See the `R Data Import/Export' manual, or my R-News article. On Linux (what do you mean by `also works', when you haven't mentioned any other OS?) I would suggest MySQL.
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <PRE>I am looking for suggestions for a good Database Management System to use > with R. The main use of this will be to format, query and make subsets of > large datafiles for use in R. I recall reading a comparative write-up either > in the newsletter, in the mails or someone's webpage last summer, but cant > seem to find it now. I will be thankful if someone can help in locating such > a document. For the DBMS it will be nice if it is a good database system to > learn independent of its integration with R. My preference will be something > that also works under Linux and has a user-friendly interface. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
