Issue retrieving single security

[jaross42]

getting the below error when i try to retrieve a single security accessor from the manager

retrieve a single security accessor from the manager

msft = mgr['MSFT US EQUITY']

ERROR:

NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
in ()
1 # retrieve a single security accessor from the manager
----> 2 msft = mgr['MSFT US EQUITY']

C:\Users\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tia\bbg\datamgr.py in getitem(self, sid)
121
122 def getitem(self, sid):
--> 123 return self.get_sid_accessor(sid)
124
125 @Property

C:\Users\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tia\bbg\datamgr.py in get_sid_accessor(self, sid, **overrides)
115
116 def get_sid_accessor(self, sid, **overrides):
--> 117 if isinstance(sid, str):
118 return SidAccessor(sid, self, **overrides)
119 else:

NameError: name 'basestring' is not defined

[summerside182]

you are running on python 3+

tia is for python 2

[jaross42]

correct i am running python 3+ however I am using the python3 updates that where posted for TIA

[nwlezien]

@jaross42 how did you solve this issue?