sqlQuery: impossible to get the ID number as Character into R?

Question

I\'m using the RODBC package inside an ORACLE DATA BASE (DB). Everything is doing very well, but I need to obtain a table from this DB and some variables as cha

Answer 1

Change the query to cast the id to the data type you want:

select distinct cast(t.fono_id_dis as varchar(255)) as id
. . . 

This should work with most databases.

Answer 2

This works for me:

library(RODBC)
con <- odbcDriverConnect('driver={SQL Server};server=[your server name];database=[your database name];trusted_connection=true')
ManzResul_VIII<-sqlQuery(con,"select distinct ('m' + id) as id from [your table]")