R help - Mar 2007 - odbcConnect - no data source and default driver

I am trying to connect sybase sql databast from R using RODBC pkg and
getting the following error ( i chnaged names to my***  but when I actually
execute it, I put down names explicitly not calling some character strings)
> channel =
odbcConnect(dsn='mydsn',uid='myid',pwd='mypasswd')
Warning messages:
1: [RODBC] ERROR: state IM002, code 0, message [iODBC][Driver Manager]Data
source name not found and no default driver specified. Driver could not be
loaded
2: ODBC connection failed in: odbcDriverConnect(st, case = case,
believeNRows = believeNRows)
> channel
odbcDriverConnect('SERVER=mydsn;DATABASE=my_subdb;UID=myid;PWD=mypasswd')
Warning messages:
1: [RODBC] ERROR: state IM007, code 5768012, message [iODBC][Driver
Manager]No data source or driver specified, dialog prohibited
2: ODBC connection failed in:
odbcDriverConnect("SERVER=mydsn;DATABASE=my_subdb;UID=myid;PWD=mypasswd")

I can see the connection by ping the server in a xterm:

 ~ > ping mydsn
mydsn is alive

Can you give me an advice how to create the channel object correctly? Thanks
so much!

Young

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You need to read the documentation for your ODBC driver manager 
(presumably iODBC) on your unstated OS.  You do need to set up a DSN or 
driver and the error message is that you have not done so.

[I have used iODBC in the past but no longer do so.  As I recall Debian 
Linux has it set up in a non-standard way so you do need the right set of 
instructions.]

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Young Cho wrote:
> I am trying to connect sybase sql databast from R using RODBC pkg and
> getting the following error ( i chnaged names to my***  but when I actually
> execute it, I put down names explicitly not calling some character strings)
>
>> channel =
odbcConnect(dsn='mydsn',uid='myid',pwd='mypasswd')
> Warning messages:
> 1: [RODBC] ERROR: state IM002, code 0, message [iODBC][Driver Manager]Data
> source name not found and no default driver specified. Driver could not be
> loaded
> 2: ODBC connection failed in: odbcDriverConnect(st, case = case,
> believeNRows = believeNRows)
>> channel >
odbcDriverConnect('SERVER=mydsn;DATABASE=my_subdb;UID=myid;PWD=mypasswd')
> Warning messages:
> 1: [RODBC] ERROR: state IM007, code 5768012, message [iODBC][Driver
> Manager]No data source or driver specified, dialog prohibited
> 2: ODBC connection failed in:
>
odbcDriverConnect("SERVER=mydsn;DATABASE=my_subdb;UID=myid;PWD=mypasswd")
>
> I can see the connection by ping the server in a xterm:
>
> ~ > ping mydsn
> mydsn is alive
>
> Can you give me an advice how to create the channel object correctly?
Thanks
> so much!
>
> Young
>
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>
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