尝试在ubuntu中使用R处理.mdb文件

Question

I'm trying to connect with a Microsoft Access database to work with it in R using the odbcConnect function

library(RODBC)
mydb <- odbcConnectAccess("database.mdb")

but when I run the R script it comes with an error

Error: could not find function "odbcConnectAccess"
Execution halted

Could the error be related to trying to work with a .mdb file not using Windows? And if it is, is there another way to deal with .mdb files in ubuntu using R?

Answer 1

It seems that this is not straight forward. Ubuntu doesn't have MS Access ODBC drivers by default. This answer may help you . So the approach via RODBC package may not be fruitful.

You could try the R Hmisc package, function mdb.get . This worked for me. You'll have to install the mdbtools-gmdb (via apt-get), so to have the mdb-tables command in your system.

PS: I was also stuck because my original file had a space character within its name, you should avoid that.