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DESCRIPTION

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: soilDB
 Type: Package
 Title: Soil Database Interface
 Version: 2.6.1
-Date: 2021-03-22
+Date: 2021-03-30
 Authors@R: c(person(given="Dylan", family="Beaudette", role = c("aut"), email = "[email protected]"),
              person(given="Jay", family="Skovlin", role = c("aut")), 
              person(given="Stephen", family="Roecker", role = c("aut")), 

NEWS.md

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# soilDB 2.6.1 (2021-03-22)
- * Connections to the local NASIS database now use `DBI` and `odbc` instead of `RODBC` 
- * Two new methods `dbConnectNASIS` and `dbQueryNASIS` facilitate access with read-only credentials, submission of queries/fetching of results, and closing the DBI connection upon completion
- * Use `dsn` argument to specify a local "static" SQLite file containing NASIS tables
-   * Default argument `dsn = NULL` uses `"nasis_local"` [ODBC connection](http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/soilDB/setup_local_nasis.html) to a local NASIS SQL Server instance 
+# soilDB 2.6.1 (2021-03-30)
+ * Connections to local NASIS and various MS Access databases now use `DBI` and `odbc`, replacing `RODBC`
+ * New methods `dbConnectNASIS` and `dbQueryNASIS` for NASIS access with read-only credentials, fetching query results, and closing the _DBIConnection_ upon completion
+ * NASIS methods use `dsn` argument to specify a local "static" SQLite file containing NASIS tables, or custom _DBIConnection_ to a database with NASIS schema
+   * Default `dsn = NULL` uses `"nasis_local"` [ODBC connection](http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/soilDB/setup_local_nasis.html) to local NASIS SQL Server 
+ * Horizon depth logic checking is now done with `aqp::checkHzDepthLogic()`, powered by {data.table}
 
 # soilDB 2.6.0 (2021-02-18)
  * `OSDquery` gets a new argument (`everything`) for searching the entire document

README.Rmd

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ remotes::install_github("ncss-tech/soilDB", dependencies = FALSE, upgrade = FALS
 
 #### NASIS
 
- * all NASIS queries now use {DBI} w/ {odbc} or {RSQLite} as the back-end
+ * all NASIS queries now use {DBI}, tested to work with {odbc} or {RSQLite} drivers; replacing {RODBC}
    * Install required R packages with `install.packages(c("DBI","odbc","RSQLite"), dependencies = TRUE)`
  * new methods for connecting to NASIS and querying NASIS data allow for `dsn` argument to specify a local "static" SQLite file containing NASIS tables.
    * Default argument `dsn = NULL` uses `"nasis_local"` [ODBC connection](http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/soilDB/setup_local_nasis.html) to a local NASIS SQL Server instance 
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ remotes::install_github("ncss-tech/soilDB", dependencies = FALSE, upgrade = FALS
  * `SDA_query` returns a `try-error` for queries with invalid syntax or on network error; empty results are an empty `data.frame()`
  * `fetchSDA_spatial` can return STATSGO `gsmmupolygon` or Soil Survey Area `sapolygon` data; and can join to the `legend` table
 
+#### MS Access
+
+ * AKSite, Montana RangeDB, and PedonPC 6.x get and fetch methods now use {DBI}+{odbc}
+
 #### Other APIs
 
  * **NEW** functions [`ROSETTA`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/ROSETTA.html), [`taxaExtent`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/taxaExtent.html), [`mukey.wcs`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/mukey.wcs.html), [`ISSR800.wcs`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/ISSR800.wcs.html)
@@ -55,13 +59,6 @@ remotes::install_github("ncss-tech/soilDB", dependencies = FALSE, upgrade = FALS
 
   * SSURGO Local Geodatabases
     + [`fetchGDB`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/fetchGDB.html)
-
-  * NASIS local database
-    + [`fetchNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/fetchNASIS.html)
-    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span> Argument `dsn` to specify path to connect to alternate (SQLite) data sources with NASIS schema
-    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span>[`dbConnectNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/dbConnectNASIS.html) (alias `NASIS`) - create a _DBIConnection_ to local NASIS database
-    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span>[`dbQueryNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/dbQueryNASIS.html) - query NASIS local database (and close connection with `close=TRUE`)
-    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span>[`createStaticNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/createStaticNASIS.html) - create list of NASIS tables or write to SQLite
 
   * ROSETTA
     + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span> [`ROSETTA`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/ROSETTA.html)
@@ -87,6 +84,13 @@ remotes::install_github("ncss-tech/soilDB", dependencies = FALSE, upgrade = FALS
   * Henry Mount Soil and Water Database
     + [`fetchHenry`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/fetchHenry.html)
 
+  * NASIS local database
+    + [`fetchNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/fetchNASIS.html)
+    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span> Argument `dsn` to specify path to connect to alternate (SQLite) data sources with NASIS schema
+    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span>[`dbConnectNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/dbConnectNASIS.html) (alias `NASIS`) - create a _DBIConnection_ to local NASIS database
+    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span>[`dbQueryNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/dbQueryNASIS.html) - query NASIS local database (and close connection with `close=TRUE`)
+    + <span style="color:red">**NEW:**</span>[`createStaticNASIS`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/createStaticNASIS.html) - create list of NASIS tables or write to SQLite
+
   * SoilGrids
     + [`fetchSoilGrids`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/fetchSoilGrids.html)
 
@@ -102,12 +106,14 @@ remotes::install_github("ncss-tech/soilDB", dependencies = FALSE, upgrade = FALS
   * [`get_NOAA_GHCND`](http://ncss-tech.github.io/soilDB/docs/reference/get_NOAA_GHCND.html)
 
 ## Tutorials and Demonstrations
+
  * [fetchKSSL](http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/soilDB/KSSL-demo.html)
  * [SDA_query](http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/soilDB/SDA-tutorial.html)
  * [fetchOSD](http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/sharpshootR/OSD-dendrogram.html)
  * [SCAN/SNOTEL Data](http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/soilDB/fetchSCAN-demo.html)
 
 ## Related Packages
+
  * [aqp](https://github.com/ncss-tech/aqp)
  * [sharpshootR](https://github.com/ncss-tech/sharpshootR)