R: Parse an Oracle connection string

oraParseConParams {ROracle}

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Parse an Oracle connection string

Description

Parse an oracle connections string of the form "user/password@dbname" to determine the three Oracle's connection parameters "username", "passwd" and "dbname".

Usage

oraParseConParams(username="", password="", dbname=ifelse(usingR(), Sys.getenv("ORACLE_SID"), getenv("ORACLE_SID")))

Arguments

`username`	a character string of the form "username/passwd@dbname". Default is "".
`password`	an optional password. If non-empty and there's also a password in the connection string `username`, this password overrides the one in `username`. Default is "".
`dbname`	an optional database name (Oracle SID). If non-empty and there's also a database name in the connection string `username`, this database name overrides the one in `username`.

Details

Both username and password may be emtpy, in which case the username is set to "/"; this instructs Oracle to use the operating system user/password authentication (Oracle needs to be set up to do this.)

Value

A 3-element character vector with the username, passwd, and dbname suitable for a call to dbConnect.

References

http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI

Examples

## Not run: 
   conParams <- parse.OraConParams("user/pwd@dbname")
## End(Not run)

[Package ROracle version 0.5-7 Index]