working towards a more configurable batch execution environment
this is a sample file for database access. It is necessary to source a file like this to run the DB accessing parts of the code. However, it is unhelpful to check in a single user's DB credentials into git. This is insecure and creates the need for everyone to everride the file, leading ot merge conflicts. Instead, users should make a copy of this file without the trailing '.template' at the end and modify it to contain their DB credentials and local table names if necessary. This localConf.R file *should not* be checked into version control. However, any changes to the config should be merged into the template to ensure future users can check out a working example file.