[Rd] Maximum number of connections in R

[Prof Brian Ripley]

It's a large number, and each has some cost.  Why would you need more than 
50 simultaneous connections?  If these are files, a DBMS would seem 
indicated long before that point.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Samuelson, Frank* wrote:

> It appears that the maximum number of connections available
> in R is about 48.  

It is 50.

> Can anyone tell me how to bump this number
> up?  I've been perusing the source, but any info would speed
> things up.

It is pretty obvious, at the top of the file called connections.c!

> Is there a reason that it was set to such a  low number?


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