Hi,
I have tried to find a solution to how to use a local variable to pass
two dates to a twithin() statement.
I currently have to pull a date range from a ODBC connection and I am
trying to use the dates I retrieve to some information from another
information source. If I manually put in twithin(07oct2008, 17oct2008) I
have no problems, but I cannot seem to get the contents of a local
variable to work within the twithin() option. I have tried with both the
double representation of a date as well as a string, and it seems almost
any other possible combination with no luck.
Currently this is what I am trying to run:
clear
odbc load, exec("SELECT day, futuredate FROM Table ORDER BY day DESC
LIMIT 1") dsn("DSN")
scalar da=day
local lda %td da
scalar fd=futuredate
local lfd %td fd
clear
haver use FLODON FLOD1 FLOD3 FLOD6 FLOD1Y using c:\location\of\file.dat,
twithin(`lda' ,`lfd')
Here is what my local variables look like:
. di `lda'
07oct2008
. di `lfd'
17oct2008
and when I use the following I have no problem:
. haver use FLODON FLOD1 FLOD3 FLOD6 FLOD1Y using
c:\location\of\file.dat, twithin(07oct2008,17oct2008)
Thank you for any help in this matter,
Jake
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