parseDatabaseUri {trena} | R Documentation

## Parse a string containing the information for connecting to a database

### Description

Given a string of the format "database_driver://host/database_name", pull out the 3 pieces of information and return them as a named list.

### Usage

    parseDatabaseUri(database.uri)

### Arguments

`database.uri` | A string of the format "database_driver://host/database_name"

### Value

A named list containing the driver, host, and database name from the supplied string

### Examples

    # Parse a URI for a local PostgreSQL database called "gtf"
    parsed.URI <- parseDatabaseUri("postgres://localhost/gtf")

    # Parse a URI for the included SQLite database "vrk2.neighborhood.hg38.gtfAnnotation.db" in the local documents folder
    db.address <- system.file(package="trena", "extdata")
    genome.db.uri    <- paste("sqlite:/", db.address, "vrk2.neighborhood.hg38.gtfAnnotation.db",  sep = "/")
    parsed.URI <- parseDatabaseUri(genome.db.uri)

[Package trena version 1.2.0 Index]