[R] Alternatives to merge for large data sets?

2006-09-07 Thread Adam D. I. Kramer
Hello, I am trying to merge two very large data sets, via pubbounds.prof - merge(x=pubbounds,y=prof,by.x=user,by.y=userid,all=TRUE,sort=FALSE) which gives me an error of Error: cannot allocate vector of size 2962 Kb I am reasonably sure that this is correct syntax. The trouble is that

Re: [R] Alternatives to merge for large data sets?

2006-09-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Which version of R? Please try 2.4.0 alpha, as it has a different and more efficient algorithm for the case of 1-1 matches. On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Adam D. I. Kramer wrote: Hello, I am trying to merge two very large data sets, via pubbounds.prof -

Re: [R] Alternatives to merge for large data sets?

2006-09-07 Thread Adam D. I. Kramer
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: Which version of R? Previously, 2.3.1. Please try 2.4.0 alpha, as it has a different and more efficient algorithm for the case of 1-1 matches. I downloaded and installed R-latest, but got the same error message: Error: cannot allocate vector of

Re: [R] Alternatives to merge for large data sets?

2006-09-07 Thread bogdan romocea
Of Adam D. I. Kramer Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:46 PM To: Prof Brian Ripley Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Alternatives to merge for large data sets? On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: Which version of R? Previously, 2.3.1. Please try 2.4.0 alpha