pgCon: Connect to a PostgreSQL database
In ashander/use-PostgreSQL: R wrapper for PostgreSQL DB

Description Usage Arguments Details Examples

Connect to a PostgreSQL database

1 2	pgCon(auth.list = getOption("pg.auth", stop("Need to provide a list of authorization args with elements host, user, password, dbname, port")), drv.name = "PostgreSQL")

`auth.list`	a list including authorization arguments including host, user, password, dbname, port
`drv.name`	database driver to use for DBI ('PostgreSQL' on mac/linux)

constructs a databse connection using DBI-compliant connection via RPostgreSQL package returns list of connection and driver.

## Not run: 
options(pg.auth =  alist(host="localhost", user="user", password="", dbname="", port="5432"))
## make a connection
c <- pgCon()
pgDiscon(c)

## End(Not run)