Re: [R] MySQL + R as a Replacement for SAS Proc SQL + Various Stat Procs

2008-01-18 Thread Wensui Liu
Hi, there, it seems size of your data is very manageable in R. i've been using proc sql in SAS a lot and found sqldf package is very similar to proc sql. check it out. one more thought. instead of using R as scripting lang. to process data, it might be worthy to take a look at python. On Jan 18, 2

Re: [R] MySQL + R as a Replacement for SAS Proc SQL + Various Stat Procs

2008-01-18 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For cost reasons, I'd like to replace SAS on my PC under Win XP Pro. > > Nearly all my work involves medium-size datasets (100k-10M) records which I > cleanup, relate, fliter and get into shape for analysis using SAS/SQL > followed by standard statis

[R] MySQL + R as a Replacement for SAS Proc SQL + Various Stat Procs

2008-01-18 Thread JWilliamson
For cost reasons, I'd like to replace SAS on my PC under Win XP Pro. Nearly all my work involves medium-size datasets (100k-10M) records which I cleanup, relate, fliter and get into shape for analysis using SAS/SQL followed by standard statistical procedures, e.g. regression using SAS proc reg.