title: Import csv which have numerics with comma as the decimal separator
body: <p>I have a 5 gb <code>csv</code> file which takes over an hour to import to stata.</p>
  
  <p>The reason is, among other things, it is in the European format, i.e., it is a <code>;</code> separated file and numeric columns come with <code>,</code> as de decimal separator. For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>V1  V2   V3
  A   2,4  10,1
  B   30   1,4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Problem is that <code>stata</code> assumes the numeric columns are string variables, thus, tries to import it in a really inefficient way (trying to declare the columns as numerics just give me missing values).</p>
  
  <p>Is there a command/option where I input a different decimal-point separator, so the importing process goes faster?</p>