I get this error when building RSQLite from source under Windows 8.1
using github_install:
extension-functions.c:124:24: fatal error: sqlite3ext.h: No such file
or directory
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Hadley Wickham <h.wick...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm preparing to release a new version of RSQLite, 1.0.0. (I've taken
> over maintenance from Seth Falcon). This release is basically a big
> tidy up - I've refactored a lot of the C code to be easier to follow,
> deprecated a lot of unused functions, and converted everything to
> "Hadley"-style package development. A complete list of changes are
> included at the bottom of this email.
>
> If you use RSQLite, I'd really appreciate it if you'd try out the
> development version and let me know if you have any problems. You can
> install it from github with:
>
> # install.packages("devtools")
> devtools::install_github("rstats-db/DBI")
> devtools::install_github("rstats-db/RSQLite")
>
> If you have written a package that depends on RSQLite, please check
> the list of R CMD check results at
> https://github.com/wch/checkresults/blob/master/RSQLite/r-release/00check-summary.txt.
> I've been quite aggressive at deprecating old functions, and
> un-exporting functions that are really part of RSQLite's internal
> interface. This means that many packages will need changes. If you
> have any trouble figuring out the problem, please let me know and I'll
> be happy to help. I apologise for the hassle, but this will make
> RSQLite a much better platform to build on in the future.
>
> I plan to submit this version of RSQLite to CRAN on Oct 20, so that
> there's plenty of time for feedback and changes.
>
> Hadley
>
> # Version 1.0.0
>
> ## New features
>
> - Updated to SQLite 3.8.6
>
> - Added `datasetsDb()`, a bundled SQLite database containing all data frames
> in the datasets package (#15).
>
> - Inlined `RSQLite.extfuns` - use `initExtension()` to load the many
> useful extension functions (#44).
>
> - Methods no longer automatically clone the connection is there is an open
> result set. This was implement inconsistently in a handful of places (#22).
> RSQLite is now more forgiving if you forget to close a result set - it will
> close it for you, with a warning. It's still good practice to clean up
> after yourself, but you don't have to.
>
> - `dbBegin()`, `dbCommit()`, `dbRollback()` throw errors on failure, rather
> than
> return `FALSE`. They all gain a `name` argument to specify named
> savepoints.
>
> - `dbFetch()` method added (`fetch()` will be deprecated in the future)
>
> - `dbRemoveTable()` throws errors on failure, rather than returning `FALSE`.
>
> - `dbWriteTable()` has been rewritten:
>
> * It quotes field names using `dbQuoteIdentifier()`, rather
> than use a flawed black-list based approach with name munging.
>
> * It now throws errors on failure, rather than returning FALSE.
>
> * It will automatically add row names only if they are character,
> not integer.
>
> * When loading a file from disk, `dbWriteTable()` will no longer
> attempt to guess the correct values for `row.names` and `header` -
> instead
> supply them explicitly if the defaults are incorrect.
>
> * It uses named save points so it can be nested inside other
> transactions (#41).
>
> * When given a zero-row data frame it will just creates the table
> definition (#35).
>
> ## Changes to objects
>
> - The `dbname`, `loadable.extensions`, `flags` and `vfs` properties of
> a SqliteConnection are now slots. Access them directly instead of using
> `dbGetInfo()`.
>
> ## Deprecated and removed functions
>
> - RSQLite is no longer nominally compatible with S (#39).
>
> - `idIsValid()` is deprecated. Please use `dbIsValid()` instead.
>
> - `dbBeginTransaction()` has been deprecated. Please use `dbBegin()` instead.
>
> - `dbCallProc()` method removed, since generic is now deprecated.
>
> - Renamed `dbBuildTableDefinition()` to `sqliteBuildTableDefinition()`
> to avoid implying it's a DBI generic. Old function is aliased to new with
> a warning.
>
> - `dbFetch()` no longer numbers row names sequentially between fetches.
>
> - `safe.write()` is no longer exported as it shouldn't be part of the
> public RSQLite interface (#26).
>
> - Internal `sqlite*()` functions are no longer exported (#20).
>
> - Removed `SqliteObject` and `dbObject` classes, modifying `SqliteDriver`,
> `SqliteConnection`, and `SqliteResult` to use composition instead of
> multiple
> inheritance.
>
> --
> http://had.co.nz/
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