RFC: quantmod::getSymbols.MySQL
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
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Should all of the fixes for these MySQL issues have migrated to CRAN by now? I'm still running my old code daily without using MySQL due to messages like this:
Yes, all the fixes mentioned above are on CRAN.
[1] "From MySQL -- SPY" Error in (function (classes, fdef, mtable) : unable to find an inherited method for function ?dbConnect? for signature ?"character"?
This is a separate issue caused by changes to the RMySQL API. I don't use this functionality, so I've opened an issue and asked for people to test the proposed solution. https://github.com/joshuaulrich/quantmod/issues/45 As you can see, there's been one response in the past month from an anonymous person. I'd like more feedback before pushing to CRAN. Feedback quantity doesn't matter as much as quality. I'd be comfortable with feedback from just one person I know I can trust. I just pushed the proposed fix to branch RMySQL_45. Hopefully that will make it easier for others to test. Best, -- Joshua Ulrich | about.me/joshuaulrich FOSS Trading | www.fosstrading.com R/Finance 2015 | www.rinfinance.com
OK, well as an acknowledged dummy, in RStudio I see that quantmod-0.4-4 is installed and nothing newer is showing up as a package update. I suspect I'd need to either wait a bit longer or else install quantmod from some other location using some other method?