William Bishop ([email protected]) is experiencing some strange
behavior in Stata's Data Editor:
> I have been having a problem with Stata 10 and I'm not sure if it is a
> problem with the software or perhaps my hardware.
>
> The problem is that when I view a dataset using Data Editor sometimes
> I see duplicates of the same variable (two columns that are identical
> next to each other). Also when I close the Data Editor with the X in
> the top right corner (OS is XP Pro) or the Preserve button, I see Edit
> then Preserve in Results Window, then when I re-open Data-Editor one
> of the variables will be missing. This happens consistently. I
> open,close, and re-open Data Editor and each time I do that I lose a
> column. (Note: in the Variables window the lost variables still
> appear but if I run a display command on them the result is "not
> found")
>
> I have the most recent update of Stata and am thinking it might be a
> memory problem but I thought I would check to see if anyone else had a
> similar experience because I have not noticed any memory problems in
> other applications.
We have not had any other reports of such problems, but I suspect that
it is related either to faulty hardware or to a corrupt executable.
William should email a description of his problem, and information
about his system including the output of Stata's -about- command to
[email protected]. They will help him track down the issue.
--Alan
([email protected])
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