Hi all, Problem is solved. The solution is I needed to pass the whole string "driver=SQL Server;server= 01hd166373" as a parameter and not only the servername.
my<-function(servername,dbname,dbtable){ library(RODBC) channel<- odbcDriverConnect(paste(servername) init_data<- sqlQuery(channel,paste("select * from",dbname,"..",dbtable) } my("driver=SQL Server;server= 01hd166373",test_db,test_vikrant) Cheers, Vikrant. -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/R-connection-with-sql-server-2005-tp1478145p1478484.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.