[R-sig-Debian] In odbcDriverConnect ODBC connection failed

[Whit Armstrong]

Is there a reason you don't want to use the ROracle driver?

It has worked quite well for me at other firms (we don't have oracle here).

-Whit


On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel<edd at debian.org> wrote:
>
> On 12 August 2009 at 13:23, Luis Ridao Cruz wrote:
> | R-sig-Debian help,
> |
> | I have installed an ODBC Driver for Linux.
> |
> | I want to connect to our database through R via:
> |
> | >library(RODBC)
> | >con <- odbcDriverConnect("SERVER=IP_address:PORT;DRIVER=ORACLE;DATABASE=MAGNUS")
> | Warning message:
> | In odbcDriverConnect("SERVER=IP_address:PORT;DRIVER=ORACLE;DATABASE=MAGNUS") :
> |   ODBC connection failed
> |
> | I don't really know whether this is the right syntax. I copy-paste files "odbc.ini" and "odbcinst.ini":
> |
> | ## file odbc.ini
> | [ORACLE]
> | Driver        = ORACLE
> | Database        = //IP_address:PORT/MAGNUS
> | User        = my_username
> | Password        = my_password
> | METADATA_ID        = 0
> | ENABLE_USER_CATALOG        = 1
> | ENABLE_SYNONYMS        = 1
> |
> | ## file odbcinst.ini
> | [ORACLE]
> | Description        = Easysoft ODBC Oracle Driver
> | Driver        = /usr/local/easysoft/oracle/libesoracle.so
> | Setup        = /usr/local/easysoft/oracle/libesoraclesetup.so
> | DontDLClose        = 1
> | FileUsage        = 1
> | UsageCount        = 1
>
> I only briefly worked with Oracle and as I recall you needed another layer of
> naming indirection.
>
> You may want to test the basics of RODBC with an ODBC-driven db you can
> control (mysql, postgresql, sqlite, ...) to ensure that that part works, and
> then try to work out the Oracle specific bits, maybe with help from r-sig-db.
>
> Dirk
>
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