If you can extract a working dataset of original size from the 200 MB ZIP archive, the compress has worked and the size reported from the ZIP metadata is the uncompressed size. ... View more

Whe you say the output format is text, I assume you're writing to the SAS listing (or some other non-styled output file). In this case the solutions that rely on ODS styles won't work and SPANROWS doesn't apply. You'll have to fall back to the old-school PROC REPORT listing options. Check out the WIDTH and FLOW options on the DEFINE statement for example. ... View more