NEWS

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ojodb 2.10.0 (2024-08-01)

New Features

• Adds ojo_eviction_cases as a nice helper for users, and to version control our eviction identification methodology.

ojodb 2.9.0 (2024-06-10)

New Features

• Adds initial support for DuckDB

ojodb 2.8.1 (2024-05-23)

Dependency Fix

• Makes {arrow} and optional dependency and checks whether it is available when source = "gcs" is used in ojo_tbl.

ojodb 2.8.0 (2024-05-20)

New Features

• Adds initial support for Arrow.

Package Maintenance

• Uses {lifecycle} for function development status.

ojodb 2.7.0 (2023-09-01)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs in ojo_auth() which prevented it from successfully backing up the .Renviron file.

Package Maintenance

• Changed from Base R file paths to the {fs} package.
• Adjusted GitHub Actions workflows to not run on draft PRs.
• Added spellcheck GitHub Actions.
• Changed SSL certs to all use .pem extensions

Analyst Tools

• ojo_search_minutes() now allows for queries that include a space. Postgres operators like |, <->, and !! still work too; queries with spaces are now wrapped in quotes and treated as a single search string.
• ojo_crim_cases() and ojo_civ_cases() were changed to make the case_type argument no longer case-sensitive. It also throws an error now when you ask for nonexistent values of case_type.

ojodb 2.6.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug related to the rlang package.
• Removed renv from development environment in favor of package management using the DESCRIPTION file. This will only affect the development of the package going forward, and shouldn't affect analysts' use of the package.

ojodb 2.6.0

Aesthetics

• A fun loading message will now appear when the package is loaded. This can be disabled by setting OJO_LOAD_MESSAGE=FALSE in your local R environment.
• The {ojodb} package now has its own tidyverse-compliant sticker design.

Package Maintenance

• The ojo_list_ functions (ojo_list_schemas(), ojo_list_tables(), and ojo_list_vars()) now return a sorted list instead of an unsorted one.
• Documentation and namespacing errors (e.g. {dplyr} functions missing an explicit .data reference, missing namespace prefixes, etc.) were corrected. Consequently, devtools::check() now passes with minimal warnings / notes.

ojodb 2.5.0 (2023-04-18)

Analyst Tools

• You can now use ojo_collect to collect but with a progress bar and helpful information.

Package Maintenance

• Added ojo_version function to return the version of the package. Useful for debugging.

ojodb 2.4.0 (2023-04-13)

Package Maintenance

• Exposed the ojo_env function to easily access the package-level environment where database connections are stored.
• Changed the default behavior of ojo_connect to use DBI::dbConnect() instead of pool::dbPool(). Connection pools are still available by passing pool = TRUE to ojo_connect.

ojodb 2.3.4 (2023-04-13)

Analyst Tools

• You can now cancel queries immediately with Ctrl + c or Cmd + c in the console.

ojodb 2.3.3 (2023-04-12)

Package Maintenance

• Implemented schema scoping for ojo_tbl using DBI::Id() instead of dbplyr::in_schema() to match common practice.

ojodb 2.3.2 (2023-03-28)

Analyst Tools

• Allows lowercase inputs to the district argument of ojo_civ_cases and ojo_crim_cases
• You no longer need to import {dplyr} manually!
• Database connections are handled for you by default. You won't even know it's there.

Package Maintenance

• Added Github Actions for automated package checks
• Added {dplyr} to Depends field of the package Description
• Overhauled database connection management using package-level environment scoping. See ojo_connect, ojo_tbl, and ojo_query for more information.
• Replaced {odbc} dependency with {RPostgres}

ojodb 2.3.1 (2023-03-02)

Package Maintenance

• Add SQL file to create database roles
• Bump {renv} version to 0.17.0
• Add docs/ folder to .gitignore
• Add dontrun to examples

ojodb 2.3.0 (2023-03-02)

Analyst Tools

• Fixed the ojo_list_vars function

Package Maintenance

• Removed direct class comparisons in favor of inherits
• Added documentation for ojo_add_issues function
• Removed improper data import and resulting hard dependency on {readr}

ojodb 2.2.0 (2022-11-09)

Analyst Tools

• Added the ojo_county_population function, which will return the population for Oklahoma counties for the given years, in a format ready to join to OJO tables.

Package Maintenance

• Pruned as many dependencies as possible and moved many more to Suggests.
• Added person() syntax to DESCRIPTION.

ojodb 2.1.0 (2022-05-03)

Analyst Tools

• Added the function ojo_fiscal_year to return the fiscal year of a given Date.
• Removed ojo_table alias for consistency and transparency.

Package Maintenance

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
• Changed file name of png for portability.