[R] R and PostGresQL

Joe Conway mail at joeconway.com
Mon Aug 30 18:29:35 CEST 2004


Sean Davis wrote:
> What is the "standard" package for interfacing with PostGreSQL (most
> up-to-date)?  There appear to be at least three with different names:
> 
> Rdbi.PgSQL
> RdbiPgSQL (available as part of BioConductor)
> RPgSQL (On the home page, no longer maintained in favor or Rdbi)

AFAICT, the most recent, and only currently maintained package of the 
three, is the one from BioConductor.

You can also embed R in Postgres using PL/R, found here:
http://www.joeconway.com/plr/

HTH,

Joe




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