Re: [R] Loading mdb

2011-03-22 Thread ROLL Josh F
n a 64 bit machine. I cant seem to locate a 64 bit counterpart. -Original Message- From: Phil Spector [mailto:spec...@stat.berkeley.edu] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 1:01 PM To: ROLL Josh F Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Loading mdb I believe that you are misinterpreting

Re: [R] Loading mdb

2011-03-22 Thread ROLL Josh F
e: [R] Loading mdb I believe that you are misinterpreting the error message. The mdb-get function relies on external programs named "mdb-tables" and "mdb-schema" to do its work. Those programs must be installed on your computer (and in directories in your search path), for the funct

Re: [R] Loading mdb

2011-03-22 Thread Phil Spector
ead in mdb's from MS Access? I feel like it should be easier than this? Thoughts? Thanks Phil JR -Original Message- From: Phil Spector [mailto:spec...@stat.berkeley.edu] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 1:01 PM To: ROLL Josh F Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Loading mdb I

Re: [R] Loading mdb

2011-03-22 Thread Kenn Konstabel
I've used RODBC to read in ms access files... or if you're as lazy as me you could use the following below (it can handle some other ms office file types too and thinks it can recognize file types but as has been pointed out in this list, using it with excel probably means trouble) read.mso <- fun

Re: [R] Loading mdb

2011-03-22 Thread Phil Spector
I believe that you are misinterpreting the error message. The mdb-get function relies on external programs named "mdb-tables" and "mdb-schema" to do its work. Those programs must be installed on your computer (and in directories in your search path), for the function to work. I don't know what op

[R] Loading mdb

2011-03-22 Thread LCOG1
Well im thoroughly frustrated after 25 minutes of checking and rechecking my path. What do i not know about loading a mdb that is keeping me from loading my data. i have loaded the Hmisc library and pointed it too my data using mdb.get and continue to get the following error. Error in system(