Re: st: Large data file problem, perhaps

[David Bell <dcbell9@yahoo.com>]

Thank you to Austin and Richard.  It was indeed a variable named "in"  
that was the culprit.  I was not successful in parsing the error  
message.

Dave Bell

On Feb 9, 2006, at 4:20 PM, Austin Nichols wrote:


> Someone has named a variable "in" which is illegal in Stata.
> StatTransfer can fix this problem (by renaming the offending var), if
> you have it, or can get someone else who does to use it on your
> behalf.  You can have similar problems even in otherwise valid
> Stata-format datasets, if a variable is named "long" or something else
> which is not a valid variable name.
>
> On 2/9/06, David Bell <dcbell9@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 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:
> > [output omitted]
> > but . . .
> > . fdause "/Stata/FamLegacies/_Data/Wave1Dyadic.xpt", clear
> > gives a syntax error message:
> > in invalid varname
> > r(198);
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