title: How to read data from Microsoft Access .accdb database files into R?
body: <p>The <a href="http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RODBC/index.html">RODBC</a> documentation suggests it is possible, but I am not sure how to read data from a Microsoft Access (the new <code>.accdb</code> format) file with this package into R (on Debian GNU/Linux). The vignette talks about drivers, but I do not quite understand how I can see which drivers are installed, and in particular, if I have a driver installed for me to access those <code>.accdb</code> files.</p>
  
  <p>What code do you use to read data from <code>.accdb</code> files? And please indicate what platform you are on and if you had to install a special driver.</p>