[R] RPostgreSQL: unable to load shared library

[Fanfaar]

Thanks, Brian and Joe, for the explanations. The libpq DLL was indeed
the problem.
FYI, it seems to load fine using the PostgreSQL 8.4 libpq.gll, if
further testing reveals problems I'll report it back.

Arnout


On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Fanfaar <fanfaar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I'm using R 2.9.2 on a WinXP system, and I installed the RPostgreSQL
> library using the package installer. When trying to load it, I get the
> following error:
>
>> library('RPostgreSQL')
> Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
>  unable to load shared library
> 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R/library/RPostgreSQL/libs/RPostgreSQL.dll':
>  LoadLibrary failure:  The operating system cannot run %1.
>
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RPostgreSQL'
>
> So one way or the other, the DLL is not found... Does anyone know how
> to fix this? I don't suppose DLL should be directly in my PATH, right?
>
> Thanks for any hints,
> Arnout
>