On 09/01/2011 10:13 PM, Worik R wrote: > I am starting on a (section of the) project where I need to build a matrix > with on the order of 5 million rows and 200 columns > > I am wondering if I can stay in R. > > I need to do rollapply type operations on the columns, including some that > will be functions of (windows of) two columns.
Perhaps useful to you -- I recently added WINDOW FUNCTION support to PL/R*. Currently this new feature is only available in git master, but within a few days I will push a new release. You can download the source from git here if you want: https://github.com/jconway/plr The official docs have not been updated yet, but see the pre-release docs here (specifically chapter 9): http://www.joeconway.com/plr/doc/plr-git-US.pdf HTH, Joe *PL/R allows you to execute R functions from within a PostgreSQL database -- Joe Conway credativ LLC: http://www.credativ.us Linux, PostgreSQL, and general Open Source Training, Service, Consulting, & 24x7 Support ______________________________________________ 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.