Hi, all!

Thanks, Dianne, for this post! I was also near my wits end with a "corrupted" database on our Unix/AIX box. I tried your suggestion, and got past the database update step with no problem. However, we are running V8, so this "bug" still lingers...

- Pat

-----Original Message----- From: Dianne Rhodes [mailto:RHODESD1@WESTAT.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:27 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Save LOG Clear LOG Save LOG ...

Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel wrote:

>It rans quite ok, but at a random time, I often get:

>ERROR: An I/O error has occurred on file SSD.N3B1501B3X3.DATA. >ERROR: An I/O error has occurred on file SSD.N3B1501B3X3.DATA. >ERROR: An I/O error has occurred on file SSD.N3B1501B3X3.DATA. >ERROR: File SSD.N3B1501B3X3.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not >complete. >ERROR: File SSD.N3B1501B3X3.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not >complete. >ERROR: File SSD.N3B1501B3X3.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not >complete. >WARNING: The data set SSD.N3B1501B3X3 may be incomplete. When this step was >stopped there were 1789 observations and 5 variables. >WARNING: Data set SSD.N3B1501B3X3 was not replaced because this step was >stopped. >ERROR: SAS ended due to errors.

Is the file compressed? Is it SAS V 6.12? I have seen this error running on a compressed file. You need to specify OPTIONS Compress=Yes Reuse=Yes; AFAIK it is a 6.12 bug and should be fixed in V8e.

Dianne Louise Rhodes Sr. Systems Analyst Westat () 315-5977 work () 315-5934 fax