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st: file too big to import
From
"King, Carina" <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
st: file too big to import
Date
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:57:44 +0100
Hi,
I am having problems importing a file. It is stored as csv file and contains (I think, as I haven't been able to see the full data yet) over 1,400,000 records with 25 variables. So far I have tried the following:
Opening it with insheet using "D:\datasets\mr_final.csv" (not enough memory), so and I increased my memory (which is now set to 10,000) and it's still not enough.
I tried opening it in excel and wordpad so I could separate it out into smaller chunks, but it crashes the programmes when I try that.
I attempted to use infile and specify "in 1/500000" but it comes with the error message 'file does not contain dictionary'
So, is there a way to make a dictionary? Or change the file type so it takes less space? Or use the 'in' option with insheet? Or any other ideas?? I'm totally stuck! Thanks!
Kind Regards,
Carina
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