similar to: Database Connection Problem with RMySQL package

I get the following error trying to connect to a MySQL database: > library(RMySQL) Loading required package: DBI > drv<-dbDriver("MySQL") > con<-dbConnect(drv, user="hothand", password=xxx, host="localhost", dbname="hh03"); Error in mysqlNewConnection(drv, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (could not connect hothand at localhost on dbname

Full_Name: Apfel Schmied Version: 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) OS: WinXP SP2 Submission from: (NULL) (134.106.122.139) RMySQL Version: 0.7-2 DBI Version: 0.2-4 MySQL Version: 5.1.30 (Enviroment Variable MYSQL_HOME is set) Updated R from 2.60 to 2.8.1. Now Gui.exe hangs up (100% CPU Useage) when requesting data from a mysql database. Example Code:

I have justed upgraded R v1.7.0 on Windows NT 4 and have installed the latest RMySQL (version 0.5-1)and DBI (version 0.1-5) packages. When I issue the following commands (tactfully adjusted) R just crashes and disappears, any ideas? require(RMySQL) m <- dbDriver("MySQL") con <- dbConnect(m, dbname="xxx", user="xxx", password="xxx",

Dear All, I have a setup where R pulls entries from a MySQL db server. I wanted to know whether the R interface can pull encrypted / compressed data from MySQLD. MySQL supports compressed communication on the server side, but I couldn't find any references to such options on the client (RMySQL) side. Best, Uri Hasson. --- Uri Hasson. Brain Research Imaging Center The University of Chicago.

Sorry mistake from me. This was another problem in my mind , but with RMySQL. Christian > library(RMySQL) > library(sqldf) > sqldf("Select * from mtcars") Fehler in mysqlNewConnection(drv, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (Failed to connect to database: Error: Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' (using password: NO) ) Fehler in if (dbname ==

Quick question about the configuration files relative to RMySQL (I've tried to get feedback directly from the author David James, but his email address was non-responsive): Documentation at http://cran.r-project.org/doc/packages/RMySQL.pdf on page 3 indicates that for windows machines the only place that the my.cnf file will be looked for is the root (C:\) directory. Is this read correct?

I have a local installation of MySQL on my computer. I enter the following to access MySQL from the command line: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql -h localhost -u root -p I am then prompted for a password, and I use: root This connects me to MySQL in the command line. I now want to access MySQL databases in R. I enter the following: mysql <- dbDriver("MySQL") conn <-

Hi everybody, I'm having a problem with connecting to my MySQL database. Each time I try to connect library(RMySQL) m <- dbDriver("MySQL") con <- dbConnect (m, host="my_host",username="my_username", password="my_password", dbname="name_of_db") it says Fehler in mysqlNewConnection(drv, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (could not connect

I am having difficulties installing the RMySQL package (0.6-1) on a clean install of pclinuxos with R version 2.5.1. My version of the OS came with R-base already installed along the RKWard GUI front end.I have attempted to install the package through RKWard however I have had some problems. I have searched google and various forums extensively but I have not found anyone with the exact same

Hi, I am brand new to the world of R, so please bare with me while I goof my way through a question. I am attempting to trial using R with MySQL. The MySQL server is on a Linux box and I am using the Windows (32bit XP) version of R. I have installed RMySQL successfully, however when I load it I get the error: Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'RMySQL', details: call:

Hi, I am having problems loading RMySQL. I am using MySQL 5.0, R version 2.5.1, and RMySQL with Windows XP. When I try to load rMySQL I get the following error: > require(RMySQL) Loading required package: RMySQL Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) : unable to load shared library 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-25~1.1/library/RMySQL/libs/RMySQL.dll': LoadLibrary

Hi, I have a problem loading RMySQL 0.5-5 on Mac OS 10.4.2 running R 2.1.1. I installed RMySQL using: export PKG_CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/mysql/include" export PKG_LIBS="-L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient" R CMD INSTALL /Users/gwo/Desktop/RMySQL_0.5-5.tar.gz The installation seemed to work ok, but when I load RMySQL in R I get an error message: >library(RMySQL)

I just installed RMySQL 0.5-9 with R 2.4.0 on Windows XP and got the following error message when trying to run a script with RMySQL: Error in library(RMySQL) : 'RMySQL' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0? Any ideas? Thanks, Frank

Hi, I had my R to MySQL 5.0 connection working fine under 2.5.1 on Windows XP. My MySQL installation is local, not on a server and I could connect with: con <- dbConnect(MySQL(), dbname = "mydatabase", user="root", password="XX") I have updated to R 2.8.1 (RMySQL 0.7-2) but that same line of code yields: Error in mysqlNewConnection(drv, ...) : RS-DBI driver:

I had installed R and MySQL ,then I input : > install.packages('RMySQL',type='source') show the message below, Why? Why shows "ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RMySQL'"? ??URL?http://mirrors.xmu.edu.cn/CRAN/src/contrib/RMySQL_0.9-3.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 165363 bytes (161 Kb) ???URL downloaded 161 Kb *

What do I need to do to load the RMySQL library on Win 2K using version 1.8.1 I have Mysql v4.0.16 up and running on the local machine with several databases running fine. Using RGUI I have loaded RMySQL and an appropriate directory structure has appeared under C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\library\RMySQL I have added C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\library\RMySQL\inst\libs to my path variable so that

Dear All, I am having a bit of problem using the DBI and RMySQL package. I have already installed DBI but now I want to connect to MySQL. So how do I do it. The CRAN package repository does not have RMySQL windows binary to install from? Regards, Indrajit Sen Gupta Business Analyst Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt Ltd #21/1-1, Nawab Towers Cunningham Road Bangalore 560 052, India Tel: +91 80

Dear Group, I'm having lots of problems getting RMySQL on a 64 bit machine. I followed all instructions available but couldn't get it working yet! Please help. See the output below. I did a install of RMySQL binary from the revolution cran source. It seems to have unpacked fine but gives this error when I call RMySQL Error: package 'RMySQL' is not installed for 'arch=x64'

Being relatively new to R, I want to use R in connection with a MySQL database. After installing (apparently sucessfully) the package RMySQL (R Version 1.6.2) the result is as follows: > library(RMySQL) > con <- dbConnect(MySQL(), dbname= "test") Error: couldn''t find function "dbConnect" Thank You in advance for help Peter Jörg Peter Baresel Technische

I have been installing and using the RMySQL package, version 0.5-3 with R versions 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 on Windows XP without any problem. I installed the package using the .zip binary package available at http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI/download/index.html. However, I ran into a problem using this package with the latest version 2.0.0 of R. The installation went ok, but loading the library using