[R-SIG-Finance] getSymbols and PD-UN

[Joshua Ulrich]

Nick,

The error tells you.  The page doesn't exist because there's no
historical data for that symbol.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=PD-UN.TO

Best,
Josh
--
http://www.fosstrading.com



On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Nick Torenvliet
<n_torenvliet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I've been playing around for some time with the Toronto Stock Exchange... I can't explain the following...
>
> Both
> atable <- getSymbols("RIM.TO",auto.assign=FALSE)
> atable <- getSymbols("PWT-UN.TO",auto.assign=FALSE)
> work fine
>
> But
>> atable <- getSymbols("PD-UN.TO",auto.assign=FALSE)
> Warning message:
> In download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m,  :
>  cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
> Bails
>
> PD-UN.TO is Precision Drilling Trust which can be found at http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PD-UN.TO
>
> Any ideas as to why I can't get PD-UN.TO to work?
>
> Nick
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