How to close the working dataset?
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Re: How to close the working dataset?
 
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maybe a new dataset command.
DATASET KEEP OPEN active name1 name2 ... ----- Art Kendall Social Research Consultants -- Sent from: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/ ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD
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It would be pretty easy to make an enhanced DATASET CLOSE extension command, say, STATS DATASET CLOSE that provided more options, but tweaking the existing command would make more sense if this is a real issue. I haven't heard this raised since the command was introduced in V22, and I would like to hear some real use cases. On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 5:27 AM, PRogman <[hidden email]> wrote: Ok for P-th-n stuff, but it can not be used inside DEFINE-!ENDDEFINE so it |
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I have usually solved the problem by having the name of the active dataset as
a parameter in a macro that uses different datasets for data manipulation, tables and graphs. The key point is what Kirill sought was how to return to the calling active dataset /without knowing its name /and not changing it to something specific name. In the example below the parameter ds would not be needed, and it is the final DATASET ACTIVATE that removes the closed MyDS (unless closing is done after activating !ds). /PR DEFINE MyMacro( !POS !TOKENS(1) /!POS !TOKENS(1) /ds !TOKENS(1) ) *wish: PRESERVE ACTIVEDATASET. DATASET COPY MyDS. DATASET ACTIVATE MyDS WINDOWS=ASIS. ... manipulate...maybe: MATCH FILES FILE=* /KEEP !1 !2. ... DATASET CLOSE MyDS. *wish: RESTORE ACTIVEDATASET., instead... DATASET ACTIVATE !ds WINDOW=ASIS. !ENDDEFINE. Jon Peck wrote > It would be pretty easy to make an enhanced DATASET CLOSE extension > command, say, STATS DATASET CLOSE that provided more options, but tweaking > the existing command would make more sense if this is a real issue. I > haven't heard this raised since the command was introduced in V22, and I > would like to hear some real use cases. > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 5:27 AM, PRogman < > peder@ > > wrote: > >> Ok for P-th-n stuff, but it can not be used inside DEFINE-!ENDDEFINE so >> it >> won't work in macros without fully making it an extension command? >> /PR >> >> >> Jon Peck wrote >> > Since V22, the DATASET DISPLAY output has included the creation time >> > stamp >> > and the associated filespec, if any, for each dataset. However, it >> does >> > not keep an activation history. Activating a different DE window will >> > change the backend active dataset to match but dialog boxes paste the >> > appropriate dataset activate command to go with their dataset. >> > >> > One could, of course, manage all this with that P--- stuff. >> > >> > On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 5:16 PM, PRogman < >> >> > peder@ >> >> > > wrote: >> > >> >> There is something strange happening when active dataset is closed. >> See >> >> variables below in the syntax example. A closed dataset does not >> >> disapperar >> >> until a new is declared active, so the natural way would be to >> activate >> a >> >> designated active dataset and then delete the previous. Here the >> problem >> >> appears if you do not know the name of the dataset to activate. >> >> It would be helpful to Preserve/PUSH and Restore/POP or otherwise >> store >> >> and >> >> recall the dataset name. >> >> /PR >> >> >> >> >> >> NEW FILE. >> >> DATASET CLOSE ALL. >> >> >> >> DATA LIST LIST / junk(F1). >> >> BEGIN DATA >> >> 1 >> >> END DATA. >> >> DATASET NAME X. >> >> LIST junk. >> >> DATASET DISPLAY. >> >> >> >> DATA LIST LIST / morejunk(F1). >> >> BEGIN DATA >> >> 2 >> >> END DATA. >> >> DATASET NAME Y. >> >> LIST morejunk. >> >> DATASET DISPLAY. >> >> >> >> DATASET CLOSE Y. >> >> COMPUTE morejunk = morejunk * 100. >> >> LIST morejunk. >> >> DATASET DISPLAY. >> >> >> >> COMPUTE junk = junk * 10. >> >> LIST junk. >> >> DATASET DISPLAY. >> >> >> >> DATASET ACTIVATE X. >> >> DATASET DISPLAY. >> >> LIST junk. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sent from: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/ >> >> >> >> ===================== >> >> To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to >> >> >> >> > LISTSERV@.UGA >> >> > (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the >> >> command. To leave the list, send the command >> >> SIGNOFF SPSSX-L >> >> For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command >> >> INFO REFCARD >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Jon K Peck >> >> > jkpeck@ >> >> > >> > ===================== >> > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to >> >> > LISTSERV@.UGA >> >> > (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the >> > command. To leave the list, send the command >> > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L >> > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command >> > INFO REFCARD >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/ >> >> ===================== >> To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to >> > LISTSERV@.UGA > (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the >> command. To leave the list, send the command >> SIGNOFF SPSSX-L >> For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command >> INFO REFCARD >> > > > > -- > Jon K Peck > jkpeck@ > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > LISTSERV@.UGA > (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command > INFO REFCARD -- Sent from: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/ ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
Re: How to close the working dataset?
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In reply to this post by Jon Peck
Jon, please pay attention to my suggestion above: SPSS could indeed
design new options (RECENT) and (OLDEST) in DATASET ACTIVATE syntax
command. It would be better than to change the behaviour of DATASET
CLOSE syntax command which has settled since vers. 15 and is
satisfactory, it shouldn't be touched, of course.
09.12.2017 17:39, Jon Peck пишет:
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I don't control the designs for built-in features, but if I were designing this, I would add optional keywords or subcommands to the existing commands rather than making new ones. On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Kirill Orlov <[hidden email]> wrote:
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