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

library(RODBC)
db<-file.path("student.accdb")
channel<-odbcConnectAccess2007(db)
data<-sqlFetch(channel,"stud")

data
  ID  Name M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 Result
1  7 Radha 85 65 92 50 62   Pass
2  8  Reka 75 85 96 75 85   Pass