[R] functions not found after installing DBI/RDBI packages

[Sean Davis]

Colin,

Rdbi provides generic methods for working with databases.  It requires 
a driver for a specific database, as well.  Therefore, you will need to 
download and install RdbiPgSQL, also.

Sean

On Jan 21, 2005, at 4:58 AM, Combe, Colin wrote:

> Hi,
> I would like to be able to use R with a connection to a PostgreSQL 
> database. I am using R 2.0.1 on windows XP. I have tried installing 
> both the DBI and rDBI packages (which is better?) but in either case I 
> run into the same problem - when i try to use either the dbDriver or 
> dbConnect functions i'm told the function couldn't be found. Seems 
> like the packages aren't installing properly. I installed DBI from a 
> zip file and rDBI from bioconductor.
>
> Any clues as to where i'm going wrong?
>
> thanks,
> colin
>
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