Establishes a connection with the WDFW Postgres database using local configuration and user credentials.
Usage
establish_db_con(max_attempts = 5, delay_seconds = 3)
Arguments
- max_attempts
Numeric. Number of attempts to make when attempting to establish connection. Defaults to 5.
- delay_seconds
Numeric. Number of seconds to wait between attempt. Defaults to 3.
Value
Connection to WDFW PostgreSQL database.
Details
requires a local config file that is on gitignore list
Dev note: we could add template config file to the inst/ folder, and then add
a function that sets up the config file.