Re: st: Problems using dta files

[Richard Williams <richardwilliams.ndu@gmail.com>]

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At 08:43 PM 3/2/2014, Alberto Iniguez wrote:
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I am having problems using some dta files in Stata 10.1. I am trying to
> use the dta files that contain the datasets of Hamilton's book "Statistics
> with STATA. Version 12" However, Stata 10 does not allow me to use them
> and the following message appears on the screen invariably:
>
> "file XXXXX.dta from more recent version of Stata; type update query to
> see if an update to Stata is available and look at http://www.stata.com/
> to see if a new version of Stata is available.
> r(610);" I have already checked for a solution but without success.
>
> Currently, I do not have Stata 12 but would like to use Hamilton's
> datasets to replicate some of the examples contained in his most recent
> book, by using Stata 10. Does anybody know how I can use the dta files in
> the older version of Stata?
>
> Thank you very much for your help,
>
> Alberto Iniguez
>
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