Hi Tom,

Unfortunately I can't have pure SQL output in my org files for two reasons:

1. The result set I am dealing with for this particular problem is about
20000 records
2. My SQL server (Netezza, "big data appliance") is not supported by
Babel-SQL. I configured sql-mode to work with Netezza but session-based SQL
is not supported by Babel either. I started adding support for SQL sessions
to ob-sql.el and it kind of works but the results I am getting are
inconsistent and only a small subset of header parameters is supported. Of
course I haven't tested is with any other database. I can share what I've
done if anybody is interested.

Regards,
Alex


On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

> Aloha Alex,
>
> My work flow in this situation evaluates the SQL to create an Org-mode
> table, which serves as input to the R source code block.
>
> For me, seeing the SQL output in a table is a sanity check.
>
> hth,
> Tom
>
> Alexander Vorobiev <alexander.vorobiev@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I have R code which submits SQL statements to a database server. Since
> the
> > SQL is rather complex, I want to put it into a separate code block in
> order
> > to have proper formatting, syntax highlighting, etc:
> >
> > #+name: long-sql
> > #+begin_src sql
> >     select *
> >     from many, tables
> >     where
> >         complex_condition1 = 1,
> >         complex_condition2 = 2
> > #+end_src
> >
> > * Load the data to R session
> > #+begin_src R :session *R* :noweb yes
> >     result <- submit_query('<<long-sql>>')
> > #+end_src
> >
> > Unfortunately, the R block doesn't work. When I open the file generated
> by
> > Babel, I see this:
> >
> > result <- submit_query('select *
> > result <- submit_query('from many, tables
> > etc
> >
> > instead of the one R submit_query call with my SQL statement as an
> > argument. Is there anything I can do to achieve that?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Alex
> > I have R code which submits SQL statements to a database server. Since
> > the SQL is rather complex, I want to put it into a separate code block
> > in order to have proper formatting, syntax highlighting, etc:
> >
> > #+name: long-sql
> > #+begin_src sql
> > select *
> > from many, tables
> > where
> > complex_condition1 = 1,
> > complex_condition2 = 2
> > #+end_src
> >
> > * Load the data to R session
> > #+begin_src R :session *R* :noweb yes
> > result <- submit_query('<<long-sql>>')
> > #+end_src
> >
> > Unfortunately, the R block doesn't work. When I open the file
> > generated by Babel, I see this:
> >
> > result <- submit_query('select *
> > result <- submit_query('from many, tables
> > etc
> >
> > instead of the one R submit_query call with my SQL statement as an
> > argument. Is there anything I can do to achieve that?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Alex
> >
> >
>
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
>