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lmondo

Error #1405

Hi,

I'm trying to open a data file that was originally created on SPSS v. 17. Someone else cleaned and prepared the data file in v. 18 and resent it back to me. Now I am unable to open the data file in either SPSS v. 17 or SPSS v. 13 (I have both programs). She even tried saving it in a lower level file (if that's possible) and this is the error message that I keep getting:

"Error # 1405 in column 8. Text: C:\(location name of data file is here)
Error when attempting to get a data file.
This command not executed."

I saw the previous post re: Error # 1405, but it doesn't seem to apply to our issue because we are both using Intel-based PC computers.

Any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated!

Maguin, Eugene

Re: Error #1405

Lmondo,

The text for error 1405 is not so informative or doesn't seem to be. I'm
also not quite clear about what all you have done to open the file. So let's
do the drill.

Is it possible that the apostrophes or quotes around the file location
string were omitted?

Is it possible the file has an 'sav' extension but is not an spss data
format file? (I assume that you can see the extension.)

Have you tried to open the file via the menu system (file-->Open data)? Did
the open fail? What was the error message?

If you can open the file vis the menu system, then, I think, the only
possibility is that the get data file location string has an error in it.
Have you check the file location string against the file directory listing
in explorer?

Gene Maguin

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lmondo
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:25 PM
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Subject: Error #1405

Hi,

I'm trying to open a data file that was originally created on SPSS v. 17.
Someone else cleaned and prepared the data file in v. 18 and resent it back
to me. Now I am unable to open the data file in either SPSS v. 17 or SPSS v.
13 (I have both programs). She even tried saving it in a lower level file
(if that's possible) and this is the error message that I keep getting:

"Error # 1405 in column 8. Text: C:\(location name of data file is here)
Error when attempting to get a data file.
This command not executed."

I saw the previous post re: Error # 1405, but it doesn't seem to apply to
our issue because we are both using Intel-based PC computers.

Any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated!
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lmondo

Re: Error #1405

Hi Gene,

My responses are in CAPS below...

Is it possible that the apostrophes or quotes around the file location
string were omitted? NO

Is it possible the file has an 'sav' extension but is not an spss data
format file? (I assume that you can see the extension.) NO

Have you tried to open the file via the menu system (file-->Open data)? Did
the open fail? What was the error message? YES, SAME ERROR MESSAGE (SEE BELOW)

GET
FILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop\newdatafile.sav'.

>Error # 1405 in column 8. Text: C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop\newdatafile.sav
>Error when attempting to get a data file.
>This command not executed.

If you can open the file vis the menu system, then, I think, the only
possibility is that the get data file location string has an error in it.
Have you check the file location string against the file directory listing
in explorer? NOT SURE HOW TO DO THIS

Maguin, Eugene

Re: Error #1405

Lmondo,

I don't know what is wrong. I took a text file, changed the extension to
'sav', and tried to open it with the file -> open data rather than file ->
read text data and discovered that spss determined the file to be 'text' and
switched to the read text data wizard. Salute to spss for that piece of
work.

Perhaps you know that you open a file with notepad. The top line identifies
a spss data file as such. That would be a check.

I'd like to suggest two last ideas. First, I think you can go the spss
website and access their 'knowledge base' and search on 'error 1405' or
'1405' (username/password access). You might find something there.

Second, I never put things on the desktop but the directory string to my
desktop is

C:\Documents and Settings\emaguin\Desktop

Perhaps your computer is set up different. We are on XP and there is a user
name directory between 'documents and settings' and 'desktop'. Last straw,
move the file off the desktop to a directory on either C:\ or your server.
If that fails, the only thing I can think to do is to remake the file.

Sorry, Gene Maguin

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
lmondo
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 2:26 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Error #1405

Hi Gene,

My responses are in CAPS below...

Is it possible that the apostrophes or quotes around the file location
string were omitted? NO

Is it possible the file has an 'sav' extension but is not an spss data
format file? (I assume that you can see the extension.) NO

Have you tried to open the file via the menu system (file-->Open data)? Did
the open fail? What was the error message? YES, SAME ERROR MESSAGE (SEE
BELOW)

GET
FILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop\newdatafile.sav'.

>Error # 1405 in column 8. Text: C:\Documents and
Settings\Desktop\newdatafile.sav
>Error when attempting to get a data file.
>This command not executed.

If you can open the file vis the menu system, then, I think, the only
possibility is that the get data file location string has an error in it.
Have you check the file location string against the file directory listing
in explorer? NOT SURE HOW TO DO THIS

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