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agstudy / rsqlserver

Sql Server driver database interface (DBI) driver for R. This is a DBI-compliant Sql Server driver based on the System.Data.SqlClient.
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Not really an issue perse, but your documentation suggests this is only for Windows OS, right? #24

Open data-steve opened 9 years ago

agstudy commented 9 years ago

Where?

I should update the documentation. It is also available for Linux . "rsqlserver is currently available only on github. It is available for windows user and Linux user."

data-steve commented 9 years ago

In prereqs it repeatedly mentions "Windows" and "Microsoft" with Windows OS and .NET stuff

The interoperability of R and .NET code relies on the rClr package. You can download an installable R package for windows (zip file). Please Make sure to at least skim through the installation instructions.. Under windows it is better to use the zip package. First you install Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013

The rsqlserver package uses the .NET framework SDK to build a small C# project. Typically if you have on your machine the file "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe", you can skip this paragraph. Otherwise you need to install the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4. An overview of list of Microsoft SDKs is available here

I'm a Mac user and figuring out how to set up a way to get to MSSQL without Parallels would be awesome. Any suggestions towards that?

I think you'd have lots of love from a how-to in your documentation OR function for solving that problem.

agstudy commented 9 years ago

The package is available for linux and windows users. I repeatedly mentioned windows in the documentation, because historically first version of the package was only available on windows.

Unfortunately , I had never have the opportunity to port the code to MAC for the simple reason that I don't have a MAC machine. Theoretically this is can be done using MONO-MAC.

I am studying to create a docker bundle. I think this option (mentioned also by other rsqlserver users) is the best option. I need some time or money to do it :)

data-steve commented 9 years ago

Thanks!

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The package is available for linux and windows users. I repeatedly mentioned windows in the documentation, because historically first version of the package was only available on windows.

Unfortunately , I had never have the opportunity to port the code to MAC for the simple reason that I don't have a MAC machine. Theoretically this is can be done using MONO-MAC.

I am studying to create a docker bundle. I think this option (mentioned also by other rsqlserver users) is the best option. I need some time or money to do it :)

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