[R] sqlSave with underscores in table fieldname

[Hoeven, Maarten van der]

Hi,

resending this question; guess someone missed it (?)

Thanks,
Maarten

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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Hoeven, Maarten
> van der
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:34 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] sqlSave with underscores in table fieldname
> 
> 
> Hi group,
> 
> I try to write a frame to a table (RODBC). I use
> 	colnames(temp6) <- 
> c("ind_id","ser_id","period_id","year","calc","mean")
> 	sqlSave(channel, temp6, tablename = 
> "series_indices_test",append= TRUE, rownames=FALSE, verbose = 
> FALSE, test = FALSE, nastring = -999999, fast = FALSE)
> 
> This is giving me an error:
> 	Error in sqlSave(channel, temp6, tablename = 
> "series_indices_test", append = TRUE,  : 
>         	unable to append to table %sseries_indices_test
> 
> My table definition is:
> ind_id smallint(3) 
> ser_id smallint(4)
> period_id tinyint(2)
> year smallint(4)
> calc mediumint(6)
> mean mediumint(6)
> 
> This error is related to the underscores I use in the table. 
> Because, when I change the table definition to (removing underscores):
> 
> indid smallint(3) 
> serid smallint(4)
> periodid tinyint(2)
> year smallint(4)
> calc mediumint(6)
> mean mediumint(6)
> 
> and execute
> 	colnames(temp6) <- 
> c("indid","serid","periodid","year","calc","mean")
> 	sqlSave(channel, temp6, tablename = 
> "series_indices_test",append= TRUE, rownames=FALSE, verbose = 
> FALSE, test = FALSE, nastring = -999999, fast = FALSE)
> 
> 
> it goes well.
> 
> Not using the underscores is not really prefered, as this 
> table with this underscores in the definition is used on a 
> lot of places elsewhere. But if removing the underscores is 
> the only solution, let me know as well.
> 
> 
> Any clue?
> 
> Using R 1.9.0, RODBC-package 1.4.0 (underlying database MySQL 
> 4.0.16-standard)
> 
> Thanks,
> Maarten
> 
> 
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