LIBNAME library 'c:\MySASLib';
PROC IMPORT DATAFILE = 'c:\MySPSSDir\survey.sav'
OUT = library.sassurvey
DBMS = SAV
REPLACE;
FMTLIB = library.formats;
RUN;
I am experiencing SAS 9.3 at the moment. This is the example I used to import SPSS (.sav) file to SAS.
However when I did this way, the error message appears that:
" ERROR: Unable to open the table library.sassurvey. library.sassurvey cannot be opened.
Do you want to select a different table to open ?"
The error in the log is :
"ERROR: Format Q9_ not found or couldn't be loaded for variable Q9_."
This happened only when I specified the formats in "FMTLIB", which put SPSS formatted value in the personal library.
However without "FMTLIB", the formats would be put in "work" directory, and then I can open the data in the personal library. It seems weird.
I want to create formats in different library, because there are several SPSS files I have to import. If the formats file in the same "work" directory, when a new SPSS file imported, its format will overwrite the existing one.
Does anyone know about this, and How can I fix this problem?
Thanks and Regards
