Update Taxon Parent (with consistency check)

Safely updates a taxon's parent (id_parent) while maintaining consistency with flat taxonomic columns. This is the SAFE way to modify hierarchy.

Usage

update_taxon_parent(
  idtax_n,
  new_parent_id,
  con = NULL,
  update_flat_columns = TRUE
)

Arguments

idtax_n

Taxon ID to update

new_parent_id

New parent taxon ID

con

Database connection to taxa database

update_flat_columns

Logical, if TRUE updates flat columns to match new parent (default TRUE)

Value

Logical, TRUE if successful

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
con <- call.mydb.taxa()

# Move species to different genus (updates both id_parent and tax_gen)
update_taxon_parent(
  idtax_n = 12345,
  new_parent_id = 67890,
  con = con
)
} # }