Re: R and postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joe Conway
Subject Re: R and postgres
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Msg-id 4550424F.8050107@joeconway.com
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In response to R and postgres  (Reece Hart <reece@harts.net>)
Responses Re: R and postgres  (Reece Hart <reece@harts.net>)
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Reece Hart wrote:
> I'd like to get R to talk to postgresql, but my head's spinning among a
> web of broken links, way outdated web pages, project deprecation
> announcements and a terrible signal:link ratio.
>
> Rdbi and RdbiPgSQL seem to be the answer, despite both being apparently
> defunct projects.
>
> What is the Right Thing for a guy who wants R to talk to postgresql?

I think you want this:
http://bioconductor.org/packages/1.9/bioc/html/RdbiPgSQL.html

The bioconductor project is now maintaining RdbiPgSQL. I think many
people also use RODBC to connect R with Postgres.

Joe

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