Rename column names and character variables

Passes the column names and the character variables through make.names, this creates names without any special characters so there are no problems for accessing any columns or any category when using the DataSHIELD parser.

ds.make_valid_names(x, newobj = NULL, datasources = NULL)

Arguments

x

character Name of the table on the server to be modified

newobj

character (default NULL) Name of the new object on the server. If NULL the input object x will be overwritten

datasources

a list of DSConnection-class objects obtained after login. If the datasources argument is not specified