[R] importing data from Excel using RODBC

[Richard Rowe]

At 22:44 08/11/02 -0500, Abu Hammour wrote:
>Hi,
>I used RODBC to import data from an Excel spreadsheet "*.xls", but some
>columns were returned as zeros. When I looked at these columns in Excel, I
>found that thery are results of formula calculations and not entry. My
>question is: Is there any parameter or command I need to use in order to
>overcome this problem?
>
>Thank you
>Ahmad Abu Hammour


use the mouse to copy the cells/sheet of interest ... move to a new sheet 
then <right click>, choose 'paste special', activate the 'values' button, 
then paste.

Use this static sheet in your RODBC connection.

Excel formulae are stored elsewhere and, so far as I know, aren't visible 
to SQL,


Richard Rowe
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