[R-sig-DB] R MS-Sql database connection package

[Timothy H. Keitt]

Brian's quite right -- there is no prohibition against non-DBI
interfaces.

T.


On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 01:53, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Timothy H. Keitt wrote:
> 
> > I think the general preference is to subclass the DBI interface. See the
> > DBI package.
> 
> I am not sure how `general' that preference is, but it is definitely not 
> part of the `rules'.
> 
> The only rule for a package to be accepted on CRAN is that it passes `R
> CMD check' on the current and development versions of R.  That's a little 
> tricky where proprietary interfaces are concerned, but is workable as 
> packages such as ROracle show.
> 
> Using the DBI common interface would be desirable if it suffices for your 
> purposes, but it is your choice.
> 
> > 
> > THK
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 15:54, rikbradt using xs4all.be wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > we have a, for the moment, somewhat outdated R MS-SqlServer database
> > > connection package. It works with a not so recent version of freetds and used
> > > to compile under 1.x versions of R.
> > > We are now working on a upgrade of this package.
> > > - Is there anybody interested in collaborating on this subject.
> > > - What are the rules you need to fullfill to be accepted as a contributed
> > > package?
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Rik
> > > 
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Timothy H. Keitt
Section of Integrative Biology
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.keittlab.org/