st: Large data file problem, perhaps

[David Bell <dcbell9@yahoo.com>]

I am trying to read my first very large file into Stata.  The file is in
SAS transport mode, converted from SPSS.  I have successfully used
"fdause" to read in several other files from the same location.  I am
using Intercooled Stata 9.1.  "memory" tells me that I have
62,914,560 bytes of free memory.  The command "fdadescribe" works:

. fdadescribe "/Stata/FamLegacies/_Data/Wave1Dyadic.xpt"

data from /Stata/FamLegacies/_Data/Wave1Dyadic.xpt, member(sas)
  obs:           20,720             09feb06:10:41:41
vars:              146             (date shown exactly as recorded in  
file)
size:       24,200,960
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
----
variable    variable     value
  name        type       label      variable label
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
----
famid       str4
unit        numeric
who         numeric
towhom      numeric
[output omitted]

but . . .

. fdause "/Stata/FamLegacies/_Data/Wave1Dyadic.xpt", clear

gives a syntax error message:

in invalid varname
r(198);

Does anyone know what is going on?

Dave Bell
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