Re: [R] R and Sybase

2003-12-18 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 05:37:49PM -0500, David James wrote: > AFAIK the only way to connect to Sybase from R is with the RODBC > package, so you need to have an ODBC driver for Sybase -- either > one provided by Sybase or the FreeTDS ODBC driver from www.freetds.org. Seconded -- we did that recen

Re: [R] R and Sybase

2003-12-18 Thread David James
AFAIK the only way to connect to Sybase from R is with the RODBC package, so you need to have an ODBC driver for Sybase -- either one provided by Sybase or the FreeTDS ODBC driver from www.freetds.org. Regards, -- David Peter McMahan wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to get R connected to Sybase on a Li

[R] R and Sybase

2003-12-18 Thread Peter McMahan
Hi, I'm trying to get R connected to Sybase on a Linux machine. I'm relatively new to databases, particularly the connectivity side. Do I have to use RODBC and install ODBC support on the system (a huge pain with Sybase, as you have to install a scaled-down version of Sybase itself on the system t