Do you know where I find a patched version, or where I find the patch an 
instructions on how to install it?  (I didn't see anything about this on 
CRAN.)  I'm running R-base-1.8.0-1.i386.rpm (the most recent binary 
available for SuSE) and it appears to have the 'valueClass' problem.

Thanks,

Barnet

David James wrote:

>However, 
>there is a problem in the released version of R 1.8.0 that affects
>the DBI and other packages (has something to do with methods
>that use the "valueClass" argument in the setGeneric/setMethod functions).
>In this case one needs to use the R-patched version.
>


>
>Hope this helps,
>
>--
>David
>
>Barnet Wagman wrote:
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>
>>Since there doesn't appear to be an RMySQL rpm for SuSE 8.*,  does 
>>anyone know if the 7.3 version will work with the SuSE 8.2 rpms of R and 
>>DBI?
>>
>>The package installs without complaint, but when I try to run
>>
>>    con <- dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL"),dbname="test")
>>
>>I get the error
>>
>>    Error in dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL")) : couldn't find function 
>>".valueClassTest"
>>
>>(This is my first attempt to access a an rdms from R, so I could be 
>>doing something else wrong.)
>>
>>Any ideas as what might be generating this error, or as to combinations 
>>of rpms that will work under SuSE 8.2 would be appreciated. (I took a 
>>stab at compiling RMySQL from src, but I don't have MySQL src installed 
>>and I rather not get involved in this if I can avoid it.)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Barnet Wagman
>>
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