[R-sig-DB] RMySQL on Windows Vista 64bit

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, James Vines wrote:

> I have been trying to get RMySQL to work on Windows Vista 64 bit but I keep
> getting the following error when trying to load the library.
>
>> library(RMySQL)
> Loading required package: DBI
> Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
>  unable to load shared library
> 'C:/Users/Nick/Documents/R/win-library/2.8/RMySQL/libs/RMySQL.dll':
>  LoadLibrary failure:  %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
>
>
> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RMySQL'
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RMySQL'
>
>
> I looked up info on '%1 is not a valid Win32 application' but I was unable
> to find a solution. Is there a workaround for this or is 64bit windows just
> out of luck at the moment?

See this thread, and especially that item:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-db/2008q4/000564.html

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