Yes, its Mike writing. If Taylor (3 yrs old) was writing then I'd really be impressed.
Mike --- In [email protected], "Joe Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bless you mikelaurataylor, for sharing this. > I'm gong to use an Access table to track holdings with columns > holding ticker, no of shares, divd, date split (wow it gets complicated) > in order to generate a weighted equity curve. > > Best regards > JOE > P/S. Is it Mike who's writing? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mikelaurataylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:46 PM > Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker 4.84.0 BETA released > > > > The code to hook up to the Access database is below. Before you can > > use it there are two things you need to do. > > > > 1. You need to have an access database with the data you want in it > > (obviously). In this case I have a database called "earnings" with > > a table called "Selected" in it that has 1 record per symbol > > containing fields with company name, ticker, float, earnings for each > > of the last 8 quarters, sales for each of the last 8 quarters. > > There are a ton of posts in the last 30 days about where to get this > > info, I use the AAII data from the software I pay $200 / yr for. > > > > 2. You need to set up an ODBC connection to that database. On a 32 > > bit version of windows you can do it under "Administrative Tools" > > under "Control Panel". In this case you'd set a connection with a > > name of "earningsdb" (what I used below) to the physical database > > called "earnings" (what I used). In my case I'm running xp64 which > > created a complication into it but I found ways around it and managed > > to set the connection up by finding the 32 bit odbc executable. > > > > 3. Once that is done, here is the code. I added some comments here. > > > > > > > > //establishes the connection to the odbc source. you need to have > > //first set up this through control panel > > odbcOpenDatabase("DSN=earningsdb"); > > > > // tells amibroker what field to look for the ticker in (first field) > > //and the date, which in this case was not relevant > > odbcSetFieldNames("ticker", "datenum" ); > > > > // sets individual fields. First value is the table, 2nd value > > // is the ticker. Since I want it to use the ticker that AmiBroker is > > // on, I leave this blank. 3rd value is the field I am calling > > coname = odbcGetValue( "selected", "", "company" ); > > indus = odbcGetValue("selected","","industry"); > > q1e = odbcGetValue("selected","", "q1e"); > > q2e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q2e"); > > q3e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q3e"); > > q4e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q4e"); > > q5e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q5e"); > > q6e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q6e"); > > q7e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q7e"); > > q8e = odbcGetValue("selected","","q8e"); > > s1 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q1s"); > > s2 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q2s"); > > s3 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q3s"); > > s4 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q4s"); > > s5 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q5s"); > > s6 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q6s"); > > s7 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q7s"); > > s8 = odbcGetValue("selected","","q8s"); > > float = odbcGetValue("selected","","float"); > > Coname = odbcGetValue("selected","","company"); > > /// from here you can set your own code. > > // for instance to do a canslim type screen that looks for 100% > > // earnings growth quarter over quarter, plus revenue growth > > // plus an increase in volume, plus an increase in price > > // this works very well. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "dingo" <dingo@> wrote: > >> > >> How about showing the code you use to "hook up" to the Access DB? > >> > >> d > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [email protected] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mikelaurataylor > >> > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:45 AM > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker 4.84.0 BETA released > >> > > >> > THanks for the continual flow of new versions! > >> > > >> > For what it's worth I have managed to do 2 things with recent > >> > versions. First, with the realtime tabbed pain I managed to work > >> > most of last week without loading Tradestation, which I'm trying to > >> > get away from. The multiple tabs plus an AA Explore I wrote that I > >> > run now and then to identify key changes, allows me to get away from > >> > the Tradestation radarscreen. This is a big help. > >> > > >> > Also, yesterday I managed to create a first (rough) version > >> > of a graph I can display on the screen that shows the 8 > >> > quarterly earnings and 8 quarterly revenue trends alongside a > >> > price graph. I was able to use the new SQL plugin and > >> > downloaded data into an Access database that I > >> > access through the plugin. It's still rough but ultimately I think > >> > will be a big help. > >> > > >> > THanks! > >> > > >> > --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" > >> > <groups@> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Hello, > >> > > > >> > > AmiBroker 4.84.0 BETA is released now. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2006/08/06/amibroker-4840-beta-relased > >> > > / > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Best regards, > >> > > Tomasz Janeczko > >> > > amibroker.com > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > >> > > >> > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly > >> > to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > >> > > >> > For other support material please check also: > >> > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > >> > > >> > > >> > Yahoo! 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