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RBloomberg hangs on blpConnect()

5 messages · John Laing, Harry Prabandham

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Hi Harry,

RBloomberg works OK for me on R 2.13.2. Do you have the most recent
Bloomberg API files installed? Was the package working for you on an
earlier version of R and only started hanging since you upgraded?

Thanks,
John
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Harry Prabandham <harryp at gmail.com> wrote:
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You may have an old version of the Bloomberg API. You can upgrade in
Bloomberg via WAPI<GO>, hopefully that will fix the problem.

If you want to check before installing new software try calling
blpConnect with no arguments. It will attempt to find the jar file and
hopefully return an error rather than hang.

John
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Harry Prabandham <harryp at gmail.com> wrote: