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VVDR
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi,

How do I read the data from a damaged SAS dataset.

In what instances SAS dataset gets damaged ?

Please help me here. 

TIA..

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Patrick
Opal | Level 21

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).

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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.

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