[R-sig-DB] Sybase anyone?

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Sig-DBers,

We're currently trying to figure how to let R (on Solaris) talk to ybase (on
Solaris).  As there is (AFAIK) no R DBI interface package for Sybase, we
tried RODBC with unixODBC and FreeTDS. We got halfway there -- we connect
and get table info, but no actual content.

We now have two choices: debug the both the FreeTDS and the unixODBC layer,
or start fresh against CTlib.  

Has anybody here tried either?  Or is there a fundamental reason I am
missing about why R doesn't play with Sybase?

Thanks for any and all pointers,  Dirk

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