[R] Connecting to a SQLBASE database with R

[Prof Brian Ripley]

You haven't told us your OS.

SQLBase would appear to have a Windows ODBC driver, so RODBC should be 
usable. I doubt it any other solution is (and RSQLite works only with 
SQLite).

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, SPIESSER Vincent wrote:

> I am trying to extract data from a database with R in order to produce monthly statistics.
> 
> I found in the R Website, the package RODBC, RSQLite and others ones which permit this kind of extraction.
> 
> The database I want to be connected with is a SQLBASE 7.0 database.
> So, I would like to know if, using one of these package or another one, I could be able to connect with this type of database.
> 
> 
> I hope I would be understood. I am not a database specialist and, being french, my english is a little bit poor.
> 
> Thanks for your response.
> 
> Vincent Spiesser

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