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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Cannot get insheet to work, data do not load properly |
| Date | Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:32:01 +0100 |
I don't know what the limits are for STATA, but Stata can take 2 billion observations. Main answer is that Laura's screen capture isn't extra evidence. Something is not in order for the file. Perhaps you could show us the first few lines of the file, or get in touch with tech-support. Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 29 August 2013 16:22, O'Neill, Sinead <sinead.oneill@ucc.ie> wrote: > May your dataset is too large for STATA. > SAS can handle extremely large data. > > Sinéad O Neill > PhD Scholar > NPEC, ANU Research Centre > Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology > 5th Floor CUMH > Wilton, Cork. > (+353-21-492-0656) > (+353-86-3586895) > > On 29 Aug 2013, at 16:21, "Laura Grant" <contributary@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a long dataset (1.7m observations) that I can view partially in >> excel and fully in text editors. >> >> However when I go to insheet it in Stata the data load as all blank >> entries except the first cell, which always loads as " ˇ˛X " >> where X is the first character of the first line of the data. >> >> See screen capture at >> goo.gl/zaesv7 >> >> The number of variables and observations are correct but they are ALL MISSING. >> >> The code I am using, as seen in pic link above, are variations on >> >> insheet using "Res Usage 2008 to 2010.txt", names tab clear >> >> Thoughts? Thanks! > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/