Hi. Not specifically, but I used it before with 32-bit R under Windows XP
and it worked just fine so i though to keep using it.Anyway I will lookt at
XLConnect.
Thank you for suggestion.
Andrija

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:41 PM, R. Michael Weylandt <
michael.weylandt@gmail.com> <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you need to use RODBC specifically? I've been using XLConnect quite a
> lot recently and have been quite pleased with it.
>
> Michael
>
> On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:40 AM, andrija djurovic <djandrija@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi to all.
> > I have a problem to connect to an Excel database using RODBC.
> > Namely, I am using 64-bit R 2.14.0, under Windows 7 and I tried
> following:
> > library(RODBC)
> >> channel <- odbcConnectExcel("results.xlsx")
> > Error in odbcConnectExcel("results.xlsx") :
> >  odbcConnectExcel is only usable with 32-bit Windows       # ok this is
> > clear why it doesn't work
> >> channel <- odbcConnectExcel2007("results.xlsx")             # this was
> > one of proposals from old R help posts, but it doesn't work for me
> > Warning messages:
> > 1: In odbcDriverConnect(con, tabQuote = c("[", "]"), ...) :
> >  [RODBC] ERROR: state IM002, code 0, message [Microsoft][ODBC Driver
> > Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
> > 2: In odbcDriverConnect(con, tabQuote = c("[", "]"), ...) :
> >  ODBC connection failed
> >
> > After that as it suggested in R data import/export manual I
> > installed AccessDatabaseEngine.exe. Also I used ODBC in
> > c:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32 to create data source called result. I check
> > if it is created:
> >> odbcDataSources()
> >                                             dBASE Files
> >   "Microsoft Access dBASE Driver (*.dbf, *.ndx, *.mdx)"
> >                                      MS Access Database
> >              "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)"
> >                                              Excel file
> > "Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)"
> >                                                * results*
> > "Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)"
> >
> > and tried again but it doesn't work:
> >
> >> channel <- odbcDriverConnect()
> > Warning messages:
> > 1: In odbcDriverConnect() :
> >  [RODBC] ERROR: state IM014, code 0, message [Microsoft][ODBC Driver
> > Manager] The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the
> > Driver and Application
> > 2: In odbcDriverConnect() : ODBC connection failed
> >
> >
> > Could someone guide me what should I try next to fix a problem? Is this
> > some problem with Drivers or not?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Andrija
> >
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