[R-sig-DB] Problem Connecting to Oracle with R from Windows XP

[Seth Falcon]

"Song, Alex" <asong using pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca> writes:

> Hello,
>
>  
>
> I installed RGui 2.5.1 and package DBI on Windows XP and tried to
> connect to Oracle database which is on a Linux server. When I tried to
> use dbDriver("Oracle"), I got an error as follows:

You need to install and load the ROracle package first.

> Could anyone tell me how to connect to Oracle with R from Windows XP?
> Do I need to configure any environment variables? Do I need to
> configure ODBC?

Instead of DBI, you could try the RODBC package.

+ seth

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