DBItest (version 1.5-2)

spec_driver_connect: spec_driver_connect

Description

spec_driver_connect

Arguments

Value

dbConnect() returns an S4 object that inherits from '>DBIConnection. This object is used to communicate with the database engine.

Specification

DBI recommends using the following argument names for authentication parameters, with NULL default:

  • user for the user name (default: current user)

  • password for the password

  • host for the host name (default: local connection)

  • port for the port number (default: local connection)

  • dbname for the name of the database on the host, or the database file name

The defaults should provide reasonable behavior, in particular a local connection for host = NULL. For some DBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL), this is different to a TCP/IP connection to localhost.