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warning: DO NOT CHANGE THIS MANUALLY, THIS IS GENERATED BY https://github.com/duckdb/community-extensions repository, check README there
title: read_stat
excerpt: |
  DuckDB Community Extensions
  Read data sets from SAS, Stata, and SPSS with ReadStat

extension:
  name: read_stat
  description: Read data sets from SAS, Stata, and SPSS with ReadStat
  version: 0.3.0
  language: C
  build: cmake
  license: MIT
  requires_toolchains: "python3"
  maintainers:
    - dylanmeysmans

repo:
  github: dylanmeysmans/duckdb-read-stat
  ref: f8ff95c2a6b81d81d99ae133bb37ec78e69fff15

docs:
  hello_world: |
    -- Read a SAS `.sas7bdat` or `.xpt` file
    FROM read_stat('sas_data.sas7bdat');
    FROM read_stat('sas_data.xpt');
    -- Read an SPSS `.sav`, `.zsav`, or `.por` file
    FROM read_stat('spss_data.sav');
    FROM read_stat('compressed_spss_data.zsav');
    FROM read_stat('portable_spss_data.por');
    -- Read a Stata .dta file
    FROM read_stat('stata_data.dta');

    -- If the file extension is not `.sas7bdat`, `.xpt`, `.sav`, `.zsav`, `.por`, or `.dta`,
    -- use the `read_stat` function for the right file type with the `format` parameter:
    FROM read_stat('sas_data.other_extension', format = 'sas7bdat');
    FROM read_stat('sas_data.other_extension', format = 'xpt');
    -- SPSS `.sav` and `.zsav` can both be read through the format `'sav'`
    FROM read_stat(
        'spss_data_possibly_compressed.other_extension',
        format = 'sav'
    );
    FROM read_stat('portable_spss_data.other_extension', format = 'por');
    FROM read_stat('stata_data.other_extension', format = 'dta');

    -- Override the character encoding with an `iconv`` encoding name,
    -- see https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
    CREATE TABLE other_data AS FROM read_stat('latin1_encoded.sas7bdat', encoding = 'iso-8859-1');
  extended_description: |
    ## Usage

    ### Parameters

    | Name | Description | Type | Default |
    |:----|:-----------|:----:|:-------|
    | `format` | The format of the input file, when its extension does not indicate it, either `'sas7bdat'`, `'xpt'`, `'sav'`, `'por'`, or `'dta'` | `VARCHAR` | `NULL` |
    | `encoding` | The character encoding of the input file, as defined by `iconv`, see https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ | `VARCHAR` | `NULL` |

extension_star_count: 35
extension_star_count_pretty: 35
extension_download_count: 13125
extension_download_count_pretty: 13.1k
image: '/images/community_extensions/social_preview/preview_community_extension_read_stat.png'
layout: community_extension_doc
---
### Compatibility Matrix

This table covers all DuckDB releases that have not reached [end-of-life](https://duckdb.org/release_calendar), including LTS releases, and shows the 2 most recent patch releases of each. Older patch releases are not listed, but the extension may be available for them as well.

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| Platform | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 2.0.0 |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Linux AMD64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Linux ARM64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| macOS AMD64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| macOS ARM64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Windows AMD64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Windows ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| WebAssembly | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |

### Installing and Loading
```sql
INSTALL {{ page.extension.name }} FROM community;
LOAD {{ page.extension.name }};
```

{% if page.docs.hello_world %}
### Example
```sql
{{ page.docs.hello_world }}```
{% endif %}

{% if page.docs.extended_description %}
### About {{ page.extension.name }}
{{ page.docs.extended_description }}
{% endif %}
### Added Functions

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| function_name | function_type | description | comment | examples |
|---------------|---------------|-------------|---------|----------|
| read_stat     | table         | NULL        | NULL    |          |

### Overloaded Functions

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This extension does not add any function overloads.

### Added Types

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This extension does not add any types.

### Added Settings

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This extension does not add any settings.