Connect R and Vertica using RODBC

Question

This is my first time connecting to Vertica. I have already connected to a MySQL database sucessfully by using RODBC library.

I have the database setup in vertica an

Answer 1

You have to use double slash in the classPath arguement in JDBC function. for example,

vDriver <- JDBC(driverClass="com.vertica.jdbc.Driver", 
classPath="C:\\Program   Files\\Vertica Systems\\JDBC\\vertica-jdk5-6.1.2-0.jar")

worked for me, while just copying and pasting the route failed.