[Gretl-users] Storing string-valued series in a database

Hi all, The first time, I play around with the option to store a dataset as a gretl database. This works, as mentioned in the command reference, for cross-sectional and time-series data but not panel (ok so far). I tried to store a string-valued series. However, the string-values get lost when importing again, only showing the numerical value mapping a string to some discrete positive number. I could not find any details in the manual nor the help text whether this is actually supported. I did the following: <hansl> open australia.gdt series y = 1 stringify(y, defarray("foo")) </hansl> Then: - via the menu File -> Export data -> Store series as gretl DB-format (.bin). - Delete series y in the active dataset - Open the database by dragging the bin file from the file explorer into the gretl main window. - Import series y. Thanks in advance. Artur