Re: PSPP-BUG: Failure to handle an antique SPSS file containing umlauts in variable names

[Müller , Andre]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 08:05
> To: Müller, Andre
> Cc: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: Re: PSPP-BUG: Failure to handle an antique SPSS file containing
> umlauts in variable names
> 
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 12:47:47PM +0000, M?ller, Andre wrote:
> > > > Due to licensing restrictions, I cannot provide a copy of the file,
> > > > but you can get it here:
> > > >
> > > > https://dbk.gesis.org/dbksearch/download.asp?db=E&id=40582
> > >
> > > I apologize for the long delay, but I have now started to look at this.
> > > I signed up and downloaded the file at this URL, which is named
> > > ZA2409.sav.  PSPP reads it OK.  It does not contain a variable name
> > > V_P?NKT.  So, I wonder whether this is the correct file?
> > >
> >
> > Hmm,
> > that was the correct file, all right, and the variable ought to be called
> > v_p?nkt, when the import was successful.
> 
> Here's the dictionary I see when I read the file.  In the file I have,
> none of the variable names even begins with 'v'.

Dear me, apologies!

I had a typo in my handwritten notes and worked with the right file, wrong name 
all along.
I am terribly sorry... embarrassed, even.

Now, double checked, the guilty party is ZA4209.sav, 
and it's location is 
https://dbk.gesis.org/dbksearch/download.asp?id=4489

Thank you for not dropping this.
Regards,
Andre