I read in from row 2 as a character dataset since names will be characters. Save as a csv file without putting names, then read in from csv file getting names. Sample code below for a tab delimited source file:   proc import out=test file="&path\tabfile" dbms=tab replace; getnames=no; datarow=2; guessingrows=9999; run;   proc export data=test file="&path\tabfile.csv" dbms=csv replace; putnames = no; run;   proc import out=mydata file="&path\tabfile.csv" dbms=csv replace; getnames=yes; guessingrows=9999; run; ... View more