[R] Reading MS Access Database Files?

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"Richard A. Bilonick" <rab at nauticom.net> writes:

> Does anyone know of a way to convert or read MS Access database files under Linux
> so I can access them in R? I had contacted  Concdeptual Software about DBMS/Copy
> and they assured me that the Linux version could handle Access files. Of course,
> when I purchased it then they said that it couldn't read MS Access files.
> 
> Rick Bilonick

I don't think I can come up with anything not involving a Windows OS.

With something like Win4Lin and R for windows, I think you can set up
an RODBC connection to the file.
 

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