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Re: st: odbc load variable not found


From   Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: odbc load variable not found
Date   Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:38:33 -0400

David,
not sure if this is going to work, but try to enclose the variable
name in [   ] brackets.
Best, Sergiy Radyakin

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Puddicombe, David
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to import data from an access database table to stata using odbc load.  There are a few variables in the access database table with a full stop/period in the variable name, which it seems cannot be loaded into stata using the odbc load command:
> - Main_Form.IDNUM
> - Main_Form.Genotype
> - Lab_PCR.Genotype
> - Vaccine.IDNUM
>
> The command I am using is below.  It works if I exclude the variables listed above with the '.' in the variable name.
>
> odbc load ///
>         primarykey="Primary Key" ///
>         main_formidnum="Main_Form.IDNUM" ///
>         casereport="Case Report" ///
>         ...
>         , table(data_export_all)
>
> Is it possible import the variables with '.' in the variable name?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Puddicombe
> [email protected]
>
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