Hi, all

I use version 9.0 (something, includes the patches) and have encountered the same quirk. I'm not sure at what line length SPSS starts to choke, but the problem does seem to be with the file length and not necessarily with the program. I have syntax files where I manually select and run relatively small pieces at a time and as Sally describes, only the first line runs IF the total syntax file length is greater than some magic number. If I shorten the file, or paste the same code into another file, voila! it runs.

I have Windows 95 with 64 MB RAM. The problem only seems to correlate with syntax file length, and not with running out of memory (like with having too many monster output files open).

Carol

At 08:15 AM 7/14/00 -0400, you wrote: >I've been regularly running syntax files in the 7,000 to 10,000 line range >on PCs since SPSS v8. I've never had a problem with any of them that could >not be traced to either errors in programming or hardware limitations. > >If you put some EXECUTE statements in the program and start stepping >through it you'll probably find the reason it doesn't want to run. > >HTH, >Mark > >At 04:37 PM 2000-07-13, S. Zitzer wrote: >>Hi, >> >> I wonder if others have run into the problem with long syntax files and >>have a solution other than using "include". I thought SPSS would have >>fixed the problem by now but they sure have not. I have a user who has a >>syntax file that has about 3,300 lines. When we try to run it, SPSS runs >>just the very first line, whether it be executable or a comment. Then it >>does nothing more but also gives no error messages. The method of >>"running" that I am referring to is to use the Run -> All button. >>When I deleted the bottom half of the file it would start running. >>Does anyone know a specific line limit for syntax files? >> >>Thanks, >> >> Sally Zitzer >> Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA > >Mark V. Casazza >Senior Research Analyst >Office of Research, Assessment and Planning >Adelphi University, Levermore Hall #307 >Garden City, NY 11530 > >phone: 516.877.3231 >fax: 516.877.3237 >email: casazzam@adelphi.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carol L. Albright, MS | E-Mail : syzygy@tc.umn.edu Albright Consulting | Phone : 651/699-7218 2031 Goodrich Avenue | http://www.tc.umn.edu/~syzygy St. Paul, MN 55105 USA | Research data services -------------------------------------------------------------------------