Roger Newson wrote:
> Has anybody else experienced a strange interaction between weights 
> and the -connect()- option under -graph twoway-? I find that weights 
> can cause the -connect()- option not to work correctly. (I use the very 
> latest Stata as of today, ie version 8.2 with the executable of 23 Jul 
> 2004 and the ado-files of 01 Sep 2004, under Windows 2000.)
> 
> For instance, if in the -auto- data I type
> 
> scatter mpg weight [fwei=rep78], connect(L) sort
> 
> or even if I type
> 
> scatter mpg weight [fwei=rep78], connect(L) sort(weight)
> 
> then the symbols are weighted, but are connected as if I had typed
> 
> scatter mpg weight [fwei=rep78], connect(L)
> 
> (ie the -sort- option is disabled).
> 
As Roger noted, when weights are added to -twoway scatter and/or -twoway
connected-, the -sort- option becomes disabled.  This behavior
has recently been fixed and the correction will be available in the next 
executable update.  
Derek Wagner
<[email protected]>
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