Re: [R] FW: Problems connecting with MySQL using odbcDriverConnect (RODBC package) on Linux

10:57 PM To: Marcus, Jeffrey Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] FW: Problems connecting with MySQL using odbcDriverConnect (RODBC package) on Linux Thanks you solved and share with us. But, why don't you use the RMySQL, which connects to MySQL without the need of ODBC? Caveman On Wed

[R] Problems connecting with MySQL using odbcDriverConnect (RODBC package) on Linux

I am sure I'm doing something wrong here but not sure what. Our system administrator recently installed UnixODBC and the MyODBC driver on a Linux box running Linux version 2.6 x86_64. I have an .odbc.ini file in my home directory with following lines: [mydb] Description = MySQL server on

[R] FW: Problems connecting with MySQL using odbcDriverConnect (RODBC package) on Linux

I think I figured this out. I should not have put the Driver name in braces. Changing it from {MySQL} to MySQL seems to work. -Original Message- From: Marcus, Jeffrey Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:09 PM To: 'r-help@r-project.org' Subject: Problems connecting with MySQL using

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