecting a method for function 'dbIsValid': object 'con' not found