\name{getCycles}
\alias{getCycles}
\title{
Fetches a table of cycles by chain number from a StatShop database.
}
\usage{ 
getCycles()
}
\description{
  Fetches a table giving the first (burn-in) and last cycle number for
  each chain from a StatShop database.  This is the
  \code{chain_data_table} from the database.
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{asp.dbConnect}}, \code{\link{getChains}}
}
\examples{
### This example will only run if you have the StatShop test databases
### installed on your machine.
StatShop <- Sys.getenv("STATSHOP")
if (StatShop == "") {
  warn("StatShop not installed, skipping test.")
} else {
  asp.dbConnect("mcmc_statistics_test","junit")
  getCycles()
  ### get the length of shortest chain.
  min(getCycles()[,"chain_last_cycle"])
  asp.dbDisconnect()
}
}
\keyword{database}