Dear All,
I wonder whether anyone has an experience with FAME package written by Jeff
Hallman. All my attempts to send him the following problem report did not
succeed (the mail system says that my e-mail could not be delivered), so I turn
for help to this list.
I tried to use your FAME package written for R, but somehow I cannot get it
working. I am using Windows XP and the newest R installation version 2.8.1.
For example, if I run the following code I get the following error message:
library(fame)
mydb <- "O:/FameDB/national.db"
mydb
fameWhats(mydb,"TS21555100",getDoc = T)
getfame("TS21555100",mydb)
> library(fame)
> mydb <- "O:/FameDB/national.db"
> mydb
[1] "O:/FameDB/national.db"
> fameWhats(mydb,"TS21555100",getDoc = T)
Fehler in fameWhats(mydb, "TS21555100", getDoc = T) :
cannot read O:/FameDB/national.db
Zusätzlich: Warning message:
In system(paste("test -r", path), intern = F) : test nicht gefunden
> getfame("TS21555100",mydb)
Fehler in getfame("TS21555100", mydb) : cannot read O:/FameDB/national.db
Zusätzlich: Warning message:
In system(paste("test -r", path), intern = F) : test nicht gefunden
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I have a German installation and the phrase „test nicht gefunden“ means “the
test has not been found”.
We have a running version of FAME at our institute and from within FAME I can
download this variable without problem:
$open national
whats TS21555100
produces:
Offene Datenbanken: NATIONAL
TS21555100
KOF: Vollzeitaequivalente Beschaeftigung (in 1000 Pers.)
Class: SERIES DB
name: NATIONAL
Type: NUMERIC
Created: 27-Nov-08
Index: DATE:QUARTERLY
Updated: 27-Nov-08
First Value at: 75:3
Observed: SUMMED
Last Value at: 08:3
Basis: DAILY
OVERLAY(TS21560100, TS21555100)
„Vollzeitaequivalente Beschaeftigung“ stands for „Full-time equivalent
employment“
Also, I have the same error message when I run the code from the manual:
> seriesA <- tis(1:24,start=c(2002,1),freq =12)
> seriesB <- tis(1:104, start = c(2002, 1), tif = "wmonday")
> documentation(seriesB) <- paste("Line", 1:4, "of seriesB documentation")
> putfame(c(mser = "seriesA", wser = "seriesB"), db = "myfame.db")
Warning message:
In system(paste("test -r", path), intern = F) : test nicht gefunden
In the CRAN webpage I read that „ The fame package can access Fame time series
databases (but also requires a Fame backend). The tis package provides time
indices and time-indexed series compatible with Fame frequencies. ” However, I
don’t understand what “a Fame backend” means and how it can be useful for
running your package?
Thank you for your help.
Best wishes,
Boriss Siliverstovs
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