Hi! if you use '/compressed' while saving, it should save some space, but in my experience that's not very much. I often zip/rar various data file versions. That makes a huge diffence. save outfile 'd:/temp/myfile.sav' /compressed.

Albert-Jan

--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Thien Hop <thienhop@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Thien Hop <thienhop@gmail.com> > Subject: Compressing SPSS data file > To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 10:20 AM > Hi all, > > I'm working on tracking study and the SPSS data is > expanding in size over > time. May I know if there is any way to effectively > compress the file. I > have hassle working with file above 20MB. > > Thank you so much and hearing your advices, > > TH > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the > command > INFO REFCARD >

===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD