> 1. No way. You must have MySQL installed on your computer. In fact this is not true. You can use a MySQL server installed somewhere else on the network.
--- bogdan romocea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. No way. You must have MySQL installed on your computer. > > 2. You must install the server. For details, see > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html . > For portability, I would suggest that you run MySQL in the shell > (ignore the GUIs) and save the syntax for adding users, creating > tables > etc. This will likely take more time when you first do it, but if you > have to move to another computer later on, you can setup the new > MySQL > installation very quickly and easily. > > hth, > b. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: De la Vega Góngora Jorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:58 AM > To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] Basic questions about RMySQL > > > Hello, > > Please forget me if I am asking something that is well documented. I > have read documentation but there are points that are not clear for > me. > I am not expert in R nor Databases, but if someone direct me to a > tutorial, I will appreciate it.. > > 1. In my understanding, I can install and use RMySQL withouth having > to install MySQL in my PC, to have access to and to create new tables > . > Is this right? > > 2. I have created a c:\my.cnf file to access a database I have, but > withouth installing the server, where I can define the user, password > and host to establish a connection? > > Thanks in advance > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jorge de la Vega Gongora | Telefono: (525) 5268 8379 > Investigador | Fax: (525) 5268 8481 > Banco de Mexico | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Planeación y Programación de Emisión | web: > http://www.stat.umn.edu/~jvega > Calzada Legaria 691 Módulo IV | > Col. Irrigación 11500 | > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html