R: Determine the SQL Data Type of an R/S object

SQLDataType {RMySQL}

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Determine the SQL Data Type of an R/S object

Determine an (approximately) appropriate SQL data type for an R/S object

SQLDataType(mgr, obj, ...)

`mgr`	a `dbManager` object, e.g., `MySQLManager`, `OraManager`.
`obj`	R/S object whose SQL type we want to determine.
`...`	any other parameters that individual methods may need.

This is a generic function.

A character string specifying the SQL data type for obj.

ora <- dbManager("MySQL")
sql.type <- SQLDataType(ora, x)