[R-sig-DB] RODBC and datadirect 64bit on linux
Sean Davis
@d@v|@2 @end|ng |rom m@||@n|h@gov
Tue Sep 4 15:58:54 CEST 2007
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
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