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Allan....try TC2000. They update daily.
Claud
Allan Wade wrote:
> Be Careful with this update (if the date is 7/6/2001). After I updated, I
> tried to create a new security and received and error indicating the symbol
> data base could not be located. I called tech support. According to them,
> there is an "inconsistency" between 7.20 and their web site, which will be
> fixed in maintenance release 7.21 (they did not provide a date), that causes
> this. The only way to fix it is to reinstall MS (you don't have to uninstall
> first). Before I did this, I copied the newly downloaded symbol data base to
> a temp directory (from the downloader directory). I reinstalled MS 7.2 and
> copied the old symbol database to a temp directory. I tested the downloader
> to make sure the reinstall allowed me to get to the old symbol database,
> which it did. I copied the new symbol database to the Downloader directory
> and tried the Downloader again and was able to get to the new symbol data
> base. It appears there is something in the automatic download process that
> causes this.
>
> As a side note...Am I the only person who complains about the frequency and
> quality of updates to the symbol data base? With the 7/6 update it looks
> like the finally added .VNX which has been available since 1/22/2001. You
> could download it, but you had to know it existed and manually add the
> symbol to the database. I called Reuters 3 times about this over the past
> six months. I have also reported symbols and indices that haven't been
> updated for years. They don't have an explanation (they always say they will
> forward it on....probably to the "deleted" bin). The other complaint I have
> is that I have found no good way to determine what they have added, changed,
> or deleted from the symbol data base.
> The only reason I continue to use them is for the S&P industry/sector
> indices. Does anyone know of another supplier who supplies these on a daily
> bases (Quotes Plus has them, but they are only updated weekly, with weekly
> only data).
>
> Allan Wade
> Phoenix, AZ
> email: allanwade@xxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Sean Taylor
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:42 AM
> To: Metastock List
> Subject: FYI: Equis have updated their Symbol database at last
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