Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about package dependency

2020-12-22 Thread Sebastien Bihorel
Cc: r-package-devel@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about package dependency Unless there is something Oracle-specific for your database code, I'd recommend using the DBI interface instead - "enterprise" users can provide an Oracle object to your functions, a

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about package dependency

2020-12-22 Thread Sebastien Bihorel
Thanks David, I will look into your suggestion more. Sebastien From: David Bosak Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 20:27 To: Sebastien Bihorel ; r-package-devel@r-project.org Subject: RE: [R-pkg-devel] Question about package dependency Hi Sebastian: What

[R-pkg-devel] Question about package dependency

2020-12-22 Thread Sebastien Bihorel
Hi I am working on modifying a package originally developed for use within my company, with the intent to distribute it to users external to our company. The package currently depends on ROracle to extract data from an Oracle database. The modifications I am implementing would allow the package

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about package dependency

2020-12-22 Thread Neal Fultz
Unless there is something Oracle-specific for your database code, I'd recommend using the DBI interface instead - "enterprise" users can provide an Oracle object to your functions, and other people could use their own particular databases. DBI itself could be a Suggests dependency if it isn't stri