Changes in version 0.3.1 (2025-08-19)                  

  - Fixed errors occurring when internet connection or certain datasets
    are not available (as demanded by CRAN).

                 Changes in version 0.3.0 (2024-05-24)                  

  - The database has been moved, and the connection changed accordingly.
    All users should update the package.

  - The package now displays a startup message reminding users that the
    main data provider, EconData, provides free datasets only for
    non-commercial users. Other users must obtain a license at
    https://econdata.co.za/support/.

  - sm_pivot_wider() has become faster by internally replacing
    data.table::dcast() by collapse::pivot().

                 Changes in version 0.2.6 (2023-05-15)                  

  - Minor changes demanded by CRAN

                        Changes in version 0.2.5                        

  - Change host to EconData database server located in South Africa.

                        Changes in version 0.2.4                        

  - First private release of the package to interested stakeholders.
    API's for Python and Julia have also been completed.

                     Changes in version 0.2.3.9000                      

  - Minor changes to database model, providing some additional
    information about the number of series per dataset and the
    dataset-id from the data source (e.g. release code from STATSSA).
    Also columns counting observations are prepended with n_.

                     Changes in version 0.2.2.9000                      

  - Removing discontinued EconData series from the database, allowing
    simpler 'dsid' and 'series' codes without version numbers.

                     Changes in version 0.2.1.9000                      

  - Adding series = NULL argument to sm_series(), allowing retrieval of
    information for individual series from the SERIES table.

                     Changes in version 0.2.0.9000                      

  - Revision of the database model and API's to have unique series code,
    with 'series' the sole primary key of the SERIES table.

                     Changes in version 0.1.0.9000                      

  - Stable version for database with composite primary key in the SERIES
    table ('dsid', 'series').

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9000                      

  - First development version of the package, mid-March 2023