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JamesOBenson / gist:4bce1e61e4d02524862cd47732a2159d
Created August 19, 2016 04:11
R basic parameters (par) to help create a great looking boxplot....
load("some_data.RData")
png(file=output.png",width=1200,height=1200)
par(cex.main = 1.5, mar = c(5, 6, 4, 5) + 0.1, mgp = c(3.5, 1, 0), cex.lab = 2.0,
font.lab = 2, cex.axis = 2.0, bty = "n", las = 1, family="serif")
boxplot(formula~categories,
data=mydata,
ylim=c(0,100),
cex.out = 1,
col="blue",
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JamesOBenson / gist:30a4ddcc789b76fe9184a3eb3d756537
Created July 13, 2016 13:41
R code to connect/disconnect, download & save data from remote SQL database
TO CONNECT:
library("RPostgreSQL")
drv <- dbDriver("PostgreSQL")
con <- dbConnect(drv, dbname="postgres",host="dataport.pecanstreet.org",port=5434,user="username",password="password")
GETS EVERYTHING FROM THIS TABLE:
myTable <- dbReadTable(con, c("university", "electricity_egauge_15min"))
SELECT CERTAIN VALUES FROM A TABLE:
data <- dbGetQuery(con, "SELECT * from university.weather WHERE localhour BETWEEN '01-01-2015' AND '02-01-2015'")