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\name{odbcGetInfo}
\alias{odbcGetInfo}
\title{Request Information on an ODBC Connection}
\description{
Request information on an ODBC connection.
}
\usage{
odbcGetInfo(channel)
}
\arguments{
\item{channel}{connection handle as returned by
\code{\link{odbcConnect}()} of class \code{"RODBC"}.}
}
\value{
A named character string giving information on the database and ODBC driver
in use on the connection \code{channel}.
}
\author{
Brian Ripley
}
\examples{\dontrun{odbcGetInfo(channel) # under Windows XP
## MySQL returned
DBMS_Name DBMS_Ver Driver_ODBC_Ver
"MySQL" "4.0.20a-nt" "03.51"
Data_Source_Name Driver_Name Driver_Ver
"testdb3" "myodbc3.dll" "03.51.09"
ODBC_Ver Server_Name
"03.52.0000" "localhost via TCP/IP"
## MS Access returned
DBMS_Name DBMS_Ver Driver_ODBC_Ver Data_Source_Name
"ACCESS" "04.00.0000" "03.51" "testacc"
Driver_Name Driver_Ver ODBC_Ver Server_Name
"odbcjt32.dll" "04.00.6304" "03.52.0000" "ACCESS"
## MSDE 2000 returned
DBMS_Name DBMS_Ver Driver_ODBC_Ver
"Microsoft SQL Server" "08.00.0760" "03.52"
Data_Source_Name Driver_Name Driver_Ver
"MSDE" "SQLSRV32.DLL" "03.85.1117"
ODBC_Ver Server_Name
"03.52.0000" "AUK"
}}
\keyword{IO}
\keyword{database}
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