tried as.is ,gives an error, [1] "01000 10054 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionWrite (send())." [2] "[RODBC] ERROR: Could not SQLExecDirect 'select UNIT_ID from UNITS where (UNIT_TYPE='1X1' and COMMUNITY='SAN1193')'"
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:21 PM, andrija djurovic <djandr...@gmail.com>wrote: > ?sqlQuery > as.is - argument > Andrija > On Jun 7, 2013 9:10 PM, "Sneha Bishnoi" <sneha.bish...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey all! >> >> I am trying to select a bunch of id's (data type -character) from a table >> and store them in a variable in R >> But when i do this, it automatically truncates the leading zero's in id's >> even though they are of character type. >> >> code is :- >> >> >myconn<-odbcConnect("testdata") >> >sql.select<-paste("select UNIT_ID from UNITS where (UNIT_TYPE='",unit,"' >> and COMMUNITY='",property,"')",sep="") >> > unit_ids<-sqlQuery(myconn,sql.select) >> >print(unit_ids) >> is there anyway i can retain the UNIT_ID's as they are. >> >> Thanks! >> Sneha >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > -- Sneha Bishnoi +14047235469 H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering Georgia Tech [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.