Stata Quick Reference and Index

eading data — Quick reference for reading non-Stata data into memory 51
fdause
◦ fdause reads SAS XPORT Transport format files—the file format required by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA).
◦ fdause will also read value label information from a formats.xpf XPORT file, if available.
See [D] fdasave for additional information.
haver (Windows only)
◦ haver reads Haver Analytics (http://www.haver.com/) database files.
◦ haver is available only for Windows and requires a corresponding DLL (DLXAPI32.DLL) available
from Haver Analytics.
See [TS] haver for additional information.
odbc
◦ ODBC, an acronym for Open DataBase Connectivity, is a standard for exchanging data between
programs. Stata supports the ODBC standard for importing data via the odbc command and can
read from any ODBC data source on your computer.
See [D] odbc.
xmluse
◦ xmluse reads extensible markup language (XML) files—highly adaptable text-format files derived
from ground station markup language (GSML).
◦ xmluse can read either an Excel-format XML or a Stata-format XML file into Stata.
See [D] xmlsave for additional information.
Also see
[D] insheet — Read ASCII (text) data created by a spreadsheet
[D] infile (free format) — Read unformatted ASCII (text) data
[D] infile (fixed format) — Read ASCII (text) data in fixed format with a dictionary
[D] infix (fixed format) — Read ASCII (text) data in fixed format
[D] infile (fixed format) — Read ASCII (text) data in fixed format with a dictionary
[D] fdasave — Save and use datasets in FDA (SAS XPORT) format
[TS] haver — Load data from Haver Analytics database
[D] odbc — Load, write, or view data from ODBC sources
[D] xmlsave — Save and use datasets in XML format
[U] 21 Inputting data