spshape2dta: error "filename required"

[Friedrich Hula]

Dear forum,

Maybe I overlooked something but I am using spshape2dta, downloaded the relevant shapefiles (NUTS_LB_2016_4326.shp and NUTS_LB_2016_4326.dbf) and told Stata to work in the directory the files are saved in.

However, when running
spshape2dta using NUTS_LB_2016_4326, database(db) coordinates(coord) genid(id)

I get the following error message:
filename required
r(100);


I tried other sets of shapefiles but the problem remains. Does anybody know what to do?

Friedrich

[Jesse Wursten]

Replacing spshape2dta by shp2dta should do the trick. See the help files for both commands (in all honesty, I didn't even know spshape2dta was an actual command).

[Friedrich Hula]

Of course, I started with the command shp2dta. But then I get another error (see here https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...base-data-type) and the solution is to use the spshape2dta command.

Does anybody else have an idea? Sorry I know an r(100) error is maybe to simple but I don't know what I am doing wrong...

[Jorrit Gosens]

The help file for spshape2dta suggests the syntax would be:

cd "c:\somefolder"
spshape2dta NUTS_LB_2016_4326

This is not tested.

[Friedrich Hula]

Ah that worked. Hm, I read the help file too, but I simply thought that the syntax is equal to that of shp2dta. Thank you!