R help - Oct 2003 - Running RMySQL with SuSE 8.2?

Since there doesn't appear to be an RMySQL rpm for SuSE 8.*,  does 
anyone know if the 7.3 version will work with the SuSE 8.2 rpms of R and 
DBI?

The package installs without complaint, but when I try to run

    con <- dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL"),dbname="test")

I get the error

    Error in dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL")) : couldn't find function
".valueClassTest"

(This is my first attempt to access a an rdms from R, so I could be 
doing something else wrong.)

Any ideas as what might be generating this error, or as to combinations 
of rpms that will work under SuSE 8.2 would be appreciated. (I took a 
stab at compiling RMySQL from src, but I don't have MySQL src installed 
and I rather not get involved in this if I can avoid it.)

Thanks,

Barnet Wagman

Do you know where I find a patched version, or where I find the patch an 
instructions on how to install it?  (I didn't see anything about this on 
CRAN.)  I'm running R-base-1.8.0-1.i386.rpm (the most recent binary 
available for SuSE) and it appears to have the 'valueClass' problem.

Thanks,

Barnet

David James wrote:
>However, 
>there is a problem in the released version of R 1.8.0 that affects
>the DBI and other packages (has something to do with methods
>that use the "valueClass" argument in the setGeneric/setMethod
functions).
>In this case one needs to use the R-patched version.
>
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>--
>David
>
>Barnet Wagman wrote:
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>>Since there doesn't appear to be an RMySQL rpm for SuSE 8.*,  does 
>>anyone know if the 7.3 version will work with the SuSE 8.2 rpms of R and
>>DBI?
>>
>>The package installs without complaint, but when I try to run
>>
>>    con <-
dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL"),dbname="test")
>>
>>I get the error
>>
>>    Error in dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL")) : couldn't find
function
>>".valueClassTest"
>>
>>(This is my first attempt to access a an rdms from R, so I could be 
>>doing something else wrong.)
>>
>>Any ideas as what might be generating this error, or as to combinations 
>>of rpms that will work under SuSE 8.2 would be appreciated. (I took a 
>>stab at compiling RMySQL from src, but I don't have MySQL src
installed
>>and I rather not get involved in this if I can avoid it.)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Barnet Wagman
>>
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