# Read VDS in Hail 0.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/read-vds-in-hail-0-2/509>\
**Category:** Help \[0.1\]\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/read-vds-in-hail-0-2/509 "2018-05-29T14:14:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ines](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/ines/32/239_2.png) [@ines](https://discuss.hail.is/u/ines)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/read-vds-in-hail-0-2/509/1 "2018-05-29T14:14:04Z")

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Hello,

How can I read the vds file that I have written with Hail 0.1 in the new version of Hail 0.2 ?

Thank you !

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/read-vds-in-hail-0-2/509/2 "2018-05-29T15:26:43Z")

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Hi,  
The file formats in 0.1 and 0.2 aren’t compatible – they use use entirely different systems. You can export VCF from 0.1 and import that with 0.2, however.

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**Author:** ![ines](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/ines/32/239_2.png) [@ines](https://discuss.hail.is/u/ines)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/read-vds-in-hail-0-2/509/3 "2018-05-29T18:46:00Z")

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Ok thank you !

Just to be sure : no more function write (to write a vds) in hail 0.2 ?? Why ?

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/read-vds-in-hail-0-2/509/4 "2018-05-29T18:46:43Z")

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We still have a write function!

[https://hail.is/docs/devel/hail.MatrixTable.html#hail.MatrixTable.write](https://hail.is/docs/devel/hail.MatrixTable.html#hail.MatrixTable.write)