[R] Reading Excel files...Error

[Vivek Subramanian]

hi,
i am using the RODBC package to read .xls files. now after i installed
the package and loaded the library and tried to read a file this is
the error i got.

>channel<-odbcConnect("D:/rstuff/1.xls")
Warning messages:
1: [RODBC] ERROR: state IM002, code 0, message [Microsoft][ODBC Driver
Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
2: ODBC connection failed in: odbcDriverConnect(st, case = case,
believeNRows = believeNRows)

please help me.

regards,
vivek