[R] eval() parse() and problem with square brackets

Jakub Jurdziak enzo83 at wp.pl
Tue Jan 23 17:29:32 CET 2007


Hello,

i have problem with the following code (I'm using sqlQuery function from 
RODBC package):
eval(parse(text="g_1 <- sqlQuery(cnn_1, \"select aa from 
bb.[cc\\dd].ee\")")).

I get the error message:
"[RODBC] ERROR: Could not SQLExecDirect"
"S0002 208 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid object 
name 'bb.cc\dd.ee'."

It seems that R is replacing square brackets that are needed for 
database to execute query.

How can I force R to change its behavior and leave square brackets 
unchanged?

Any ideas appreciated.

Kuba



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