[R] Using R with Web services

[Ista Zahn]

Hi Marcos,
If your server is running Apache I highly recommend looking at RApache (see 
http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/rapache/).

This will not help with the database connection part though.

Best,
Ista
On Tuesday 01 June 2010 3:05:27 pm marcos carvajalino wrote:
> Hello list helpers,
> 
> I'm working at a research institute and I've been asked to develop a way of
> using R as a scripting and analysis tool which takes information from users
> via web forms, perform a query to an Oracle Database running on a Linux
> server and finally return formatted reports to the user via web. I'm sort
> of a newbie in web forms and web services so i've been reading about
> ROracle, RWeb and CGIwithR with little or no results so far, I need to
> know which is the easiest way of merging R with web services to solve my
> problem and if theres a manual or book that explains this kind of R use.
> 
> Could someone enlighten me?
> 
> Many thanks in advance and sorry for the typos...