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Sean,
Thank you for your response. Apparently when emailing Quotes Plus, we
misunderstood each other. You're saying you use MS v6 with QP data and you
only have to update the MS directories with DAILY data? Their tech support
told me you have to maintain 2 databases, MetaStock's and Quotes Plus. They
told me on a daily basis you have to update the QP database and then
overwrite the entire MS database with the QP database.
You say the MS directories are automatically changed to reflect stock splits.
What about ticker symbol changes?
Daniel Martinez
In a message dated 97-09-05 17:45:55 EDT, sesmith@xxxxxxxxx (Sean W. Smith)
writes:
<< Not True.
The nightly download is less than 200K of data.
It takes about 5 minutes to update the HD database of all 10,700 Issues
Data then can be exported into MS directories. Existing MS data
can automatically be updated including splits without re-creating anything.
QP will automatically update a list of MS data dirs as part of the Download.
It is the least painful way I have found to get data in to MS. BTW: can
you download a demo and try it for yourself for free.
Yes, you cannot put more than 255 symbols in a directory. I find it
annoying. What is more annoying is try putting 1000 symbols in a directory
like the MS CD data and Metastock absolutely crawls opening charts, etc.
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I have version 6.0 for Win95. Using your browser, you go to their FTP site
and you download the files you need. With their basic service you are
allowed to download 10 files a day, 7 days a week, but will download less
than that. You will probably have to update your database anyway so you will
fully use your account until it's up to date.
With Quotes Plus, you don't have to deal with stock splits or name changes
but you have to replace the ENTIRE MS database EVERYDAY! This means you
would be transferring over 100 megs every single day. Also, I don't believe
Because Equis
refuses to share its new directory format, the only way you can get over 256
files in a directory is to use the DownLoader to import data.
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