No, error message from your ODBC driver ...
Your table names are not valid SQL names. The details depend on the exact
driver, but you could try omitting the final dollar. This may not
work, in which case you may need to use an sqlQuery call.
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, giovanni parrinello wrote:
> channel <- odbcConnectExcel("nuova tabella terapia occupazionale
mod.xls")
>> ## list the spreadsheets
>> sqlTables(channel)
> TABLE_CAT
> TABLE_SCHEM TABLE_NAME
> 1 c:\\TABELLE DEFINITIVE\\nuova tabella terapia occupazionale mod
> <NA> 'emi tot 2006 OAI_60g TO FU1$'
> 2 c:\\TABELLE DEFINITIVE\\nuova tabella terapia occupazionale mod
> <NA> 'emi tot 2006 OAI_60g TO FU2$'
> 3 c:\\TABELLE DEFINITIVE\\nuova tabella terapia occupazionale mod
> <NA> 'emi tot 2006 OAI_60GG divisi$'
> 4 c:\\TABELLE DEFINITIVE\\nuova tabella terapia occupazionale mod
> <NA> 'emi tot 2006$'
> 5 c:\\TABELLE DEFINITIVE\\nuova tabella terapia occupazionale mod
> <NA> 'RMI E SCALA SPECIFICA$'
> 6 c:\\TABELLE DEFINITIVE\\nuova tabella terapia occupazionale mod
> <NA> 'VALORI RANKIN RMI CSS$'
> TABLE_TYPE REMARKS
> 1 TABLE <NA>
> 2 TABLE <NA>
> 3 TABLE <NA>
> 4 TABLE <NA>
> 5 TABLE <NA>
> 6 TABLE <NA>
>> table1=sqlFetch(channel,"emi tot 2006 OAI_60g TO FU1$")
>> str(table1)
> chr [1:2] "[RODBC] ERROR: Could not SQLExecDirect(?????)" ...
>> sqlTables(channel)
>
> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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