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Add Sample Type

add_sample_type.Rd

add_sample_type() adds a new sample type to the sample type lookup table

Usage

add_sample_type(con, sample_type)

Arguments

con

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

sample_type

A valid sample type dataframe containing the following:

  • code Short code representing sample type name

  • sample_type_name Sample type full name

  • description Brief description of the sample type

See also

Other sample type functions: delete_sample_type(), get_sample_types(), update_sample_type(), update_sample_type_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_sample_type <- data.frame(code = "SFB",
                              sample_type_name = "Some Fish Body",
                              description = "Took a bit of a fish")
add_sample_type(con, new_sample_type)
#> Error in h(simpleError(msg, call)): error in evaluating the argument 'dbObj' in selecting a method for function 'dbIsValid': object 'con' not found