Re: price retrieval timing out

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Posted by Mark on April 08, 2006 at 13:01:06:

In Reply to: Re: price retrieval timing out posted by willis dillon on April 08, 2006 at 11:23:23:

: : When attempting price retrieval I get the following error message---
: : WinInet error code: 12002
: : Message: The operation timed out

: : What do I need to do to correct it?

:
: I may have found the answer myself. I have several securities with unusual prefixes on their symbol i.e. _pd & .pk. When I uncheck the box for including them in the price search the download seems to work O.K.
: While I'm on the subject of these two stocks; one a preferred and the other a pink sheet, neither of these have ever worked on the price download but they have never interferred with downloading the other stock prices in the past. Both of these stocks are not traded frequently and I'm sure that there are days when there is no market in them. I have chosen to ignore this idiosyncrasy in the past but I would like to correct this situation. Any suggestions?

Hi Willis,

Having unknown ticker symbols should not cause a timeout, they should just not update. It may have been a temporary problem with the server not responding in time.

I would suggest switching to using the regular "Yahoo" server for daily updates. Generally, you would only use the "Yahoo (Historical)" server when you create a new investment, and need to get back pricing for that investment. Once you have your back pricing, use just "Yahoo" as it provides more recent quotes, offers more quotes, and is faster. Some ticker symbols are available on Yahoo that don't have historical pricing, and aren't available on Yahoo (Historical).

Thanks,
Mark
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Fund Manager - Portfolio Management Software

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