Date:         Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:03:31 +0000
Reply-To:     toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Importing error
Comments: To: Tom White <tw2@mail.com>
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Tom ,

Post Your FileName Statement, it looks like you are having a problem there

Toby Dunn

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> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:01:07 -0500
> From: tw2@MAIL.COM
> Subject: Importing error
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
> I am importing data from a zipped file, unzipping with a filename statement, and in my infile statement I have lrecl=32767.
> I get an error:
> ERROR: Invalid compressed data, length does not match.
> FATAL: Unrecoverable I/O error detected in the execution of the data step program. Aborted during the EXECUTION phase.
>
> Does the error refer to the lrecl, and if so, is there a way to tell the max line record length without importing the whole file from the unzipped file? I couldn't find anything on the sas help for this specific error. If the error does not refer to the lrecl, does anyone know what it does refer to?
>
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