The format that getSymbols uses internally is: http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=COS.TO&a=0&b=01&c=2007&d=6&e=11&f=2012&g=d&q=q&y=0&z=COS.TO&x=.csv
Which somehow doesn't resolve to the data in this instance. I'll investigate. Thanks, Jeff On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:42 PM, G See <gsee...@gmail.com> wrote: > But... I see plenty of data there... including a link to "Download to > Spreadsheet" > http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=COS.TO&d=6&e=11&f=2012&g=d&a=7&b=13&c=1996&ignore=.csv > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Doug Edmunds <dougedmu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=COS.TO , >> the link to Historical Prices has no data. >> >> Probably why you only get headers. >> >> >>>>> getSymbols("COS.TO", src="yahoo") >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance >> -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. >> -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions >> should go. > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance > -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. > -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions > should go. -- Jeffrey Ryan jeffrey.r...@lemnica.com www.lemnica.com www.esotericR.com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions should go.