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Re: Unable to open data in STATA [message #28804 is a reply to message #28799] Mon, 11 March 2024 07:43 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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You are probably using the IC or "inter-cooled" version of Stata. Most Stata users have the SE version. We strongly recommend that you get an upgrade to Stata 14 SE. To accommodate more variables in Stata SE, please use the following command: set maxvar 20000

There is no simple workaround for this problem. The only way I know how to handle it is to download the .do, .dct, and .dat files that are used to construct the .dta file, edit the .do and .dct files by deleting big blocks of variables, and then reconstructing the .dta file.

Another possibility, if you have SPSS and Stat Transfer, would be to open the SPSS .sav file, delete blocks of variables within SPSS, save, and then convert the reduced .sav file to a .dta file with StatTransfer.
 
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