[R-sig-DB] Sybase anyone?

[Detlef Steuer]

> 
> 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.

That seems familiar ...

> 
> 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?

My way was to build a communication pipeline using Perl::DBI.
A bit ugly, but did what it should do.

Cu
detlef


> 
> Thanks for any and all pointers,  Dirk
> 
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