R help - Oct 2006 - accesing MySQL through JDBC

Hi all,
 
Completely new to this list and completely new to R so, please, accept my
apologies in advance if any question is too basic or out of place. Thanks.
 
After reading some docs, googling around and searched the mail lists I've
only found spare references to accessing databases. Among these references, few
are related with JDBC and none of them include both MySQL and JDBC access.
 
Our group is considering to move to R from SPSS, SAS, StatGraphics and other
minor statistic packages. We need to support a diverse group of users playing
with several Windows and Linux flavours, Mac OS X and some more exoteric s.o.
solutions. At the same time we are moving all our data to MySQL servers. And the
connection between MySQL and office and research software applications to JDBC.
 
Please, does R support JDBC access to MySQL databases? Could you point me in the
right direction to find some documents about this issue?
 
Thanks you very much,
 
Ricardo
 
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Ricardo Rodr?guez
Your EPEC ICT Team

"Your EPEC ICT Team - Ricardo Rodr?guez"
<webmaster at environmentalchange.net> writes:
> Please, does R support JDBC access to MySQL databases? Could you point
> me in the right direction to find some documents about this issue?
Have you found the RMySQL package?  It allows you to talk to MySQL
databases from R.

+ seth