Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Knut Staring
>> been any large-volume performance tests?  Has any thought been given to >>>> splitting reporting and data entry between different DB servers?  I know >>>> everyone has been focused on getting the distributed DB aspects right, but >>>> assuming universal availability of

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Bob Jolliffe
gt; been focused on getting the distributed DB aspects right, but assuming >>> universal availability of internet, how would DHIS2 perform on a single >>> (possibly clustered) national DB server? >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: dhis2-users-bounces

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Knut Staring
unces+rdf4=cdc....@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of >> Jason Pickering >> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 7:03 AM >> To: Bob Jolliffe >> Cc: dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net; dhis2-devs >> Subject: Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R >> >> Yeah, this I

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Jason Pickering
:dhis2-users-bounces+rdf4=cdc@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of > Jason Pickering > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 7:03 AM > To: Bob Jolliffe > Cc: dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net; dhis2-devs > Subject: Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R > > Yeah, this I guess comes

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Friedman, Roger (CDC/OID/NCHHSTP) (CTR)
- From: dhis2-users-bounces+rdf4=cdc@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:dhis2-users-bounces+rdf4=cdc@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Jason Pickering Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 7:03 AM To: Bob Jolliffe Cc: dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net; dhis2-devs Subject: Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DH

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Jason Pickering
Yeah, this I guess comes back time and time again, with my some what uncomfortable relationship with Hibernate and Java. Clearly, we need to think about how to make certain procedures crossplatform compatible (cross platform in the sense of working between Postgres/MySQL and other DBs) with the nee

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Bob Jolliffe
On 27 May 2010 11:15, Jason Pickering wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Yes, I suspect that most R users would probably want to do things > their own way. It has a rather steep learning curve. :) > > As for canned R scripts, the best way would probably with with PL/R, a > procedural Postgresql language which u

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Knut Staring
OpenXdata is looking at R integration over Hibernate, aiming to have a web based analytical tool similar to RCmdr/SPSS: "RCmdr is an R package that provides a user interface which is quite similar to SPSS, perhaps the most popular package used for statistical analysis by study designers and public

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Knut Staring
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Bob Jolliffe wrote: > We've talked before about integrating scripting engine (such as R) > into dhis : http://www.rforge.net/rscript/ > > But my guess is that most R users are going to be of a level of > sophistication that they would be most comfortable doing the

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Jason Pickering
Hi Bob, Yes, I suspect that most R users would probably want to do things their own way. It has a rather steep learning curve. :) As for canned R scripts, the best way would probably with with PL/R, a procedural Postgresql language which utilizes R. http://www.joeconway.com/plr/doc/index.html I

Re: [Dhis2-users] [Dhis2-devs] DHIS2 with R

2010-05-27 Thread Bob Jolliffe
We've talked before about integrating scripting engine (such as R) into dhis : http://www.rforge.net/rscript/ But my guess is that most R users are going to be of a level of sophistication that they would be most comfortable doing the kind of thing you describe - conecting directly to db with r cl