Hi all- I am stumped. The code in A. returns errors at lines 14 and 15 and fails to load series1 and series2. However, in B., if temp1 and temp2 are called again (which returns a "Table exists" error; see lines 14-17 in B.) series1 and series2 load correctly. Any ideas? Also-I am open to any suggestions to improve the code as I am a horrific programmer. Thanks A. 1 > library(RMySQL) 2 > library(psych) 3 > drv=dbDriver("MySQL") 4 > con = dbConnect(drv, user="tsgcst", password = "sOy9Nays", dbname="tsgcst", host="db.ci.uchicago.edu") 5 > dbListTables(con) [1] "TS_descript_spec" "participant_TS_descript" "snr_adultsTS1" "snr_adultsTS2" "time_series_small" "tvalFDR_small" 6 > temp1 <- paste("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE MyTemporaryTable1 SELECT * FROM time_series_small WHERE participant = '005_avg' AND roi = '1033' AND timeseries_run = '1';") 7 > temp2 <- paste("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE MyTemporaryTable2 SELECT * FROM time_series_small WHERE participant = '005_avg' AND roi = '1033' AND timeseries_run = '2';") 8 > temp3 <- paste("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE MyTemporaryTable3 SELECT * FROM tvalFDR_small WHERE participant = '005_avg' AND roi = '1033' AND nogestureFDR > 1.95;") 9 > dbSendQuery(con, temp1) <MySQLResult:(436,20,1)> 10 > dbSendQuery(con, temp2) <MySQLResult:(436,20,2)> 11 > dbSendQuery(con, temp3) <MySQLResult:(436,20,3)> 12 > query.string1 <- paste("SELECT t.timeseries_id, t.timeseries_signal FROM MyTemporaryTable1 t, MyTemporaryTable3 v WHERE t.participant = v.participant AND t.roi = v.roi AND t.voxel_id = v.voxel_id;",sep="") 13 > query.string2 <- paste("SELECT t.timeseries_id, t.timeseries_signal FROM MyTemporaryTable2 t, MyTemporaryTable3 v WHERE t.participant = v.participant AND t.roi = v.roi AND t.voxel_id = v.voxel_id;",sep="") 14 > series1 <- dbGetQuery(con, query.string1) Error in mysqlExecStatement(conn, statement, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (could not run statement: Table 'tsgcst.MyTemporaryTable1' doesn't exist) 15 > series2 <- dbGetQuery(con, query.string2) Error in mysqlExecStatement(conn, statement, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (could not run statement: Table 'tsgcst.MyTemporaryTable2' doesn't exist) > B. 1 > library(RMySQL) 2 > library(psych) 3 > drv=dbDriver("MySQL") 4 > con = dbConnect(drv, user="tsgcst", password = "sOy9Nays", dbname="tsgcst", host="db.ci.uchicago.edu") 5 > dbListTables(con) [1] "TS_descript_spec" "participant_TS_descript" "snr_adultsTS1" "snr_adultsTS2" "time_series_small" "tvalFDR_small" 6 > temp1 <- paste("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE MyTemporaryTable1 SELECT * FROM time_series_small WHERE participant = '005_avg' AND roi = '1033' AND timeseries_run = '1';") 7 > temp2 <- paste("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE MyTemporaryTable2 SELECT * FROM time_series_small WHERE participant = '005_avg' AND roi = '1033' AND timeseries_run = '2';") 8 > temp3 <- paste("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE MyTemporaryTable3 SELECT * FROM tvalFDR_small WHERE participant = '005_avg' AND roi = '1033' AND nogestureFDR > 1.95;") 9 > dbSendQuery(con, temp1) <MySQLResult:(436,19,1)> 10 > dbSendQuery(con, temp2) <MySQLResult:(436,19,2)> 11 > dbSendQuery(con, temp3) <MySQLResult:(436,19,3)> 12 > query.string1 <- paste("SELECT t.timeseries_id, t.timeseries_signal FROM MyTemporaryTable1 t, MyTemporaryTable3 v WHERE t.participant = v.participant AND t.roi = v.roi AND t.voxel_id = v.voxel_id;",sep="") 13 > query.string2 <- paste("SELECT t.timeseries_id, t.timeseries_signal FROM MyTemporaryTable2 t, MyTemporaryTable3 v WHERE t.participant = v.participant AND t.roi = v.roi AND t.voxel_id = v.voxel_id;",sep="") 14 > dbSendQuery(con, temp1) Error in mysqlExecStatement(conn, statement, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (could not run statement: Table 'MyTemporaryTable1' already exists) 15 > series1 <- dbGetQuery(con, query.string1) 16 > dbSendQuery(con, temp2) Error in mysqlExecStatement(conn, statement, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (could not run statement: Table 'MyTemporaryTable2' already exists) 17 > series2 <- dbGetQuery(con, query.string2) -- Anthony Steven Dick, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow Human Neuroscience Laboratory Department of Neurology The University of Chicago 5841 S. Maryland Ave. MC-2030 Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (773)-834-7770 Email: adick at uchicago.edu Web: http://home.uchicago.edu/~adick/