[R] as.data.frame question

[Liaw, Andy]

You shouldn't need the as.data.frame(), as sqlFetch() already returns
a data.frame.  You could try adding the as.is argument to sqlFetch()
(see how it's specified in ?read.table), or else convert them
afterward.

Andy 

From: ruser ruser
>  
>    
>   I'm using the RODBC library to read in an Excel file using 
> the odbcConnectExcel function. I can read the Excel data 
> prefectly, however all my character variables get converted 
> to factors when using
>   my.data <- as.data.frame(sqlFetch(channel, "Sheet1"))
>    
>   I've tried using
>   my.data <- as.data.frame(I(sqlFetch(channel, "Sheet1")))
>    
>   but this creates just one column of data. Is there an 
> efficient way to read in the character variables from my 
> Excel data as characters rather than converting them to factors.
>    
>   Any help is much appreciated.
>    
>   Regards,
>    
>   Harry
>    
> 
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