Re: [R] Microsoft SQL Server and R

2010-01-27 Thread Olga Lyashevska
Hi David, I have a client running Microsoft SQL Server. I am interested in ways of accessing data from this server using R. Why don't you try RMySQL package? It works fine for me. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __

Re: [R] Microsoft SQL Server and R

2010-01-27 Thread Orvalho Augusto
RMySQL is for MySQL. MySQL is not MSSQL. There is not RMSSQL. So the best you have something to conneto MSSQL... RODBC or you may connect. Or as Jim point you use a java client to connect to MSSQL through RJDBC which you may use for example a free jDBC driver like jTDS. Caveman On Wed, Jan

Re: [R] Microsoft SQL Server and R

2010-01-27 Thread Olga Lyashevska
Yes, checking it now, I see you are absolutely right. Sorry for this confusion. Cheers, Olga On 27.01.2010, at 12:45, Orvalho Augusto wrote: RMySQL is for MySQL. MySQL is not MSSQL. There is not RMSSQL. So the best you have something to conneto MSSQL... RODBC or you may connect. Or as

[R] Microsoft SQL Server and R

2010-01-25 Thread David Scott
I have a client running Microsoft SQL Server. I am interested in ways of accessing data from this server using R. I would welcome any information about how this can be done. I have a reasonable grasp of SQL and have experience with MySQL and RODBC but don't know anything much about

Re: [R] Microsoft SQL Server and R

2010-01-25 Thread Jim Porzak
David, You can certainly use RODBC to get to MS SQL, once you configure the ODBC connection in windows. These days I tend to use RJDBC http://www.rforge.net/RJDBC/ which is a bit less of a hassle. Hint use the jtds driver http://jtds.sourceforge.net/ HTH, Jim Porzak Ancestry.com San Francisco,

Re: [R] Microsoft SQL Server and R

2010-01-25 Thread Seeliger . Curt
r-help-boun...@r-project.org wrote on 01/25/2010 03:32:41 PM: Jim writes to David: These days I tend to use RJDBC http://www.rforge.net/RJDBC/ which is a bit less of a hassle. Hint use the jtds driver http://jtds.sourceforge.net/ ... I have a client running Microsoft SQL Server. I am