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st: diff data types for date var while importing from various sources
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tashi lama <[email protected]>
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st: diff data types for date var while importing from various sources
Date
Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:59:34 +0000
Hello,
When I use odbc command to import data variable from sql database into stata, date variable turns numeric datatype. Quite contrary, when I use stockquote to import data variable to stata from yahoo finace, it assigns string datatype to date. Any idea or cOuld someone point me to a documentation how stata assigns datatype to imported variable specifically date?
Thanx,
Tashi
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