For assistance, you will need to reply to your post providing SAS log output with the SAS-generated DATA step code from the PROC IMPORT (pasted in your reply from your SAS session log). Adding a simple PROC CONTENTS; RUN; after the import code would also help, and activating the SAS OPTIONS setting SOURCE is important to generate as much SAS log diagnostics as possible. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. ... View more