Re: loading CSV file with a lot of question marks

[Matt Ward-3]

I am attempting to load a CSV file in SPSS 16. There are around 59 variables
and at the moment around 70 cases, however end result will be around 500+
results.



Initially, when loaded, the data view in SPSS is filled in with a heap of
question marks (?). Then over time, they start to fill themselves in
gradually, however very slowly. An example of would be a set of say 40
cases, taking between 5-10minutes to fill in, which is crazy.



This exact same approach worked flawlessly in SPSS 15, however the client is
using v16.



Any ideas? As I can't unearth anything from my investigations.



Many thanks.

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[Clive Downs]

Hi Matt

Can you provide/post a sample of the data you are trying to load,and the
syntax you generate to load it, and I will try to simulate the error on my
version 17/see if there is any solution.

Regards

Clive

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