EDITION Subcommand (SAVE TRANSLATE command)

The EDITION subcommand specifies the edition for Stata files. EDITION only applies to Stata version 7 or later.

INTERCOOLED. Saves the data file in Stata Intercooled format. This setting is the default. Only the first 2,047 variables are saved, and only the first 80 bytes of string values are saved.

SE. Saves the data file in Stata SE format. The first 32,767 variables are saved, and the first 244 bytes of string values are saved.

Example

SAVE TRANSLATE OUTFILE='/data/newdata.dta' /TYPE=STATA
  /VERSION=8 /EDITION=SE.

This subcommand is ignored for any file types other than Stata version 7 or later.