Hi All, I am trying to connect to PostgreSQL on WinXP using Rdbi since Rdbi.PgSQL is not available for WinXP. Here is the error output which i get and sessionInfo() output. How does one get PgSQL() Could someone help/explain what i am doing wrong? Thanks, Hrishi > library(Rdbi) > dbconn<-dbConnect(PgSQL(),host="#####",dbname="%%%%%%%%%%",user="postg res",password="calvin") Error in dbConnect(PgSQL(), host = "localhost", dbname = "trial", user = "postgres", : couldn't find function "PgSQL" > dbconn<-dbConnect(PgSQL,host="localhost",dbname="trial",user="postgres ",password="calvin") Error in dbConnect(PgSQL, host = "localhost", dbname = "trial", user = "postgres", : Object "PgSQL" not found > dbconn<-dbConnect(pgsql(),host="localhost",dbname="trial",user="postgr es",password="calvin") Error in dbConnect(pgsql(), host = "localhost", dbname = "trial", user = "postgres", : couldn't find function "pgsql" > dbconn<-dbConnect(pgsql,host="localhost",dbname="trial",user="postgres ",password="calvin") Error in dbConnect(pgsql, host = "localhost", dbname = "trial", user = "postgres", : Object "pgsql" not found > sessionInfo() R version 2.1.1, 2005-06-20, i386-pc-mingw32 attached base packages: [1] "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" "datasets" "base" other attached packages: Rdbi "1.1.2"

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