R help - Feb 2015 - Database connection query

Hi,

I would like to know when to use drivers and when to use packages to connect to
databases in R

Regards,
Lalitha Kristipati
Associate Software Engineer



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> On Feb 9, 2015, at 4:33 AM, Lalitha Kristipati <Lalitha.Kristipati at
techmahindra.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know when to use drivers and when to use packages to
connect to databases in R
> 
> Regards,
> Lalitha Kristipati
> Associate Software Engineer

In general, you will need both.

There is more information in the R Data Import/Export manual:

 
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-data.html#Relational-databases

and there is a SIG list for R and DB specific subject matter:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-db

Regards,

Marc Schwartz