Re: [R] getting started with R and mysql

2012-08-08 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 08/08/2012 18:42, Michael Friendly wrote: I have a mysql database I installed on my Ubuntu server, and I'm trying to figure out how to access and analyze it from a Win XP machine running R 2.15.1. I thought that RMySQL was the way to go. (Is there an easier way?) I tried to follow the instruc

Re: [R] getting started with R and mysql

2012-08-08 Thread Curt Seeliger
> I have a mysql database I installed on my Ubuntu server, and I'm trying > to figure out how to access and analyze it > from a Win XP machine running R 2.15.1. > > I thought that RMySQL was the way to go. (Is there an easier way?) We use RODBC. Is there a reason that won't work? cur -- Curt

[R] getting started with R and mysql

2012-08-08 Thread Michael Friendly
I have a mysql database I installed on my Ubuntu server, and I'm trying to figure out how to access and analyze it from a Win XP machine running R 2.15.1. I thought that RMySQL was the way to go. (Is there an easier way?) I tried to follow the instructions at http://www.r-bloggers.com/installi