Full_Name: Bert Gunter Version: 2.0.0 patched OS: Win2000 Submission from: (NULL) (192.12.78.250) The TRUE/FALSE options of the colnames argument in sqlFetch (RODBC) seem to be reversed, at least for .xls files. ## z is a connection to an xls workbook opened by odbcConnectExcel()
dat<-sqlFetch(z,'SuccessRates',colnames=FALSE) dat[1:5,]
RecID Name Run Grams Lost Run (80L) 1 NA Activase 117 839.91 0 2 NA Activase 118 860.52 0 3 NA Activase 119 921.23 0 4 NA Activase NA NA 1 5 NA Activase 120 722.62 0
dat2<-sqlFetch(z,'SuccessRates',colnames=TRUE) dat2[1:5,]
NA Activase 117 839.91 0 2 NA Activase 118 860.52 0 3 NA Activase 119 921.23 0 4 NA Activase NA NA 1 5 NA Activase 120 722.62 0 6 NA Activase 121 762.48 0 I note also that the last column, "Lost Run (80L)," was actually TRUE/FALSE and some blanks in the Excel sheet and was silently coerced to numeric. This is no problem, of course, but I wonder if it's the intended behavior and, if so, is it documented?