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| From | Mitch Abdon <mitchaabdon@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: merge error |
| Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:18:00 +0800 |
While the Stata 11-merge- syntax require m:1, 1:1, etc., it still executes the old syntax as long as both the master and using data are sorted accordingly. It will just tell you that you are using the old syntax... On the "randomly working" issue, this should not be the case. I would suggest Stata Technical Services: http://www.stata.com/support/tech-support/ On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Nirina F <fstata@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your response. > I updated and tried the merge again but got the same error message afterward. > > Then I tried again > merge vid using "C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop\hsp" > please not it is without m:1 whichstata 11 requires and then it worked. > however before the update I tried merge without the m:1 but it said > you have to use the new merge command. > my question now: is merge randomly working? > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Mitch Abdon <mitchaabdon@gmail.com> wrote: >> Check this thread: http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2010-06/msg00644.html >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Nirina F <fstata@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hello, I am trying to merge and I could not with the following error. >>> Can anyone let me know what is going on please? >>> Thank you >>> >>> merge m:1 vid using "C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop\hsp" >>> >>> (pathsplit() in lmatabase, compiled by Stata 11.1, is too new to be >>> run by this version of Stata and so was ignored) >>> fullfilename(): 3499 pathsplit() not found >>> <istmt>: - function returned error >>> r(3499); >>> * >>> * For searches and help try: >>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >>> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq >>> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best, >> Mitch >> >> >> Arnelyn Abdon >> +639178034402 >> http://statadaily.wordpress.com >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stata-Daily/116477895082525 >> >> * >> * For searches and help try: >> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq >> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ >> > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > -- Best, Mitch Arnelyn Abdon +639178034402 http://statadaily.wordpress.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stata-Daily/116477895082525 * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/