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: > > >>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 >> >>______________________________________________ >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >>https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >> > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help