EnsDb {ensembldb} | R Documentation

## Connect to an EnsDb object

### Description

The `EnsDb` constructor function connects to the database specified with argument `x` and returns a corresponding `EnsDb` object.

### Usage

    EnsDb(x)

### Arguments

`x` | Either a character specifying the SQLite database file, or a `DBIConnection` to e.g. a MariaDB/MySQL database.

### Details

By providing the connection to a MariaDB/MySQL database, it is possible to use MariaDB/MySQL as the database backend and queries will be performed on that database. Note however that this requires the package `RMariaDB` to be installed. In addition, the user needs to have access to a MySQL server providing already an EnsDb database, or must have write privileges on a MySQL server, in which case the `useMySQL` method can be used to insert the annotations from an EnsDB package into a MySQL database.

### Value

A `EnsDb` object.

### Author(s)

Johannes Rainer

### Examples

    ## "Standard" way to create an EnsDb object:
    library(EnsDb.Hsapiens.v86)
    EnsDb.Hsapiens.v86

    ## Alternatively, provide the full file name of a SQLite database file
    dbfile <- system.file("extdata/EnsDb.Hsapiens.v86.sqlite", package = "EnsDb.Hsapiens.v86")
    edb <- EnsDb(dbfile)
    edb

    ## Third way: connect to a MySQL database
    ## Not run:
    library(RMariaDB)
    dbcon <- dbConnect(MySQL(), user = my_user, pass = my_pass,
        host = my_host, dbname = "ensdb_hsapiens_v86")
    edb <- EnsDb(dbcon)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package ensembldb version 2.6.8 Index]