Using MySQL in R for Windows

Question

How to use MySQL in R (statistic language) for Windows (7)?

There is no problems then using linux:

install.packages(\'RMySQL\')
library(RMySQL)
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Answer 1

You need to install the MySQL headers and libraries, as explained in the installation instructions. Please do read the documentation before turning to SO.

Answer 2

possible duplicate. However, my suggestions is to try WAMP which comes as a one click install. Admittedly you get more than you need (webserver) but the MySQL installation runs pretty well.

Answer 3

Found solution with help of ran2, who gave me link to common question. The basic process is described here, but there are several hints, So I will describe the whole solution (please change the R version and paths if needed):

1. Install latest RTools from here
2. install MySQL or header and library files of mysql
3. create or edit file C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\etc\Renviron.site and add line like MYSQL_HOME=C:/mysql (path to your mysql files)
4. copy libmysql.lib from mysql/lib to mysql/lib/opt to meet dependencies.
5. copy libmysql.dll to C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin or to windows/system32 directory.
6. run install.packages('RMySQL',type='source') and wait while compilation will end.

Thanks to all who tried to answer.