st: Re: Problem with save command. Variables disappear in new dataset & workspace.

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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Such problems have come up before, and the advice is summarized in

http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2005-11/msg01084.html


HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin" <Bannho@gmx.de>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:52 PM
Subject: st: Problem with save command. Variables disappear in new dataset & 
workspace.


> Dear all,
>
> I have trouble with the save command. Sometimes variables in the workspace
> "disappear" when I use the save command. Here is my simple code:
>
> -------------------
> global path2 "Z:\MemoryStick\Income Processes\SAS data sets\STATA
> Files\temp"
> insheet using "Z:\MemoryStick\Income Processes\Data\Unemployment
> Britain\UKUnemployment.csv", clear
> save "$path2\ukunemployment.dta", replace
> -------------------
>
> The spreadsheet contains only two variables and 38 observations which are
> read in fine every time I run the first two lines. If I run all three 
> lines
> together I sometimes get the full data set, but sometimes I don't. So 
> either
> one of the two variables could be lost in the saving process. If lost, the
> variable is not in the saved data set and also disappears from the
> workspace.
>
> As I am quite new to STATA I don't see what's going on. I hope someone has
> an idea.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Benjamin
>
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