I'm using RODBC to read an excel file (not mine!).  But I'm struggling to find 
a way to preserve the column names that have a numeric value.  sqlFetch() drops 
the value and calls them f1, f2, f3,... (ie field number).  this is a different 
approach from read.csv, which will append "V" prior to the numeric column name. 
 sqlFetch isn't so helpful. 
 
Is there a way to get the first line of data from the excel file and place it 
in a vector?  Perhaps I can use that method and rename the dataframe column 
names later?
 
thanks!
Michael
 
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Michael Folkes
Salmon Stock Assessment
Canadian Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans     
Pacific Biological Station
3190 Hammond Bay Rd.
Nanaimo, B.C., Canada
V9T-6N7
Ph (250) 756-7264 Fax (250) 756-7053  michael.fol...@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 
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