[R-sig-DB] Saving R-objects to a database

[Sean Davis]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:53 AM, Christian Ruckert
<cruckert using uni-muenster.de> wrote:
> Someone solved the problem of saving R-objects to a database or can give me
> an answer like "this is not possible at the moment"?
>
> All my attempts runned into problems with conversion between blob, raw and
> character representations. Saving the R-object to a file and then getting it
> into the db leads to similar problems. Is saving to the file system the only
> practicable solution?

Look at the serialize function.  You can serialize any R object which
can be stored into the database of your choice.  Give that a try and
let us know with a code example if you have problems.

Sean

> In my special case I'm using a MySQL database with RMySQL package, but
> suggestions for other combinations are welcome.
>
> Greetings,
> Christian Ruckert
>
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