[R] Connecting to a SQLBASE database with R

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 9/8/2006 9:53 AM, SPIESSER Vincent wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 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 don't know SQLBASE, but I'm pretty sure there is no package that 
specifically supports that database.

So what you need to do is to find out if SQLBASE supports ODBC 
connections.  If it does, then you can use RODBC.  If not, then you're 
probably out of luck.

Duncan Murdoch
> 
> 
> 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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