[R] Loading the stupid dataset--help!!!

[R. Michael Weylandt]

I don't think it's part of the standard install -- I certainly didn't
get it with Simon's [Mac] CRAN build and when I did download it it's
marked with priority "NA"  -- so no need to worry there.

Best,

Michael

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Bert Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
> ?install.packages
> This functionality may also be available from a menu in an R GUI, e.g.
> on WIndows. But as you failed to provide your system details -- as
> requested by the posting guide -- we can't say.
>
> HOWEVER ... something appears to be rotten in Denmark (with apologies
> to Peter D.). IIRC, RODBC is part of the standard library that should
> be automatically installed when you install R. If so, then why isn't
> it there? How did you install R? Do you have access to your library
> directories where RODBC should reside?  What other packages do you
> show in your session? If you post the results of sessionInfo(),
> someone wiser than I may be able to help you if install.packages()
> does not suffice.
>
> -- Bert
>
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:44 AM, SteveQ <couponsq at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am using the following:
>> library(RODBC)
>> chan = odbcConnectExcel("rats-lda")
>> rats.lda = sqlFetch(chan, "data")
>> close(chan)
>>
>> And getting the following error message:
>>> library(RODBC)
>> Error in library(RODBC) : there is no package called ‘RODBC’
>>> chan = odbcConnectExcel("rats-lda")
>> Error: could not find function "odbcConnectExcel"
>>> rats.lda = sqlFetch(chan, "data")
>> Error: could not find function "sqlFetch"
>>> close(chan)
>>
>>
>>
>> I am sure there is a simple answer to this.  Thanks.
>>
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