The sqldf package as suggested by a friendly soul worked excellent. ...and yes! Forever +/- epsilon ;)
Cheers, Patrik -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] För Barry Rowlingson Skickat: den 19 december 2012 14:47 Till: Öhagen Patrik Kopia: R hELP Ämne: Re: [R] Reading extremly large comma separated files? On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Öhagen Patrik <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear List, > > Are there any tricks or wise suggestions on how to import huge comma > separated files into R? We have used the ordinary "read syntax" but it takes > forever.... > How huge is "huge"? What is 'the ordinary "read syntax"'? Have you really waited forever? Barry ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.

