Tim,
Try the command -update- and see if your executable and ado-files are in
sync. My recollection from other postings to the list is that if one gets
updated without the other, errors like the one you are describing can
result.
--Mark
Quoting "Tim R. Sass" <[email protected]>:
> I have tried adding the line
>
> .version 8.0
>
> to my .do file, but areg still gives me the error message
>
> version 8.2 not supported
>
> The .do file (see below) runs fine (including xtreg) until it gets
> to the
> areg command then it give me the "version 8.2 not supported"
> message. I
> have also tried running areg from the command window and get the
> same
> result. As I mentioned in my first posting, I ran the same .do file
> a
> couple of months ago without any problem. Any ideas?
>
> Tim
>
>
> clear
> #delimit ;
> set more off ;
> version 8.0 ;
>
> log using C:\Charters\Output\G05to10_9901_141.log, replace ;
> set memory 1250M ;
>
> use "F:\Datasets\panel_9901_3scores_selvar.dta", clear ;
>
> tsset student year ;
>
>
> * Reading - All Cohorts;
>
> xtreg nrtrgain charter chrtageb nschools chgschl
> t2001 tgrde_06 tgrde_07 tgrde_08 tgrde_09 tgrde_10
> target convrt forprft
> if cohort !=0, fe;
>
> areg nrtrgain charter chrtageb nschools chgschl
> t2001 tgrde_06 tgrde_07 tgrde_08 tgrde_09 tgrde_10
> target convrt forprft
> if cohort !=0, absorb(student) robust;
>
>
>
>
> At 10:08 AM 1/17/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >At 06:31 AM 1/17/2004 -0500, Tim R. Sass wrote:
> >>I am trying to run a panel analysis using areg with the robust
> >>option. My program ran fine a couple of months ago, using ver
> 8.0. I
> >>subsequently upgraded to ver 8.2. Now when I run the same program
> I get
> >>the error message:
> >>
> >>"version 8.2 not supported"
> >>
> >>Does anyone know what is going on here? Has areg been dropped? I
> need
> >>to calculate huber-white robust standard errors, but that still
> doesn't
> >>appear to be an option in xtreg.
> >>
> >>Tim
> >
> >I have the latest Stata and just tried areg with the robust option
> and it
> >worked fine for me. Perhaps you could post the actual commands you
>
> >used. You say you were running a "program" - if by program you
> mean a do
> >file, perhaps the problem lies somewhere else than in the areg
> command.
> >
> >You might also just try adding the command
> >
> >version 8
> >
> >to the top of your do file and see if that solves your problem. As
> the
> >online help says, "version # allows old programs to run correctly
> under
> >more recent versions of Stata and ensures that new programs will
> run
> >correctly under future versions of Stata." See -help version- for
> more info.
> >
> >
> >
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