Update Nov,. 15th: Can't export anyport

[Nick Bornschein]

Hi,
after updating to the last version of Stata 18 on Mac, I can't export anymore, not to Excel, SPSS... I get the error message:

Error writing observation : 1
r(680);

But that's not really helpful.
Is it possible to reset Stata to pre-update version?

Thanks
Nick

[Joseph Coveney]

You don't show the code that produced the error or the text message accompanying the return code, and there is no r(680) error code listed in the error entry of the user's manual, but it does have this to say there if it's any help in diagnosing what could be the problem: "Return codes 630–696 are all messages that you might receive when executing any command with a file over the network."

[Nick Bornschein]

The code is the usual export code for SPSS, Excel...

[Joseph Coveney]

The code is the usual export code for SPSS, Excel...

The location and name of the destination file?

[Nick Bornschein]

It's a folder on my Mac. No special characters. I used it yesterday, before the update, and it worked.

[Michiel De Vydt]

I also have the same issue. The export spss command no longer works with StataNow/18.5. It worked correctly with previous Stata versions.


Error writing observation : 1
r(680);

Same error,

both on a local file path
export spss using C:\Users\midvyd\Desktop\test.sav

as using an iCloud folder:
export spss using "C:\Users\midvyd\iCloudDrive\03 Projects\[...removed for privacy...].sav"

(I notice, now, the difference in quotation marks between the two paths, but I am using the dialog boxes here.)