st: Re: help limits

[baum <baum@bc.edu>]

--On Wednesday, October 30, 2002 2:33 -0500 Scott wrote:

> I'm attempting to read in some Census data with a fixed format infile
> dictionary.  The file has a record length of 12000.  I either get an error
> telling me that the record is too long, or if I define lrecl specifically
> a message that 12000 isn't allowed.  (The limit appears to be something
> like 7,999?)  Anyway, I can't find any documentation on record length
> limits or limits to the allowed number for lrecl in the infile statement.
> Any ideas? Is there a workaround, or correction?
help limits shows these. There is no problem in reading lines up to 20K 
bytes with Unix Stata.

  infile
      record length without dictionary            none               none
      record length with a dictionary
         Stata for Windows and Macintosh         7,998              7,998
         Stata for Unix                         19,998             19,998

  infix record length
      Stata for Windows                          7,998              7,998
      Stata for Unix                            19,998             19,998

Kit
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