The issue here is not with -save-, but with -append-.
-append- needs something more than almost nothing
to join on to. I think you need to -save- your dataset
with variables (even though there are no observations).
Fortunately, a token variable is sufficient (but evidently
necessary).
. clear
. gen completeanduttergarbage = .
. save empty, emptyok
. append using auto
. drop completeanduttergarbage
Admittedly, the error message here does not indicate
the problem.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
Partha Deb
I'm having trouble getting -save- to work with emptyok in the
way I think it
should. Here's an example.
. save temp, emptyok
(note: dataset contains 0 observations)
file temp.dta saved
. use temp.dta
. append using auto.dta
no dataset in use
r(3);
Shouldn't I be able to append? What am I doing wrong? I'm
using Stata 9.2.
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