db_connect: Create or Open the Database Connection

In geeLite: Building and Managing Local Databases from 'Google Earth Engine'

Create or Open the Database Connection

Description

Tries to connect to an SQLite database using dbConnect(). If the initial connection fails, it retries up to max_retries times, waiting wait_time seconds between each attempt. If the connection cannot be established after the maximum retries, the function stops and throws an error.

Usage

db_connect(db_path, max_retries = 3, wait_time = 5)

db_connect(db_path, max_retries = 3, wait_time = 5)

Arguments

db_path	[mandatory] (character) A string specifying the file path to the SQLite database.
max_retries	[mandatory] (integer) The maximum number of retries if the connection fails (default: 3).
wait_time	[mandatory] (numeric) The number of seconds to wait between retries (default: 5).

Value

A database connection object if the connection is successful.

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