[R] Basic questions about RMySQL

[bogdan romocea]

1. No way. You must have MySQL installed on your computer.

2. You must install the server. For details, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html . 
For portability, I would suggest that you run MySQL in the shell
(ignore the GUIs) and save the syntax for adding users, creating tables
etc. This will likely take more time when you first do it, but if you
have to move to another computer later on, you can setup the new MySQL
installation very quickly and easily.

hth,
b.


-----Original Message-----
From: De la Vega Góngora Jorge [mailto:jvega at banxico.org.mx]
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:58 AM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Basic questions about RMySQL


Hello,

Please forget me if I am asking something that is well documented. I
have read documentation but there are points that are not clear for me.
I am not expert in R nor Databases, but if someone direct me to a
tutorial, I will appreciate it..

 1. In my understanding, I can install and use RMySQL withouth having
to install MySQL in my PC, to have access to and to create new tables .
Is this right? 

 2. I have created a c:\my.cnf file to access a database I have, but
withouth installing the server, where I can define the user, password
and host to establish a connection?

Thanks in advance


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