Creating links with foreign database

[atoch]

Bonjour,

I've been able to create a link for a time series from a foreign ( local Fame ) database using Eviews 6 and 7Beta graphical user interface by following these steps :
- define the database in Eviews registry (dbsource -> c:\temp\eviews.db)
- drag & drop series from the foreign database into my workfile
- opening the series (FRA_GDP)
- changing its properties, values to select database link.
- specify the specification for database fetch (dbsource::FRA_GDP)

I'd like to do the same in an Eviews program but I could you find the proper LINK::linkto syntax.

Thanks.

Arnaud Atoch

[EViews Gareth]

Once you've defined the database in the registry you can just do:

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fetch(link) fra_gdp

Done!

[atoch]

Thanks,

I take from Eviews documentation that illegal names are automatically renamed :
From Eviews 7 command ref.pdf, p250

notifyillegal : When in a program, report illegal EViews object names. By
default, objects with illegal names are automatically
renamed. (Has no effect in the command window.)

Using the following Eviews commands get me a form prompting for eviews illegal name resolution while my understanding of the above documentation is that renamming should have been automatic.

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dbopen(t=fame, s=frdb_r@asap1) adb_adbQ pagecreate(page=ADBQ) q 1950:1 2013:4 fetch(link, d=adb_adbq) usa.*

Thanks

[EViews Gareth]

We haven't been able to replicate that using some test databases, it appears to work just fine for us. Could you provide some more details on exactly which database you're accessing?

[atoch]

Thanks ! it worked ... as soon as I was in a program rather than in the command windows.
Sorry.

Arnaud