Best practices for database connection management

Hi,

I have a broad question about (your personal) database connection best practices. I am kinda fed up with copy-pasting db connection info on top of my every script.

I thought about setting up a separate script for db connection and using source() but this also populates my current environment with unnecessary connection variables. Now, I am thinking about building a package with proprietary functions. The question is, whether it isn't an unnecessary overkill - I might be missing a simpler solution.

Also what would the best way of storing and retrieving sensitive data. Currently I am storing user & password in environmental variables.

Thanks!

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