Hi Tal,
did you get an answer to this? I'm having a similar problem.
Christoph
On Thursday, November 3, 2011 11:55:17 AM UTC+1, Tal Galili
wrote:>
> Hi all,
>
> I've just installed RGoogleTrends Version:0.2-1 (after compiling it for
> windows).
> And when running the most basic command I get the following error:
>
> > ans = getGTrends("coupon")
> Error in curlPerform(url = url, curl = curl, .opts = .opts) :
> embedded nul in string: '<ff><fe>Y'
> In addition: Warning message:
> RS-DBI driver warning: (closing pending result sets before closing this
> connection)
>
>
> Am I missing something, or is this due to some change in Rgoogletrends
> website?
>
> p.s: any chance there is a Rgoogleinsights alternative? (for
> http://www.google.com/insights/search/) I wasn't able to find any.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tal
>
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