R help - Jun 2013 - Database Connectivity Performance Comparison with ROracle

R users have a few choices of how to connect to their Oracle Database. 
The most commonly seen include: RODBC, RJDBC, and ROracle. However, 
these three packages have significantly different performance and 
scalability characteristics which can greatly impact application 
development. This blog article 
[https://blogs.oracle.com/R/entry/r_to_oracle_database_connectivity] 
provides benchmark results comparing these alternatives and highlights 
performance on a wide range of data sets.

Cheers,
Mark

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Mark Hornick
Oracle Advanced Analytics