[R] [solved] Re: I can't do it again on an other PC : R+RMySQL ->error loading dll

[Peter Dalgaard]

Ptit_Bleu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> just to say that I "solved" my problem. I wrote "solved" because all I did
> was to uninstall R and the DBI and RMySQL libraries and then install
> everything again.
> The only change is that I used another RMySQL.zip file found at this address
> :
> http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/2.0/extra/bin/windows/contrib/2.5/RMySQL_0.6-0.zip
> (the file is much bigger than the one I used on my PC : 1064 Mo instead of
> 383 Mo).
>
>   
Umm, that looks more than a bit unofficial (parent directory read
protected, no hint of an RMySQL package elsewhere on the site).  Are you
sure that this is intended for redistribution? It sounds like it bundles
in some MySQL libraries, which could imply legal issues.

> I installed the DBI and the RMySQL packages from R (intallation from .zip
> file).
> I typed "library(RMySQL)" and it directly worked, without copying the .dll
> in some other places.
>
> Maybe it can help some people. 
>
> Have a nice day,
> Ptit Bleu.
>   


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