[R] data format of x in x <- sqlQuery()

[Sukhaswami Malladi]

All

When I read data into an R variable x using RODBC command:

x <- sqlQuery(channel,"select a, b from tabl",as="data frame")   

and view x, I get 3 columns the first one being the index of
the rows in x. 

What options do I use in sqlQuery so as not have the index in x ? 
How do I get rid of the index otherwise.

For some functions like princomp (and boxplot) for example:

> princomp(x)
Error in cov.wt(z) : x must contain finite values only

There is no error for USArrests example data which 
does not have index.

> boxplot(x)
Error in x[floor(d)] + x[ceiling(d)] : non-numeric argument to binary
operator


Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Sukhaswami Malladi




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