https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400788#M12183 <P>SAS was updated in July 2017. I recently installed that update.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:17:44 GMT AlyssaH 2017-10-03T20:17:44Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400746#M12176 <P><SPAN>After updating /reinstalling sas university edition, all of my tables saved in myfolders have zero rows and zero observations. I'm feeling very worried - what happened to all of my data? In windows, I don't have another application (other than SAS) to open the tables to see if the tables were all ruined. How can I retrieve my data?&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:23:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400746#M12176 AlyssaH 2017-10-03T19:23:31Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400772#M12177 <P>"How can I retrieve my data?&nbsp;"</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Restore from backup.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>You do have a backup, don't you ...?</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:00:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400772#M12177 Norman21 2017-10-03T20:00:01Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400776#M12178 <P>I do not know how to access a previous version through my computer. I don't have another copy.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:05:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400776#M12178 AlyssaH 2017-10-03T20:05:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400781#M12179 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/146665">@AlyssaH</a> wrote:<BR /><P><SPAN>After updating /reinstalling sas university edition, all of my tables saved in myfolders have zero rows and zero observations. I'm feeling very worried - what happened to all of my data? In windows, I don't have another application (other than SAS) to open the tables to see if the tables were all ruined. How can I retrieve my data?&nbsp;</SPAN></P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Sounds strange. I don't see an update for sas ue.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:09:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400781#M12179 error_prone 2017-10-03T20:09:31Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400783#M12180 <P><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/146665">@AlyssaH</a>&nbsp;- I know that you're feeling nervous, but as you're already <A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Analytics-U/ERROR-File-AH-T1TO5-2017-LANG7-DATA-does-not-exist/m-p/400771#M6686" target="_self">tracking this discussion in another thread</A>, it's best not to start a new one that has less information for responders (who really do want to help!).</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:12:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400783#M12180 ChrisHemedinger 2017-10-03T20:12:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400784#M12181 <P>OK.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:12:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400784#M12181 AlyssaH 2017-10-03T20:12:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400787#M12182 <P>You could try installing the free SAS Universal Viewer, probably on another computer:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="http://support.sas.com/software/products/univiewer/index.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/software/products/univiewer/index.html</A></P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:16:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400787#M12182 Norman21 2017-10-03T20:16:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400788#M12183 <P>SAS was updated in July 2017. I recently installed that update.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:17:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400788#M12183 AlyssaH 2017-10-03T20:17:44Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400789#M12184 <P>I have one computer. I've already installed the update twice.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:18:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400789#M12184 AlyssaH 2017-10-03T20:18:40Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400806#M12188 <P>I decided to give up on solving the issue. Instead, I started with a previous table and recreated all the tables i lost with the code I saved. <STRONG>This problem is solved.</STRONG>&nbsp;thank you. Although I am curious as to why the problem occurred in the first place.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:14:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/my-tables-with-all-data-appear-corrupted-following-installation/m-p/400806#M12188 AlyssaH 2017-10-03T21:14:30Z