worked it out. Thank you. misunderstood the post earlier. Aileen
On 15 April 2013 20:17, Prof Brian Ripley <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15/04/2013 07:12, Aileen Lin wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I have seen this post. >> https://stat.ethz.ch/**pipermail/r-help/2007-June/**133606.html<https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2007-June/133606.html> >> >> have odbc installed in my machine. Now I have the following message: >> >> >> channel2 <- odbcDriverConnect("test.mdb")**Warning messages:1: In >> >> odbcDriverConnect("test.mdb") : >> [RODBC] ERROR: state IM002, code 0, message [Microsoft][ODBC Driver >> Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified2: >> In odbcDriverConnect("test.mdb") : >> [RODBC] ERROR: state 01S00, code 0, message [Microsoft][ODBC Driver >> Manager] Invalid connection string attribute3: In >> >> odbcDriverConnect("test.mdb") : ODBC connection failed >> >> >> Did I miss anything? >> > > That is not doing what the URL you gave suggested. Please do follow it. > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [email protected] > Professor of Applied Statistics, > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~**ripley/<http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/> > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > -- Aileen L. View my Linkedin profile: http://au.linkedin.com/in/aileen2 Being happy doesn't mean you're perfect. It just means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections- K.B Indiana (age 14)<http://www.boardofwisdom.com/default.asp?topic=1010&search=K%2EB+Indiana+%28age+14%29> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

