Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:04:51 -0500
Reply-To: Carol Albright <calbright@VISI.COM>
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From: Carol Albright <calbright@VISI.COM>
Subject: Re: SPSS 11 Bug?: Can't add new var via match files
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Aha! You're right -- the table with the one variable actually has multiple
records per case, and I should have just saved out one instance of each
record first before trying to merge it. The error message wasn't terribly
enlightening.
Thanks, everyone, for the info.
Carol
At 02:19 PM 7/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>This behavior is a known issue and has been addressed in the next release.
The cause of the problem is indeed either that the table contains a
duplicate value in a key variable (remember, blanks and system-missing data
count as values in a merge) or that one or both files have not been
properly sorted. The defect is that the application should just issue an
error and not execute the command instead of crashing completely with the
assertion failure.
>
>Full details can be found in SPSS AnswerNet solution id 100010317 found at
(http://www.spss.com/tech/answer/details.cfm?tech_tan_id=100010317).
>
>HTH,
>
>Doug MacKechnie
>Staff Software Support Rep
>SPSS TechSupport
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carol Albright [mailto:calbright@VISI.COM]
>Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:26 PM
>To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: SPSS 11 Bug?: Can't add new var via match files
>
>
>Hi, List
>
> ARG!!! All I'm trying to do is add ONE variable from dataset A to
dataset>B, using either the menus or MATCH FILES. Both files are sorted in
the
>same order. Instead when I execute, I get:
>
> Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
>
> Assertion Failed!
>
> Program: C:\PROGRAM FILES\SPSS\SPSSWIN.EXE
> File: z:\cs_source\Datasource\src\sysfilesrc.cpp
> Line 582
>
>etc etc etc. I'm using 11.0.1 with Windows 98 and LOTS of RAM on a
>ThinkPad 600x, so I don't think its the machine (and why is it looking for
>some file on a z: disc?) I couldn't find anything at AnswerNet. I'll try
>rebooting and see if it goes away, but it's a weird error. Anyone else hit
>it?
>
>Thanks for listening,
>Carol
>
>
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