Thanks. The file is indeed there. By default Windows Explorer makes the *.dll 
files invisible. The file seem to be in a branch of the default library. I am 
missing something here.
> .libPaths()
[1] "H:/PROGRAMLOCAL/RW1062/library"
> library(RMySQL)
 Loading required package: methods 
 Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) : 
         unable to load shared library 
 "H:/PROGRAMLOCAL/RW1062/library/RMySQL/libs/RMySQL.dll":
   LoadLibrary failure:  One of the library files needed to run this 
 application cannot be found.
 Error in library(RMySQL) : .First.lib failed

In a message dated 2/16/03 3:30:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk writes:


> The message does not say that RMySQL is empty, indeed finds a DLL there,
> so please check your facts and the R-help archives for *yesterday*.
> I suspect all you need to do is to put .../library/RMySQL/lib in your 
> path.
> 
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 TyagiAnupam@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi R users,
> > 
> > I have been trying to install and use RMySQL on Windows98 for 
> > MySQL3.23.55-max using the pulldown menu. I am getting the following 
> errors. 
> > I read the doc and some archived mails about a similar problem on unix 
> like 
> > systems. Still can't get it to work. Some info below that may indicated 
> where 
> > the problem is:
> > * The directory RMySQL\libs is empty---I was not expecting this.
> > * There is a file "README.windows" in RMySQL directory which suggests 
> some 
> > changes using  the re-import utility "reimp", available at
> >       
> > http://mefriss1.swan.ac.uk/~jfonseca/gnu-win32/software/reimp/index.html
> > This file is missing at this location. Instead there is a note stating 
> that 
> > it is included in MinGW distribution. I installed this, but did not find 
> this 
> > file. 
> > * Below is the info from the installation and loading the library:
> > 
> > > {a <- CRAN.packages()
> > + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], 
> available=a)}
> > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'
> > Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 8948 bytes
> > opened URL
> > downloaded 8948 bytes
> > 
> > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/RMySQL.zip'
> > Content type `application/zip' length 322573 bytes
> > opened URL
> > downloaded 315Kb
> > 
> > 
> > Delete downloaded files (y/N)? y
> > 
> > updating HTML package descriptions
> > Warning message: 
> > DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f 
> > > library(RMySQL)
> > Loading required package: methods 
> > Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) : 
> >         unable to load shared library 
> > "H:/PROGRAMLOCAL/RW1062/library/RMySQL/libs/RMySQL.dll":
> >   LoadLibrary failure:  One of the library files needed to run this 
> > application cannot be found.
> > Error in library(RMySQL) : .First.lib failed
> > > 
> > -at
> > 
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> >                   -- Niels Bohr
> > 
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