dbRetrieve = function (dbName, user, password, host, port, sqlQuery){

  dbConnection <- dbConnect(
    RMySQL::MySQL(),
    user = user,
    password = password,
    host = host,
    port = port,
    dbname = db
  )

  sqlcmd <- sqlQuery

  sqlData <- dbGetQuery(dbConnection, sqlcmd)

  ##### KILL THE DB CONNECTION ###########
  dbDisconnect(dbConnection)

  return (sqlData)
}