You may want to look at the SQLiteDF package, this allows you to put your data into an SQLite database and treat that like a normal vector or data frame inside of R.
Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of _ > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:32 AM > To: r-devel@r-project.org > Subject: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk > > Hi all, > Using big vectors (more than 4GB) is unfortunately not > possible under Windows or other OS's if not enough RAM exists. > Could it be possible to implement an a new data type in R, > like a vector, but instead holding the information in memory, > the data lies on an file. If data is accessed, the data type > vector get the information automatically from the file. > There is a package out there (named ff) but the accessed > boundary have to be declared by the user this is a disadvantage. > > Greetings. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel