Message-ID: <b1d315040411180652b5581ee@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2004-11-18T14:52:41Z
From: Yasser El-Zein
Subject: Informix database
In-Reply-To: <20041118144525.34688.qmail@web41205.mail.yahoo.com>
There is no DBI implementation for Informix. I would appreciate some
pointers to R's Java extension, if exists.
I already have a solution for S-PLUS. I am interested in finding one
for R to compare the two, otherwise my company will go with S-PLUS.
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:45:25 +0100 (CET), Vito Ricci
<vito_ricci at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> see DBI: R/S-Plus Database Interface, maybe it could
> help you:
>
> http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI
> http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/Conferences/DSC-2001/Proceedings/HothornJamesRipley.pdf
>
> I found:
>
> Other Database Connections from S-Plus
>
> Depending on the platform it's running, S-Plus
> provides access to some DBMS through the
> importData/exportData functions. Under Microsoft
> Windows you may import/export data through ODBC; under
> Solaris (and only Solaris) you may import data from
> Informix, Oracle, and Sybase. See also the function
> executeSQL.
>
> Best regards
> Vito
>
>
>
> You wrote:
> We use Informix database. I was able to connect to the
> database with
> S-PLUS by using its CONNECT/Java through the JDBC
> driver.
> How can I connect to Informix with R, wither using
> JDBC or any other
> method? we run Linux so I prefer a method other than
> ODBC.
>
> Thankx for the help
>
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