Never Mind. Fixed it.
Creating new data base worked! But the old layouts were not in the new
data base.
Sooooooo, just copied layouts and watchlists from old data base two new
one. Wallah!!
Now I will delete the old data base.
(Yes, I backed up ALL of AB folder before trying this.)
Special thanks to TJ for using standard folders and ascii text as much
as he does. He could easily hide everything in binary files like so
many other, insecure, programmers do.
-- Keith
Keith McCombs wrote:
That was a quick response.
However, I said in my first posting, "I tried to fix the problem with:
File>Data Base Settings>Flush cache -- Configure>Retrieve, without
success."
I also said, "Is there a safe, relatively easy way to fix this? By
safe I mean that I do not want to loose any of my existing Layouts."
>From your response, it seems to me that I "should create new database
File->New->Database". So, how do I do this without loosing any of my
*existing* layouts?
Again, thanks for any help you can provide.
-- Keith
Tomasz Janeczko wrote:
Hello,
Go to File->Database Settings
press "Configure".
And then press "Retrieve". Make sure that "sector/industry
assignments" checbox is checked.
If symbol description do not match it means that QP2 re-assigned
names of !ID-xxxx after you have created database.
In that case you should create new database File->New->Database
following the manual
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_extsources.html
<http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_extsources.html>
and video:
http://www.amibroker.com/video/QP2.html
<http://www.amibroker.com/video/QP2.html>
broker.industries/broker.sectors files DO NOT MATTER at all. They are
not used by QP2 databases and not used by any
already created database. These are just defaults for EMPTY, new
databases used at creation time for DBs that do not
use plugins or do not deliver categorisation. QP2 does NOT use them,
as it has its own sector info.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Keith McCombs <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:12 AM
*Subject:* [amibroker] Mixed up Quotes Plus, Sectors and Industries
Using AB 5.20 with QP EOD data, the Sectors, Industries, and
!IDxxx charts are all mixed up. For example:
1. For AB shows 13 Sectors, including two Utilities and one
Transportation. The brokers.sectors file contains only 11 items,
only one Utilities and no Transportation. The first Utilities
contains 17 industries, only 4 of which are utility related --
the other 13 are retail. The second Utilities contains the same
4 utility related industries as the first, but with different
companies, all of which have NO data. The Transportation Sector
contains 9 industries with a total of 23 companies, only 4 of
which have any data.
2. AB shows 182 industries, many of which show up in more than
one sector. Broker.industries has a total of 151, including
Undefined.
3. AB shows !ID001 through !ID198, however !ID154 through !ID198
have no data. QP3.1 shows only !ID001 through !ID153. (I would
expect there to be a one-to-one match of !IDxxx symbols to
industries (just a guess).
4. AB and QP3.1 appear to display the same values for any given
!IDxxx. However, they assign different names to many of them.
For example: for !ID050, AB's name is (Leisure-Gaming-LEISURE),
while QP's is (Media-Radio/TV MERADIO). In fact, the names for
more than half these symbols disagree.
Note, I have only recently even looked at sectors and industries
in AB. This May have been happening for years without my
knowledge. I have been using AB since at least version 4.2 and
QP is at least the fourth data base I have installed (it is the
only one I am presently using).
I tried to fix the problem with: File>Data Base Settings>Flush
cache -- Configure>Retrieve, without success. (I am suspicious
that there may be something wrong with broker.sectors and/or
broker.industries.)
Is there a safe, relatively easy way to fix this? By safe I mean
that I do not want to loose any of my existing Layouts.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
-- Keith
