[R] excel files and R

[Renaud Lancelot]

Simon Fear wrote:
> RODBC works fine but as far as I can tell requires that the connection
> be
> opened through Windows menus. OK for a one-off, but not for batch
> processing.
> Please someone tell me what I missed - how can I open the connection
> within
> an R script?
> (Windows 98)(not my fault)
[snip]

It is no longer true since Pr Ripley provided a function 
odbcConnectExcel() (as well as odbcConnectAccess() and others) in the 
latest version of package RODBC. See the help file(s).

Best,

Renaud

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