R help - Nov 2002 - Which DBMS to use?

I'm currently trying to do analysis on a 565k record database of
Philadelphia's property assessments. I read the Data Import/Export .pdf and
am still conflicted about which DBMS I should use to maintain reliability
and ensure I don't crash while trying to do my calculations.

Should I go with PostgreSQL for the option of Proxy Data Frames or should I
go with MySQL for the "lean and mean" approach? Note that'd
I'd be using it
on a Windows 98 OS.

Any input would be much appreciated and thank you in advance.

-Brian Cole
  Staff Researcher
  Center for the Study of Economics


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I think we only currently have the options of RMySQL and RODBC under
Windows.

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Brian Cole wrote:
>
> I'm currently trying to do analysis on a 565k record database of
> Philadelphia's property assessments. I read the Data Import/Export .pdf
and
> am still conflicted about which DBMS I should use to maintain reliability
> and ensure I don't crash while trying to do my calculations.
>
> Should I go with PostgreSQL for the option of Proxy Data Frames or should I
> go with MySQL for the "lean and mean" approach? Note that'd
I'd be using it
> on a Windows 98 OS.
>
> Any input would be much appreciated and thank you in advance.
>
> -Brian Cole
>   Staff Researcher
>   Center for the Study of Economics
>
>
>
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