Reading Access database files in r

Question

I have read an access database containing 6 tables in R. I am using 'sqlFetch' to read the tables one-by-one. Is there a way to read all the tables within the database at once?

I am using

sqlFetch(channel,"table name")

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can do

library(RODBC)
conn <- odbcConnectAccess2007("your_db.mdb")
tabs <- lapply(subset(sqlTables(conn), 
                      TABLE_TYPE == "TABLE", 
                      TABLE_NAME)[, 1], 
               sqlFetch, 
               channel = conn) 
close(conn) 

... and get a list of all tables in tabs .