How to read data from Microsoft Access .accdb database files into R?

Question

The RODBC documentation suggests it is possible, but I am not sure how to read data from a Microsoft Access (the new .accdb format) file with this package into

Answer 1

The best method that worked for me

#Package
library(RODBC)

#Defining the path
datab<-file.path("Main_File.accdb")
channel<-odbcConnectAccess2007(datab)

#reading the individual files inside the Main
table<-sqlFetch(Channel,"File_1")

This will fetch data from the "File_1" inside the Main_File.

But the above code did not support the UTF encoding.