title: Octave database connection
body: <p>Does anyone know how to connect to an ODBC database in Octave? The database package doesn't seem to install properly. I found this bug here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?30090" rel="nofollow">http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?30090</a></p>
  
  <p>Is there any other method? I am actually trying to connect to SQL Server and am using Windows 7 (not linux unfortunately, at my work place!).</p>
  
  <p>If not, are there any other matlab type programming environments out there that anyone would recommend?</p>