R Observatory: Metrics for MSSQL version 1.0.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

MSSQL

1.0.1Package record

Tools to Work with Microsoft SQL Server Databases via 'RODBC'

0packages depend

2.7Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Arni MagnussonCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Tools that extend the functionality of the 'RODBC' package to work with Microsoft SQL Server databases. Makes it easier to browse the database and examine individual tables and views.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("MSSQL", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("gfcm/MSSQL")

Development version from gfcm/MSSQL. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-mssql

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-MSSQL

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-MSSQL

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 58 s · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-09-08
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-09-07
OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 1.0.1

README· In the repository, left out of the releaseVignettesYes · 1 · staticNEWSYes · 100% structured · does not mention 1.0.1Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 10includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 11%1 run in a plain check · 8 never run
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

Vignettes (1)

Implementation Notes PDF

How these are measured

Downloads

2.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #20,896 · ~7/day · ~228/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

25030 days

62390 days

2.7K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on91 r2u7 autocran94 c2d4u

How downloads are counted

Repository

gfcm/mssql ↗Organization: gfcm

2Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

2Releases

50Commits

2Commit identities

50 commits · Last activity 2024-10-22 · 0% stars, 30d

Responsiveness

not measured

Stars over time

2021-12-15 · 22026-07-07 · 2

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

Checks run against github.com/gfcm/mssql on 2026-10-11.

No development-tooling practices detected in the upstream repository.

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v3 (2026-09-26)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Installing MSSQL adds 1 package (1 with compiled code, 920 KB of source tarballs). Heaviest: RODBC 920 KB.

Depends (0)

none

Imports (1)

RODBC

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Arni Magnusson

Author, Maintainer since 1.0.0 (2021)

Releases (2)

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Package metadata

First published: 2021-03-10
Total releases: 2 / 5 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Download size: 105 KB

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Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("MSSQL")

Format

Magnusson, A. (2024). MSSQL: Tools to Work with Microsoft SQL Server Databases via 'RODBC' (Version 1.0.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.MSSQL

This package has no citation file, so citation() returns this entry built from DESCRIPTION.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for MSSQL version 1.0.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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