[R] Basic questions about RMySQL

[bogdan romocea]

I certainly can't; I initially misunderstood the question.

If connecting to MySQL is the problem, then you need to know the user
ID, the domain and the password. Ask your DB administrator for help.

Here's an example that works for me (local MySQL installation):
require(DBI)
require(RMySQL)
MySQL(max.con = 16, fetch.default.rec = 5000, force.reload = F)
drv <- dbDriver("MySQL")
con <- dbConnect(drv,username="userid",password="pswd",dbname="db")
dbListTables(con)



--- Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
> bogdan romocea wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Can you tell us any reason why the server should run on the same
> machine 
> R is running on?
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> > 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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