[R] R is not for Relational

[Torsten Hothorn]

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, John Carter wrote:

> R is not for Relational, but could be...
> 
> I was musing on data.frames when I decided what I needed was a SQL
> like 'select' statement.
> 
> Before I get involved in writing something like that, has anyone else
> written anything that allows a relational like algebra on data.frames?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

I contributed Rmsql (which is available at CRAN -> packages). It
implements a (very) basic interface between R and the msql database. 


Torsten


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