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Re: st: Appending multiple large datasets
From
Michael Stewart <[email protected]>
To
statalist <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Appending multiple large datasets
Date
Fri, 7 Jun 2013 20:42:18 -0400
Hi ,
I frequently use stat/transfer and works really well for datasets of anysize.
Thanks
Mike
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Ryan Stevens <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm experiencing a problem appending 2 datasets containing roughly 1
> million observations each. I'm currently running Stata 12.0. My code
> can import each dataset fine, but it always gets hung up when I try to
> append the two datasets. My code using temporary files is below and is
> very simple. I've tried creating physical .dta files and saving them
> and that did not work. I can assure you my directories work fine, so
> it's no issues with names of my files. I'm wondering if there are any
> thoughts on where this problem could lie.
>
> clear
> capture log close
> set memory 100m
> set more off
> macro drop _all
>
> *Import data
> insheet using "consump1.csv"
> tempfile master_file
> save "`master_file'"
>
> clear
> insheet using "consump2.csv"
> append using "`master_file'"
>
>
>
> Thanks for any assistance,
> Ryan
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Thank you ,
Yours Sincerely,
Mike.
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