--- On Wed, 29/4/09, Tharyan, Rajesh wrote:
> When I issue a command followed by by a request statement
> as in something like below..
>
> . db use
> . di "do you want to list: (enter 1 for yes 2 for no)
> " _request(_answer)
> do you want to list: (enter 1 for yes 2 for no) . use
> "C:\data\results.dta", clear
>
> Stata automatically uses the echo from the db use command
> as _answer. Is there anyway to prevent this?
Sounds like there is something wrong with your Stata
instalation. The first thing you could try is type:
update all
update swap
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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