problem loading RMySQL

Hi Jeff:  thanks for getting back to me so quickly.  

Here is the output::

 > sessionInfo()

R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)
i386-pc-mingw32

locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United 
States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United 
States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  tcltk     utils     methods 
  base    

other attached packages:
[1] ineq_0.2-8      foreign_0.8-34  DBI_0.2-4       svSocket_0.9-43 
svMisc_0.9-46   TinnR_1.0.3    
[7] R2HTML_1.59-1   Hmisc_3.5-2    

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] cluster_1.11.13 grid_2.8.1      lattice_0.17-22 tools_2.8.1    

 > .libPaths()

[1] 
"//AA.AD.EPA.GOV/ORD/NAR/USERS/EC2/wmilstea/NETMYD~1/PORTAB~2/R/R-28~1.1/library" 

 > Sys.getenv('MYSQL_HOME')

MYSQL_HOME
        ""

 > utils::readRegistry("SOFTWARE\\MySQL AB", hive="HLM", maxdepth=2)

$`MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1`
$`MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1`$Version
[1] "5.1.5"