Update Laboratory
update_laboratory.Rd
update_laboratory()
updates an existing laboratory in the laboratory lookup table
Arguments
- con
A DBI connection object obtained from DBI::dbConnect()
- laboratory_id
A numeric ID for the targeted laboratory
get_laboratories
- 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:
add_laboratory()
,
delete_laboratory()
,
get_laboratories()
,
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$password)
#> Error: connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
#> Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
#> connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
#> Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
all_laboratories <- get_laboratories(con)
#> Error in h(simpleError(msg, call)): error in evaluating the argument 'dbObj' in selecting a method for function 'dbIsValid': object 'con' not found
View(all_laboratories) # to view the ID of the laboratory needing updates
#> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object 'all_laboratories' not found
updated_laboratory <- all_laboratories[1, 2:4]
#> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object 'all_laboratories' not found
updated_laboratory$laboratory_name <- "The Department of Water Resources Genetic Monitoring Laboratory"
#> Error: object 'updated_laboratory' not found
update_laboratory(con, 1, updated_laboratory)
#> Error in h(simpleError(msg, call)): error in evaluating the argument 'dbObj' in selecting a method for function 'dbIsValid': object 'con' not found