Hi,
How do I read the data from a damaged SAS dataset.
In what instances SAS dataset gets damaged ?
Please help me here.
TIA..
Look into Proc Repair
If you kill a SAS process in the middle of an in-place write process to a SAS table then it could get damaged (i.e. an insert/update/delete using the SAS data step modify statement).
If your SAS dataset is not repairable, what strategies do you have restore it? Possible options are restoring from a backup version or recreating it from another data source. You may also be able to read up to and / or around the damaged record(s) by using the FIRSTOBS= and OBS= read options.
A dataset can als be damaged by running out of disk space while writing it.
PROC DATASETS has a REPAIR statement.
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