[R] Re: Informix database

[Yasser El-Zein]

There is no DBI implementation for Informix. I would appreciate some
pointers to R's Java extension, if exists.
I already have a solution for S-PLUS. I am interested in finding one
for R to compare the two, otherwise my company will go with S-PLUS.


On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:45:25 +0100 (CET), Vito Ricci
<vito_ricci at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> see DBI: R/S-Plus Database Interface, maybe it could
> help you:
> 
> http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI
> http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/Conferences/DSC-2001/Proceedings/HothornJamesRipley.pdf
> 
> I found:
> 
> Other Database Connections from S-Plus
> 
> Depending on the platform it's running, S-Plus
> provides access to some DBMS through the
> importData/exportData functions. Under Microsoft
> Windows you may import/export data through ODBC; under
> Solaris (and only Solaris) you may import data from
> Informix, Oracle, and Sybase. See also the function
> executeSQL.
> 
> Best regards
> Vito
> 
> 
> 
> You wrote:
> We use Informix database. I was able to connect to the
> database with
> S-PLUS by using its CONNECT/Java through the JDBC
> driver.
> How can I connect to Informix with R, wither using
> JDBC or any other
> method? we run Linux so I prefer a method other than
> ODBC.
> 
> Thankx for the help
> 
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