Re: st: troubles reading data in

[Lucia Costanzo <lcostanz@uoguelph.ca>]

Hi,

A meaningful description appears complete with variable names and their 
proper descriptions.  I increased the memory using ". set memory 30m". 
Then run ". use SHS" and get the following error Segmentation Fault. I 
am running STATA 8.0 for SUN. I just noticed on the notes that are shown 
as the Stata starts running that:

   Notes:
   1.  (-m# option or -set memory-) 1.00 MB allocated to data

I am thinking this is might be the issue.

Thanks,
Lucia

Sergiy Radyakin wrote:

> Hello Lucia,
>
> It's hard to say from the information you provide, but my first guess
> would be - check that the file SHS.dta in the current directory is in
> the Stata format. Not just "has a .dta extension" but really is a
> Stata file. Also try:
>
> describe using SHS
>
> to see if it provides meaningful description.
> Check that you have an updated Stata and tell us the version/platform.
> If the files you are working with are open and available in the
> internet let us know.
>
> Best regards,
> Sergiy Radyakin
>
>
>
>
> On 5/29/08, Lucia Costanzo <lcostanz@uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am fairly new to STATA.  I have a data file which is approximately 26M in
> > size.  I issue the following command use SHS to read the data in but keep
> > getting the following error message: Segmentation Fault.
> >
> > Would anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lucia
> >
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