mdbtools claims to have an ODBC driver, so no conversion should be necessary, just use RODBC.
Both last time I tried and just now I could not get it to compile. The problems were in its Gtk front end, but that appears not to be optional. On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Anne York wrote: > I am trying to use some ms access databases in R (version > 1.9.1 or 2.0 on a Debian system). In searching the net for > promising software to do this, I found mdbtools. Mdbtools > claims the ability to convert schemas and tables in MS > Access to MySQL and other databases. > > http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/ > > I'm wondering if anyone in the R community has tried using > this software to use MS-Access databases in R with a Linux > system. If so, Were you successful? What kind of problems > did you encounter? -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
