Re: [Gretl-users] open database --www option
On Sun, 12 Nov 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 12.11.2017 um 16:25 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote:
>>
>> Furthermore, I see that one the one hand there's:
>> 'File/Databases/on Database server' --fuzzy retranslation from German,
>> sorry-- with fedstl for example, but there's also:
>> 'File/Open data/Example data/<button:>Look on Server' with
wooldridge for
>> example.
>>
>> Even as a very-long-time gretl user it's not clear to me why there are
>> these two different repositories and different ways to access them.
>
> The example data files are self-contained datasets: "open" one and its
> entire content is dumped into gretl's workspace, replacing anything that's
> already there.
Right, but what is the rationale for having those datafiles only on the
server and not shipping them with gretl like the other example datasets?
There's a large number of textbook datafiles available and many of
them are likely to be of little interest if you're not using the
textbook in question, plus it's not exactly onerous to download an
extra collection that you want.
That said, we could include in the package the files pertaining to a
few of the more widely used texts -- maybe Wooldridge and
Stock/Watson? What do others think?
Allin