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Re: Reuter EOD data downloading problem



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Hi David,

try Quotes Plus. They are cheaper and they are really good. Fast download,
automatical STOCK SPLIT ADJUSTMENTS AND SYMBOL CHANGES. The convert to the
Metastockformat goes without Problem.
Good trading
Thorsten

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: David Walton <davidwalton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
An: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Datum: Dienstag, 26. Mai 1998 06:25
Betreff: Re: Reuter EOD data downloading problem


>My experience is very similar - If you download too may stocks (and the
>definition of "too many" seems to change daily) they just stop the
>download and sometimes the Downloader can't recover and you get to do it
>all over again.
>
>BUT WHO ELSE DOES AUTO STOCK SPLIT ADJUSTMENTS AND SYMBOL CHANGES?
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:31:03 -0600
>From: Augie Wong <awong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Reuter EOD data downloading problem
>Reply-To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>I update 400 Canadian and 400 US stocks every day from Reuters.  I
>frequently have to download twice - Reuters will give me about half the
>data then terminate the download without any warning of incompleteness.
>Then I have to download a second time to get the rest of the data.
>
>Thankfully they seem to have refrained from using with the dreaded
>ID=800 message that results in no update.   If you're using Reuters, are
>you experience similiar ?  I am considering switching data vendor.  Just
>want to make sure that Reuters is indeed the cause of the problem.
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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