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Khaladdin
Quartz | Level 8

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

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

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.

Khaladdin
Quartz | Level 8
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.

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

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.

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