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Several packages on CRAN provide (or relate to) interfaces between databases and R.  Here is a summary, mostly in the words of the package descriptions.  Remember that package names are [...]

Chapter 32 of Tao Te Programming advises you to make bricks instead of monoliths.  Here is an example. The example is written with the syntax of R and is a [...]

There is a mechanism that allows variability in the arguments given to R functions.  Technically it is ellipsis, but more commonly called ”…”, dots, dot-dot-dot or three-dots. Basics The three-dots [...]