[R] problems with RODBC, sqlQuery

[Marc Schwartz]

On Aug 20, 2009, at 12:49 PM, JoK LoQ wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Im trying to get a Oracle database to R, but I'm having problems  
> with most
> of SQL sintax. Suppose that Im trying to bring a table "TABLE" with  
> columns
> "COL1","COL2",.. from schema "SCHEMA". What am I doing wrong?
>
> library(RODBC)
> channel<-odbcConnect("xxx",uid="xxx",pwd="xxx")
> sqlQuery(channel, "select * from SCHEMA.TABLE")
> [it works fine]
> sqlQuery(channel, "select * from SCHEMA.TABLE where COL1>10")
> [returns
> [""[RODBC] ERROR: Could not SQLExecDirect"
> [" (...) :invalid table name"]



What versions of R and RODBC are you using and on what OS?

Try:

 > packageDescription("RODBC", fields = "Version")
[1] "1.2-6"

I have no problems on OSX 10.5.8 using RODBC 1.2-6 with queries such  
as you are using against Oracle 11g running on an RHEL 5 server.

There may be some issues with RODBC version 1.3-0 which is the latest  
on CRAN, if that is the version you are using.

Marc Schwartz