I'm trying to import data from SQL Server, but I'm having issues importing a table which consists of uniqueidentifier column type.
I'm using R Client 3.3.2.0 to query database.
Database table:
Code:
sqlConnString = "DRIVER=ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server;SERVER=JDIMKO;DATABASE=Test;UID=sa;PWD=***;"
colClasses = c("id" = "integer", "ui" = "character")
sqlServerData <- RxSqlServerData(
sqlQuery = "select * from tbl1",
connectionString = sqlConnString, colClasses = colClasses)
custData = rxImport(sqlServerData)
Error:
Unhandled SQL data type!!!
Unhandled SQL data type!!!
Could not open data source.
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler) :
Could not open data source.
RxSqlServerData
not supported UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
data type. You should convert it to varchar.
sqlServerData <- RxSqlServerData(
sqlQuery = "select id, CONVERT(VARCHAR(36), ui) ui from tbl1",
connectionString = sqlConnString, colClasses = colClasses)