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i use ts4 so i dont know.
last time i tried to use ts2k it took 3 hours to setup and download 20
symbols, so
it became history until further improvements.
Larry Wright wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, tony varela wrote:
>
> > i have been renamimg the contract and then adjusting by a multiplier (see
> > server)based
> > on the closing ratios of the old/new.
>
> I tried this on a pair of old contacts (not brave enough for the current
> ones :-). It *does* work, but requires a careful series of dangerous
> delete and rename operations. One has to be careful because there is
> undesired data at *both* ends of each contract. Part way through my first
> try, I got a phone call, forgot a step, and the data went ka-blooie. Good
> thing I made a backup.
>
> I checked in TS2k, and the operation seems to be done through the 'split'
> field in the data base. OK for stocks, I guess, but there is NO split
> field in futures data. Makes it a bit hard... Can one add a split field to
> futures data without fouling anything up in TS2k? Anyone tried this in
> TS2k?
>
> There's gotta be a better way :-)...
>
> I do appreciate your workaround, though.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Larry
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