[R] RMySQL performance over RODBC

[Malladi, Sukhaswami]

R-help list,

I ported some R code from MS Windows PC to sun-solaris. Both do queries on
the same 
MySQL database.

PC version of R is 1.6.1 and solaris version is 1.6.0. I use RMySQL_0.5-0
(on solaris)
and RODBC 1.0-1 on PC to connect to MySQL. The PC version took about 65
mins. to run
wheras the Solaris (SunOS 5.7) version took 375 mins. (> 6 hrs). R and
RMySQL are 
resident on the same host (solaris) as the MySQL database.

Can experts on the list please throw some light as how to improve the
speed with which RMySQL queries can be processed ? 

RMySQL database access is done as follows:
-------------------------------------------
library(RMySQL) 				# 1
con <- dbConnect( ... )			# 2
...
rs <- dbSendQuery(con,qry)		# 3
rdat <- fetch(rs,n=10000)		# 4
...
dbDisconnect(con) 			# 5
-------------------------------------------

lines #3 and #4 are repeated about 10000 times in the script.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Sukhaswami Malladi


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