DatabaseConnector

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DatabaseConnector is part of HADES.

Introduction

This R package provides function for connecting to various DBMSs. Together with the SqlRender package, the main goal of DatabaseConnector is to provide a uniform interface across database platforms: the same code should run and produce equivalent results, regardless of the database back end.

Features

Examples

connectionDetails <- createConnectionDetails(dbms="postgresql", 
                                             server="localhost",
                                             user="root",
                                             password="blah",
                                             schema="cdm_v4")
conn <- connect(connectionDetails)
querySql(conn,"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM person")
disconnect(conn)

Technology

DatabaseConnector is an R package using Java’s JDBC drivers.

System Requirements

Running the package requires R with the package rJava installed. Also requires Java 1.8 or higher.

Installation

  1. See the instructions here for configuring your R environment, including Java.

  2. To install the latest stable version, install from CRAN:

install.packages("DatabaseConnector")
  1. Download the database drivers as described here.

  2. (Optionally) To use Windows Authentication for SQL Server, download the authentication DDL file as described here.

User Documentation

Documentation can be found on the package website.

PDF versions of the documentation are also available:

Support

Contributing

Read here how you can contribute to this package.

License

DatabaseConnector is licensed under Apache License 2.0. The JDBC drivers fall under their own respective licenses.

Development

DatabaseConnector is being developed in R Studio.

Development status

Stable. The code is actively being used in several projects.

Acknowledgements