> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > On Behalf Of Jan Theodore Galkowski > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 12:05 PM > To: R Project > Subject: [R] connecting to remote database using RMySQL > > Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask. I'm not aware of a > mail list devoted to database interfaces. Please direct me if > so. > > I am trying to use TSMySQL. It loads RMySQL, and apparent the > CRAN version has an .onLoad script which seeks out the local > MySQL server. If that fails, the package fails to load. > > Thing is, I'm trying to access a MySQL database on a remote > machine for which I have authorized access. Anyone know how to do > this, or suggest where I can find out? > > Thanks. I have successfully accessed remote databases using > RODBC. Is that how I need to go? > > - Jan
This would be your best resource for databases and R. https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-db Hope this is helpful, Dan Daniel Nordlund Bothell, WA USA ______________________________________________ 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.