DonkeyRhubarb <michaeligoe <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> I'm quite new to R and have limited experience. What Im trying to do is
very
> important as it is part of my final year project; or more so the central
> idea behind it.
>
> I will be creating BibTex files to enter into a mySQL database. I then need
> to perform operations on this DB like 'return studies similar to
x'.
>
> It's really just getting a start at this that I'm having trouble
with and if
> anyone could offer any advice whatsoever I would be more than grateful.
>
> Many thanks.
>
Hmmm. This sounds much more like a database question than
an R question. R has various interfaces (RmySQL, RODBC, etc)
for interfaces to relational databases. Section 4 of the
R data import/export manual gives quite a bit of detail.
I think that if you need more information on SQL queries etc.
you need to start with a local source (who is the advisor
for your project?)
good luck
Ben Bolker