Re: Import .sav File Causing Warnings

[Andy Choens]

Thank you for responding. I definitely understand the time constraints. I 
started to work on this further myself, then life intervened and I never got 
back to it. I will send you the files off-list.

--andy

On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:00:42 PM Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Andy Choens <address@hidden> writes:
> > I've got two SPSS files that I'm willing to send to anyone who wants to
> > see them.
> > File #1 - Created with SPSS 11 on Windows.
> > File #2 - Created with SPSS 20 on Linux (Ubuntu).
> > 
> > File number 1 opens normally in PSPP. File two does not. File #2 does
> > opens and the data imports (integers at least import OK), but I get a
> > bunch of warnings. The same thing happens in R (down to the errors),
> > wihch makes sense. As I remember, PSPP and R both use the same
> > underlying system to import/open SPSS data files.
> > 
> > I get the following warnings when opening file #2:
> > 
> > PSPP warning: "/home/andy/dev/spss-import/test-spss20.sav" near offset
> > 0x148: File specifies unexpected value -1.79769e+308 as LOWEST.
> > PSPP warning: "/home/andy/dev/spss-import/test-spss20.sav" near offset
> > 0x164: Invalid variable display parameters for variable 0 (DUMB). 
> > Default parameters substituted.
> > PSPP warning: "/home/andy/dev/spss-import/test-spss20.sav" near offset
> > 0x1c7: Unrecognized record type 7, subtype 18.  Please send a copy of
> > this file, and the syntax which created it to address@hidden
> 
> Andy, did you ever get this resolved?  I now have time to take a
> look at the problem and, presumably, fix it.  Please send me the
> files.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben.