db_connection: db_connection helper function

In DIZutils: Utilities for 'DIZ' R Package Development

db_connection helper function

Description

Internal function to test and get the database connection of the target data system.

Usage

db_connection(
  system_name = NULL,
  db_type,
  headless = TRUE,
  from_env = TRUE,
  settings = NULL,
  timeout = 30,
  logfile_dir = NULL,
  lib_path = NULL
)

Arguments

system_name	(Default = NULL) A character. Name of the database system. Used to find the correct settings from the env. If you don't want to load the settings from the environment, use the 'settings' parameter. Otherwise this funcion will search for all settings beginning with 'system_name' in the environment. If 'system_name = "i2b2"' settings like 'I2B2_HOST' or 'I2B2_PORT' (notice the uppercase) will be loaded from the environment. You can load such an env file e.g. by using 'DIZtools::setenv_file(path_to_file)'.
db_type	A character. Type of the database system. Currently implemented systems are: 'postgres', 'oracle'.
headless	A boolean (default: 'FALSE'). Indicating, if the function is run only in the console ('headless = TRUE') or on a GUI frontend ('headless = FALSE').
from_env	A boolean (default: 'TRUE'). Should database connection be read from the environment or from a settings file. All necessary parameters must be uppercase and have the prefix of the db_name. E.g.: 'I2B2_HOST' or 'I2B2_PORT'. See the 'settings' parameter for all necessary variables.
settings	A list. Required if 'from_env == FALSE'. A list containing settings for the database connection. Required fields are 'host', 'db_name', 'port', 'user' and 'password'. Additionally for Oracle DB's: 'sid' (instead of 'db_name'). If 'settings' is set, 'from_env' will be set to 'FALSE' automatically.
timeout	A timeout in sec. for the db-connection establishment. Values below 2 seconds are not recommended. Default is 30 seconds.
logfile_dir	(Optional, String, default: "tempdir()") The absolute path to folder where the logfile will be stored.
lib_path	A character string. The path to the ojdbc*.jar file. If you run one of the R-containers from the UK-Erlangen DIZ, there might be a lib for oracle here: 'lib_path = "/opt/libs/ojdbc8.jar"'

Value

If successful, the result will be the established connection. Otherwise the result will be null.

See Also

dbConnect, RPostgres

Examples

## Not run: 
db_con <- DIZutils::db_connection(
  db_name = "i2b2",
  db_type = "postgres"
)
## End(Not run)

DIZutils documentation built on Jan. 23, 2023, 5:42 p.m.