tableNcol function

Number of Columns

Return the number of columns in a database table.

tableNcol(channel, sqtable)

Arguments

• channel: an RODBC connection.
• sqtable: a database table or view.

Returns

Number of columns as integer.

Examples

## Not run:

con <- odbcConnect("myDatabase")

tableNcol(con, "sysusers")
## End(Not run)

See Also

tableDim and tableNrow also return the dimensions of a database table.

sqlColumns is the underlying function used to examine the table columns.

ncol is the base function to return the number of columns for data frames inside the R workspace.

MSSQL-package gives an overview of the package.