[R] RMySQL on win32

[Jose Sierra]

Hello....

I try to compile RMysql and ROracle for Windows XP with Visual C++ but I 
haven´t successed.

Finally I have used RJDBC and it works.

Jose Sierra.

Uwe Ligges escribió:
> Pete Cap wrote:
>   
>> List,
>>
>> I just left an environment where I was running R and mysql on CENTOS.
>> At the time of install, RMySQL was available on CRAN.  Later installs
>> on Ubuntu were possible because it was available as a package in the
>> base repos.
>>
>> Now I'm in a new environment where I have no choice but to use
>> Windows XP.  I have just installed R 2.4.1 and MySQL 5.0.27.  The
>> installation instructions for getting RMySQL to install are a bit
>> dense and possibly over my head, so I'm wondering if it is really
>> necessary to compile the package against my current versions (yes, I
>> realize that may be a question with a painfully obvious answer), or
>> if I can simply use one of the precompiled binaries at David James's
>> site.  If anyone can tell me (or if there is a very easy way to get
>> RMySQL up and running on win32), please let me know.
>>
>> As an aside, can anyone explain why it is not possible to keep that
>> package in CRAN?  I'm just curious about that, it's just for my own
>> enlightenment.
>>     
>
> For CRAN, I could only build against one version of MySQL for each 
> version of R. In the past (particularly up to R-1.6.x), Brian Ripley 
> made some bad experiences with incompatibilities when the package was 
> built using different versions of MySQL. Hence we do not want to provide 
> builds to the public that might only work together with some particular 
> versions of MySQL.
>
> Best,
> Uwe
>
>
>
>
>   
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
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