On 12 August 2009 at 13:23, Luis Ridao Cruz wrote:
| R-sig-Debian help,
|
| I have installed an ODBC Driver for Linux.
|
| I want to connect to our database through R via:
|
| >library(RODBC)
| >con <-
odbcDriverConnect("SERVER=IP_address:PORT;DRIVER=ORACLE;DATABASE=MAGNUS")
| Warning message:
| In odbcDriverConnect("SERVER=IP_address:PORT;DRIVER=ORACLE;DATABASE=MAGNUS") :
| ODBC connection failed
|
| I don't really know whether this is the right syntax. I copy-paste files
"odbc.ini" and "odbcinst.ini":
|
| ## file odbc.ini
| [ORACLE]
| Driver = ORACLE
| Database = //IP_address:PORT/MAGNUS
| User = my_username
| Password = my_password
| METADATA_ID = 0
| ENABLE_USER_CATALOG = 1
| ENABLE_SYNONYMS = 1
|
| ## file odbcinst.ini
| [ORACLE]
| Description = Easysoft ODBC Oracle Driver
| Driver = /usr/local/easysoft/oracle/libesoracle.so
| Setup = /usr/local/easysoft/oracle/libesoraclesetup.so
| DontDLClose = 1
| FileUsage = 1
| UsageCount = 1
I only briefly worked with Oracle and as I recall you needed another layer of
naming indirection.
You may want to test the basics of RODBC with an ODBC-driven db you can
control (mysql, postgresql, sqlite, ...) to ensure that that part works, and
then try to work out the Oracle specific bits, maybe with help from r-sig-db.
Dirk
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