[R] connecting to DB2 database

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Aydemir, Zava (FID) wrote:

> i am trying to connect to a DB2 server using the DBI library.

The DBI *package* does not allow you to connect to anything by itself. 
For that you need a driver package, currently available for MySQL, ORACLE 
and SQLite (only, AFAIK).

There are ODBC drivers for DB2 (on several platforms) so perhaps 
you could use RODBC: perhaps also RJDBC.


> getData <- function()
>
> {
>
>    driver <- dbDriver("DB2")
>
>    conn <- dbConnect(driver,"server","uname","pword")
>
>    data <- dbSendquery(conn, "select etc.")
>
> }
>
>
>
> When I run the function, i get the error
>
>
>
>> data <-  getData()
> Error in do.call(as.character(drvName), list(...)) :
>        could not find function "DB2"
>
>
>
>
> Can anyone help me here?
>
> Thank you
>
> Zava
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