RODBC works as documented (was [R] RODBC type conversion bug)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Omar Lakkis wrote:

> I run R 2.0.1 on Debian and connect to Informix database via RODBC. In
> the table below the column "month" is of type char(1). RODBC seems to
> be converting this column to boolean if the value is F or T.

Sounds reasonable.  So would read.table, and that equally is not a bug but 
as documented.

> This is the data in my table:
>
>       id month year
>      25         F 2005
>      26         Z 2005
>
> When I select * for id 25 I get
> 25 FALSE 2005
>
> When I select * for id 16 I get
> 26    Z 2005
>
> Is there a fix for this issue?

Yes, for you to read the help page (as the posting guide asks you to do 
before posting).

See ?sqlGetResults and its description of 'as.is'.


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