problem with large datafile and macros

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problem with large datafile and macros

vlad simion
hi all,

i have a huge database (aprox 25.000 variables) and a validation syntax
which contains calls of a macro library (for each variable a macro call), my
problem is that when i try to run the syntax, after a while spss crashes, it
gives me the following error: "runtime error - abnormal program termination"
and closes.
does anybody have any ideea why?

thanks,

vlad


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Re: problem with large datafile and macros

Richard Ristow
At 05:11 AM 12/12/2006, vlad simion wrote:

>i have a huge database (aprox 25.000 variables) and a validation
>syntax which contains calls of a macro library (for each variable a
>macro call), my problem is that when i try to run the syntax, after a
>while spss crashes, it gives me the following error: "runtime error -
>abnormal program termination" and closes.

Two things will help us say more:

First, give us your SPSS version. Any crash (as opposed to error
message, or logic error) is a program malfunction, and likely to be
version-specific.

Second, what are those 25,000 macros doing? Is there a separate
transformation program for each one? Vaguely, my experience is that
SPSS 14 is that it can hang after running a lot of transformation
programs, less than 25,000.