Nick,
This was some kind of server error. My query of October 30 was somehow
resent by the listserver. I did not repeat it and the message header
indicates the original October 30 date.
Lee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Cox [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 4:15 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: st: Is this a bug I see before me?
>
>
> Fred Wolfe
>
> > >For some reason, this syntax returns an error:
> > >
> > >. tabsort phu_nam, summarize(rate) sort(mean)
> > >sort(mean) not allowed without summarize( )
> > >r(198);
> > >
> > >But this abbreviated syntax works without a hitch:
> > >
> > >. tabsort phu_nam, su(rate) so(mean)
> > >
> > >I haven't finished my first cup of coffee this morning, so
> > maybe I'm missing
> > >something obvious. But, yes, my Stata is up to date.
> >
> > summari is allowed, but not summarize. tabsort is a version
> > 6 program. The
> > limit is a throw back to the time when macro names were
> > limited in length.
> > However, the error message is wrong.
>
> This question has previously been answered.
> Fred's diagnosis is correct as far as the original
> program was concerned, but -tabsort-
> has already been updated on SSC to fix this;
> it is now a version 8 program.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
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