Date:         Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:38:16 -0400
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
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From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Subject:      Re: Importing a raw data file with 355 columns
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254 characters, or 254 fields?

If the former: 256 is the default record length, but not the maximum.

So the INFILE statement needs to include

   lrecl=355

I don't know how to address this in EG.

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:16:27 -0300, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Angel_Alvarez?=
<jalvares@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>I tried to import the file using Enterprise Guide but found that I could
>only import 254 columns. Is this a hard limit in EG?
>Would someone advice me about efficient ways to import the file to a SAS
>format (sas7bdat)? The file has 355 columns and approx. 360.000 rows. It is
>tab delimited.
>Thank you all.
>
>--
>José Angel Alvarez