[GRASS-windows] is it possible to use R package spgrass6 to" load" MySQL data into Grass 6.3

[darren norris]

Dear all,

I need to get data (which define vector polygons, lines and points) from
MySQL database into GRASS (my rasters are in GRASS). As the MySQL driver is
being worked on (but low priotity) I'm just looking for alternatives and
advice.

As the MySQL driver is implemented in R I was thinking of using R (with sp
packages plus rgdal etc) as an interface between MySQL and Grass 6.3 (I have
Grass 6.3 installed using native installer on Vista).

Idea would be create R "sp" object from the MySQL data, run R from GRASS and
write the sp object to a GRASS vector.

Are there any reasons why this would be a really bad idea (it is messy and
far from perfect but lets me avoid having to import DBF files - which I have
a habit of losing / corrupting, just a case of personal preference really)? 

My work is generally small scale i.e. sizes of files in MB not GB, all run
on a personal laptop so I don't think I have to worry about waiting a little
or running out of memory / disk space while I move the data between MySQL /
R / Grass - is that correct?

Many thanks for any comments / words of warning / advice.
Darren