[R] R on Windows and RMySQL

[silv at access.unizh.ch]

I have successfully installed R (version 2.8.1) and RMySQL (version 0.7-4) 
on my PC (Windows). Now I have a problem running RMySQL on R. I constantly 
receive the following error-message:

Error in utils::readRegistry("SOFTWARE\\MySQL AB", hive = "HLM", maxdepth = 
2) :
   Registry-Schlüssel 'S' nicht gefunden
Error : .onLoad in 'loadNamespace' für 'RMySQL' fehlgeschlagen
Fehler: Laden von Paket/Namensraum für 'RMySQL' fehlgeschlagen

Does anyone have a clue what I should do? I don`t have any experience in 
such issues. I have not installed MySQL on my PC. Could this be the solution 
to my problem? Is it true that RMySQL does work properly on R only if you 
first install MySQL?

Thanks for your answer...