Large Datasets and -use13-

[Sean Lambert]

Hello,
I have been attempting to run an ACS dataset given to me by a Stata 13 user, but I am a Stata 11_IC user. I have used -use13- before, but it was on a much smaller dataset. I am concerned that it simply is too big to be converted. The file size is 4.40gb

I was wondering if there is a filesize limit for -use13-, as I was unable to see any in the documentation, however there was one older post on this forum that seemed to hint at a 2gb limit.

This problem is not critical as I will likely just ask for a conversion of the data by the guy who gave it to me, but I thought it would be useful to be included in the forum.

. use13 "C:\Users\Sean\Documents\2014 - ACS Dataset V1\2014 - ACS Dataset V1.dta"

Converting file C:\Users\Sean\Documents\2014 - ACS Dataset V1\2014 - ACS Dataset V1.dta
unexpected text found: ØC ,instead of <value_labels> _use13_fskipstr(): 610 file format error
_use13_convert(): - function returned error
use13(): - function returned error
<istmt>: - function returned error
r(610);

. which use13
c:\ado\plus\u\use13.ado
*! version 1.0.1 19jun2013
*! Sergiy Radyakin, 2013
*! ff83ef0b-3d9d-4b19-a519-90f13b6e8257

[Sean Lambert]

I am very sorry about the multiple posts! My browser glitched during the posting process and resubmitted the page.

[Konrad Zdeb]

It's not Stata-based solution but I trust you may find it worth trying. There is an R package, classed readstata13. You can use it to read Stata'13 files and then use foreign package to export the data to Stata'12 or any other format you may want to work with.

[Sean Lambert]

That's a good idea thank you!