Ping the Field-Database

This function checks if a connection to the Field Database can be established. It returns a boolean value indicating if the connection was successful or not. Warnings are used to indicate why the connection failed, if so.

Usage

idf_ping(conn)

Arguments

conn

An object that contains the connection settings, as returned by connect_idaifield().

Value

A boolean value indicating if the connection was successful (TRUE) or not (FALSE).

See also

• Produce a Connection-Settings list with: connect_idaifield()

• Find all projects in the database with: idf_projects()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Establish a connection to the Field Database
conn <- connect_idaifield(ping = FALSE)

# Ping the Field Database
idf_ping(conn)
}