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Re: Symbol Universe TS4



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----- Original Message -----
From: "LB" <brayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega-List@xxxxxxx Com" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:42 PM
Subject: Symbol Universe TS4


> Hello all...
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction as to updating the symbol
> universe file for the antiquated but still useful TS4? The manual method
of
> adding stocks is OK for a few new ones but to update symbols for large
> custom lists or to check out significant numbers of new stocks say for
> NASDAQ is next to impossible by manual means.
> The Omega file is in Access database format (version 2) which has some
type
> of a lock which won't allow modifications. The latest universe file (I
> think) was updated in 2000....Does anyone have a more up to date version?
>
> It seems like it should be possible to revise the database symbol universe
> using a text file or ASCII format listing but one has to somehow defeat
the
> lock mechanism to make any revisions.....Any ideas??
>
> Thanks
>
> LB
>
>