Date:         Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:23:14 -0700
Reply-To:     "Suzanne E. Perumean-Chaney" <perumean@UNR.EDU>
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From:         "Suzanne E. Perumean-Chaney" <perumean@UNR.EDU>
Subject:      Re: merging files
Comments: To: Ian.Straus@viainfo.net
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Thanks for the advise.  It turned out the character width wasn't the same.

Suzanne Perumean

On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 Ian.Straus@viainfo.net wrote:

> The variables may be in different formats (that is, one's text and the
> other is numeric).
> To troubleshoot, you might try importing the smaller files to SPSS and
> comparing the fields in question.
>
> Ian Straus
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Suzanne E. Perumean-Chaney [SMTP:perumean@UNR.EDU]
> > Sent:       Monday, July 31, 2000 3:31 PM
> > To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject:    merging files
> >
> > I have several Excel files that will eventually be merged into one
> > large
> > SPSS file.  I am adding cases and have been successful in merging some
> > of
> > the files.  However, there are two files which will not allow the
> > column
> > (subject name) to be merged into the master file.  I have check that
> > these
> > file columns are set up the same as the ones that merged in fine.  Any
> > suggestions as to what might be going on?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Suzanne Perumean
>