"Invalid cursor state" error with odbc load command - odbc

Question

What does this cryptic error mean?
> odbc load, exec("
> CREATE VOLATILE MULTISET TABLE vol_tab AS (
> SELECT TOP 10 user_id FROM dw_users
> )
> WITH DATA
> PRIMARY INDEX(user_id)
> ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS;
> ") clear dsn("mozart");
The ODBC driver reported the following diagnostics
[Teradata][ODBC Teradata Driver] Invalid cursor state.
SQLSTATE=24000
r(693);

Answer 1

You are getting this error because you are telling Stata to load something, but your code does not have a SELECT clause that is not part of the table creation. If you add a SELECT clause at the bottom, it will work.
Alternatively, you can use odbc exec("SqlStmt") syntax if you just want to create a table.
Here's an example:
/* Works */
odbc load, exec("
CREATE VOLATILE MULTISET TABLE vol_tab AS (
SELECT TOP 10 user_id FROM dw_users
)
WITH DATA
PRIMARY INDEX(user_id)
ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS;
SELECT * FROM vol_tab;
") clear dsn("mozart") lowercase multistatement;
format user_id %20.0fc;
sort user_id;
list, clean noobs;
/*Also Works */
odbc exec("
CREATE VOLATILE MULTISET TABLE vol_tab AS (
SELECT TOP 10 user_id FROM dw_users
)
WITH DATA
PRIMARY INDEX(user_id)
ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS;
"), dsn("mozart");
/* Fails: Load With No Bottom Select Clause */
odbc load, exec("
CREATE VOLATILE MULTISET TABLE vol_tab AS (
SELECT TOP 10 user_id FROM dw_users
)
WITH DATA
PRIMARY INDEX(user_id)
ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS;
") clear dsn("mozart");