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Asked: 2026-06-10T22:41:42+00:00

I am trying to load data from database (either MS Access or SQL server)

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I am trying to load data from database (either MS Access or SQL server) using odbc sqlfile it seems that the code is running with any error but I am not getting data. I am using the following code odbc sqlfile("sqlcode.sql"),dsn("mysqlodbcdata"). Note that sqlcode.sql contains just sql statement with SELECT. The thing is that the same sql code is giving data with odbc load,exec(sqlstmt) dsn("mysqlodbcdata"). Can anyone suggest how can I use odbc sqlfile to import data? This would be a great help for me.

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  1. Editorial Team

    sqlfile doesn’t load any data. It just executes (and displays the results when the loud option is specified), without loading any data into Stata. That’s somewhat counter-intuitive, but true. The reasons are somewhat opaquely explained in the pdf/dead tree manual entry for the odbc command.

    Here’s a more helpful answer. Suppose you have your SQL file named sqlcode.sql. You can open it in Stata (as long as it’s not too long, where too long depends on your flavor of Stata). Basically, -file read- reads the SQL code line by line, storing the results in a local macro named exec. Then you pass that macro as an argument to the -odbc load- command:

    Updated Code To Deal With Some Double Quotes Issues

    Cut & paste the following code into a file called loadsql.ado, which you should put in directory where Stata can see it (like ~/ado/personal). You can find such directories with the -adopath- command.

    program define loadsql
*! Load the output of an SQL file into Stata, version 1.3 (dvmaster@gmail.com)
version 14.1
syntax using/, DSN(string) [User(string) Password(string) CLEAR NOQuote LOWercase SQLshow ALLSTRing DATESTRing]

#delimit;
tempname mysqlfile exec line;

file open `mysqlfile' using `"`using'"', read text;
file read `mysqlfile' `line';

while r(eof)==0 {;
    local `exec' `"``exec'' ``line''"';
    file read `mysqlfile' `line';
};

file close `mysqlfile';


odbc load, exec(`"``exec''"') dsn(`"`dsn'"') user(`"`user'"') password(`"`password'"') `clear' `noquote' `lowercase' `sqlshow' `allstring' `datestring';

end;

    /* All done! */

    The syntax in Stata is

    loadsql using "./sqlfile.sql", dsn("mysqlodbcdata")

    You can also add all the other odbc load options, such as clear, as well. Obviously, you will need to change the file path and the odbc parameters to reflect your setup. This code should do the same thing as -odbc sqlfile(“sqlfile.sql”), dsn(“mysqlodbcdata”)- plus actually load the data.

    I also added the functionality to specify your DB credentials like this:

    loadsql using "./sqlfile.sql", dsn("mysqlodbcdata") user("user_name") password("not12345")
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