Hi, You should use the paste command:
for (i in 1:length(vessel[,1])) { query<-paste("Select * From vessel Where common.utility(", vessel[i,1],", ", ,vesselyear[i,2], ")", sep="") final<-sqlQuery(channel,paste(query)) } Bart Jason Gasper wrote: > > Dear R users, > > I am querying an Oracle database using sqlQuery() from the RODBC > package. What I would like to do is embed my R Sql query in a for loop. > For example > suppose the data.frame "vessel" contains two columns: vessel[,1]= vessel > id and vessel[,2]=permit year > > I am using "vessel" as an input in a SQL based function that require > inputs of permit year and vessel id as described below: > > query<-"Select * From vessel Where common.utility(vessel ID,vessel year)" > > final<-sqlQuery(channel,paste(query)) > > Now suppose I want to loop through my vessel table such that the vessel > ID and vessel year corresponds with i: > > for (i in 1:length(vessel[,1])) { > query<-"Select * From vessel Where common.utility(vessel[i,1],vessel > year[i,2])" > " > final<-sqlQuery(channel,paste(query)) > > } > Ignoring the fact I didn't include code to create and ever expanding > final table for loop, does anyone know how to index inside the Where > clause of a sql statement (i.e., common.utility(vessel[i,1],vessel > year[i,2])? > > > > > > -- > Jason Gasper > National Marine Fisheries Service > Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division > 709 W. 9th St. Juneau, Alaska 99801 > Juneau, Alaska 99801 > > Phone 907-586-7237 > Fax 907-586-7249 > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/RODBC-looping-sql-script-tp1570038p1570237.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.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.