I sort a dataset and save it. When I use the dataset as the using data of a
merge, I am told that it is not sorted.
In particular, I have the following code embedded in a program:
winexec "C:\Program Files\StatTransfer7\st" "$path\bid_product_fix.stc"
use "$path\bid_product_fix.dta", clear
sort product
describe
save "$path\bid_product_fix.dta", replace
use "$path\all_bid.dta"
sort product
merge product using "$path\bid_product_fix.dta"
This is the output:
Contains data from <SNIPPED FULL PATH>\bid_product_fix.dta
obs: 340
vars: 2 1 Mar 2004 19:42
size: 65,620 (99.9% of memory free)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
product str182 %182s
product_stand~d str7 %7s
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
Sorted by: product
file <SNIPPED FULL PATH>\bid_product_fix.dta saved
using data not sorted
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Bryan Ray
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