| Date: | Wed, 20 Oct 1999 00:02:11 GMT |
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| Reply-To: | Louis S Pogoda Jr <lpogoda@HOME.COM> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | Louis S Pogoda Jr <lpogoda@HOME.COM> |
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| Organization: | @Home Network |
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| Subject: | Re: (MVS) Re:Index Damaged |
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Have you tried to delete the index using PROC SQL?
>Steve James posted the following:
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>>I have a SAS V7 data set on a Unix machine and I get a message that says
the
>>index is damaged. I've tried to delete the index with the following
>>results.
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>>proc datasets ddname=s9 ;
>>modify mort1997 ;
>>ERROR: File S9.MORT1997.INDEX is damaged.
>>45 index delete _all_ ;
>>46 run ;
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>>Any reference to the data set in another procedure (e.g. PROC PRINT, etc)
>>gets me the same message and no results. What can I do to get rid of the
>>damaged index and save the data set?
>>
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