RE: st: run stata in a batch mode using do file

[tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com>]

Ouch.. I actually got this. Is it a good thing?? Stata does run adofile in a batch mode. 

/* begin adofile try.ado */
program try
   syntax, firm(int)
   qui odbc query indigo
   odbc load, exec("select date(read_date) as date, count(*) as hits from readership where source_id=`firm' and date(read_date) between '2011-01-01' and '2011-05-01' group by date")
   list
   destring hits, replace
   tsset date
   tsline hits
end 

In Shell
$ stata -b try ", firm(93619)"    //yields try.log 

Stata and Shell both are happy. I hope there aren't any catches. 

Thanks, 
Tashi 



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> From: brendan.halpin@ul.ie
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: run stata in a batch mode using do file
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:16:13 +0100
>
> On Wed, Sep 19 2012, tashi lama wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity, why is it that stata can't run ado file directly in a
>> batch mode? It is very inconvenient for someone like me who prefer to
>> write adofile than a do file because it is faster and better in
>> design(arguments arent positional).
>
> An ado-file simply defines and makes available a command. It doesn't
> "do" anything, in the sense of carrying out actions on data or creating
> output.
>
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