Date:         Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:50:25 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Agnew <agnew@MAIL2.VCU.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jim Agnew <agnew@MAIL2.VCU.EDU>
Organization: Virginia Commonwealth University
Subject:      Re: Corrupted files
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Man, I just spent HOURS redoing my computer at home...

"Oh, the Agony of Delete!!!!"

William W. Viergever wrote:
> Don't bother re-installing SAS; instead re-create the data sets.
>
> They're hosed.
>
> You may, in fact, wish to check out the other files on this drive; back-up
> the good ones and then re-format (i.e., start w/ a low level, device format
> which will block-out bad sectors/tracks) this drive; I suspect it is
> beginning to die as I recently had the same experience w/ a 36GB U160 SCSI
> drive.
>
> All this assumes you have more than just C; otherwise you might be
> re-installing everything <g>
>
> HTH
>
>
> At 03:09 PM 4/10/2002 -0400, Pamela Nadash wrote:
>
>> Seemingly randomly, I am getting errors using my SAS permanent
>> datasets, as
>> follows:
>>
>> 82   data vcpage;
>> 83       set c.vcp_set2 (keep=mrn case_num age);
>> 84   run;
>>
>> ERROR: Expecting page 546, got page -1 instead.
>> ERROR: Page validation error while reading C.VCP_SET2.DATA.
>> ERROR: File C.VCP_SET2.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not complete.
>> NOTE: The data step has been abnormally terminated.
>> NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
>> NOTE: There were 2711 observations read from the data set C.VCP_SET2.
>> WARNING: The data set WORK.VCPAGE may be incomplete.  When this step was
>> stopped there were 2711 observations and 3
>>          variables.
>> NOTE: DATA statement used:
>>       real time           1.47 seconds
>>       cpu time            0.15 seconds
>>
>> then for another file:
>>
>>
>> 14   data full;
>> 15       set c.vcp_full;
>> 16       if age > 64 then output;
>> 17   run;
>>
>> ERROR: Expecting page 51, got page -1 instead.
>> ERROR: Page validation error while reading C.VCP_FULL.DATA.
>> ERROR: File C.VCP_FULL.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not complete.
>>
>> The source files were modified at different points in time -- one over 2
>> months ago.  I have been getting this error a few times over the last few
>> days.  The computer has been checked out, and there seem to be no
>> viruses or
>> other problems.  My next step is to re-install SAS, but I would be
>> grateful
>> for any insight into what might have caused this error.
>>
>>         Pamela Nadash
>>         Research Associate
>>         Center for Home Care Policy and Research
>>         The Visiting Nurse Service of NY
>>         5 Penn Plaza, 11th Floor
>>         New York, NY 10001-1810
>>
>>         Tel: 212/290-3537   Fax: 212/290-3756
>
>
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