topic Re: DBF problem on proc import in SAS Procedures

DBF problem on proc import

rpg163 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:26:42 GMT

Hi,

I get a problem on read DBF format data.

When I try to import a DBF format data, "AF_BENCH.DBF", with proc import, like this:

PROC IMPORT OUT=asd

DATAFILE="E:\Database\ORG\Analyst_DBF\Rank\AF_BENCH.DBF"

DBMS=DBF REPLACE;

run;

well, two variables are missing, both the two variables are string variables and are very long (one of them is "notes" and contains observations more than 100 words)

Is it because the variables are too long? How should I deal with it?

Many THX!

DBF problem on proc import

ballardw — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:36:32 GMT

You might try DBMS= DBFMEMO to read data with memo fields, which sounds like your data.

Re: DBF problem on proc import

rpg163 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:01:31 GMT

THX. But it doesn‘t work. Is it a option in lastest version? My sas version is 9.1.3, I can not find this DBMS option in SAS help.

Re: DBF problem on proc import

rpg163 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:12:42 GMT

Well, I just search it in SAS support, yes, This indeed is an option in SAS 9.2. Well, update is nessary?