topic Re: Readind SAS file in SAS Programming

Readind SAS file

Khaladdin — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:16:32 GMT

Hi all,

I have a SAS file which I want to read. However, I got the following error:

"filename" is shorter than expected use PROC DATASETS; REPAIR to fix it.

I kindly ask you to help me

Re: Readind SAS file

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:38:25 GMT

As it says, use the REPAIR Statement in the DATASETS Procedure.

But I would get back to the source of the dataset file and have them resend the file, it seems to have been damaged during the transmission.

Re: Readind SAS file

Khaladdin — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:48:19 GMT

I have tried and got the following error:

ERROR: File "filename" is damaged. I/O processing did not complete.
ERROR: Library member "filename" could not be repaired.

Re: Readind SAS file

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:49:43 GMT

Then you need a valid copy of the file. When REPAIR can't get it right, it's toast. It might even be that you have a .sas7bdat file of size 0.