Thank you Michael I think you point to the real cause of the problem. I solved my own immediate problem by using StatTransfer to transfer from sav to sav.
My real concern is that the read.spss() function will become obsolete. Most of the data I have received in the last year have had those problems (and increasingly so), now they have become so serious that the import process fails all together. Therefore I believe it is important to do something about Michael Bibo wrote: > I don't know if this is relevant in your particular case, but the error > messages you quote are precisely what you get if the SPSS .sav file has > been created with the SPSS Data Entry product. If this is the case, it > is covered by section 3.1 of the R Data Import/Export document. > > If that is the problem, and if you don't have access to SPSS Data > Entry, I could do a data export for you. If I can help, please respond > on both my work email (below) and [EMAIL PROTECTED], as I'm not sure > which one I would see first. > > > > > > > > Michael Bibo > Research Officer > Projects and Research Service > West Moreton Community Health Services > West Moreton Health Service District > Queensland Health > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ph. +61 7 3817 2400 > > P.O. Box 878 > Ipswich, 4305 > Australia > > This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential > and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality > > is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended > recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. > > Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review > of this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of > > confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. > > If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this > > e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by > telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail > message and destroy any hard copies produced. > > > ***************************************************************** > This email, including any attachments sent with it, is > confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). > This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and > you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ > received in error. > > Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or > review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information > contained in this email, including any attachment sent with > it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it > relates to health service matters. > > If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have > received this email in error, you are asked to immediately > notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia > +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also > delete this email, and any copies, from your computer > system network and destroy any hard copies produced. > > If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, > distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of > disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this > email is also prohibited. > > Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to > ensure this email does not contain malicious software, > Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the > consequences if any person's computer inadvertently suffers > any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is > infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or > code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this > email. > > Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views > of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government. > **************************************************************** > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
