Art,

Thank you for your expertise. We can rule out the network problem, it's because the data was in my hard drive. Could it be the problem due to password protection?

Thanks,

Sophia > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:18:48 -0400 > From: art297@NETSCAPE.NET > Subject: Re: What does 'invalid header' means in log? > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > Sophia, > > It could mean a number of things (e.g., corrupt file, index problem, or > network problem). > > An easy test if it is a network problem is to simply copy the file onto > your harddrive and retry the code (accessing the file directly from your > hard drive). > > Let us know if that corrects the problem. > > Art > -------- > On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:10 -0400, Sophia Tong <sophiDT@HOTMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > >Dear listers, > > > >I received a data from a vendor with password protected zip file. I > >unzipped the data and try to read, it gives error message. I can't fingure > >out whether the sas data is also encrypt or something else that I don't > >know. I checked with vendor, they never give me a straight answer, so I > >turn to you for help. > > > >Here is my program and error message: > > > > proc contents data=rtabs08.K; > >ERROR: Invalid header on file RTABS08.K.DATA. > >29 run; > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Sophia

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