[Rd] Error in building ROracle in Windows with R 2.6.2 and Oracle 10g.

[Uwe Ligges]

Ajay DAS wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to use ROracle to communicate with Oracle from R program in windows
> environment. I am using Oracle 10g, R 2.6.2.  I found a pre-compiled binary
> for ROracle for Oracle version 9.2. When I am trying to use it with Oracle
> 10g I get the following error:
> 
> con <- dbConnect(drv, "user/passwd at dbname");
> 
> Error in function (classes, fdef, mtable)  :
>   unable to find an inherited method for function "dbConnect", for
> signature "OraDriver"
> 
> I then decided to compile ROracle myself.  I downloaded ROracle src from
> below:
> 
>       http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ROracle/index.html
> 
> When I was following the build instructions to run the makefile
> Makefile.win I got the following error:
> 
> NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make
> 'c:\\PROGRA~1\\R\\R-2.6.2\\src\\gnuwin32\\Rdll.lib'


Since the error message tells about "NAMKE", it seems you are not using 
the recommended compiler and tool collection as suggested in the manual 
R Installation and Administration...

Uwe Ligges




> I did not see Rdll.lib anywhere. Do I need to have the src for R as well ?
> Can anyone provide me a detailed instruction for building ROracle or is
> there a place where I can get a pre compiled binary for Oracle 10g ?
> 
> I had sent an email to the maintainer of the package but have not got any
> response.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ajay.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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