[R-sig-DB] RODBC and datadirect 64bit on linux

[Sean Davis]

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Sean Davis wrote:
> 
>> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>>> unixODBC and iodbc are driver managers, not drivers.  Looks like
>>> DataDirect (http://www.datadirect.com/products/odbc/index.ssp) is also a
>>> (commercial) driver manager that as far as I know no one has ever
>>> tested.
>>
>> Thanks for the clarified language.  Yes, that is indeed the case.  I
>> have a database vendor that is stating that the datadirect driver
>> manager is more stable than unixODBC and iODBC, so I am looking for how
>> to tell RODBC to use the datadirect driver manager.  Is this something
>> that even makes sense to ask?
> 
> Yes.  You need to tell configure how to link to it, and that will need
> reading both sets of manuals.


Just to complete the mail archives, the solution to my original problem
is pretty simple.  Specify configure-args when running R CMD INSTALL as:

--with-odbc-include=/path/to/datadirect-installation/include
--with-odbc-lib=/path/to/datadirect-installation/lib

Thanks for the help.

Sean