you need to construct the character string. here's what you want to give
to the sql argument --
paste( 'select * from file where ID = ' , Name )
so try
Name <- "Bobby"
read.csv.sql("filename",sql = paste( 'select * from file where ID = ' ,
Name ) )
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Juliane Struve <juliane_str...@yahoo.co.uk
> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Dear list,
> I am using read.csv.sql() from the sqldf package to read
> individual-based data from a csv file that is too large for R.
> My original file contains a column called ID that
> identifies the individual. I would like to read in data for only
> one individual at a
> time, for example "Bobby".
> read.csv.sql("filename",sql = 'select * from file where ID = Bobby')
> works fine, but
> Name <- "Bobby"
> read.csv.sql("filename",sql = 'select * from file
> where ID = Name') gives me an error message
> Error in sqliteExecStatement(con, statement,
> bind.data) :
> RS-DBI driver: (error in statement: no such column: Name)
>
> I would like to use a variable in the select statement because I have many
> individuals in the original csv file, is this possible ? I have no
> experience with sql, perhaps someone can kindly point out how to do this
> correctly or offer an alternative solution ?
> Thank you very much and happy Friday,
> Juliane
> Dr. Juliane Struve
> Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
> 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653
> 352-273-3632 (tel)
> 352-392-3672 (fax)
> email:mailto:jstr...@ufl.edu
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