I use RODBC and have got it to work fine on Windows, Linux and Mac. There's some basic info here, and plenty of blog posts out there with step by step instructions for the different OS's.
http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~kubo/Rdoc/library/RODBC/html/00Index.html On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:15 AM, <aya74...@gmx.de> wrote: >> Dear R-helpers, >> >> I'm an absolute beginner using both R and PostgreSQL, but now I have to work >> with both programs. I need to connect R and my Postgres-database, but every >> attempt so far has failed (I tried using the RpgSQL package as well as >> RdbiPgSQL, the first, following this manual >> (http://code.google.com/p/rpostgresql/) didn't find any drivers for the >> database (step no. 1) whereas the second doesn't work with R version 2.13). >> >> Could someone please be so kind to either provide a step-by-step instruction >> on how to make this connection work or direct me to a manual? >> > > For RpgSQL there is installation info if you click on the Installation > link here: > > http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RpgSQL/index.html > > and the same info is in the INSTALL file in the package. > > -- > Statistics & Software Consulting > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
