[R] read.spss 'error reading system-file header'

[Finn Sandø]

Thank you Michael
I think you point to the real cause of the problem.
I solved my own immediate problem by using StatTransfer to transfer from 
sav to sav.

My real concern is that the read.spss() function will become obsolete. 
Most of the data I have received in the last year have had those 
problems (and increasingly so), now they have become so serious that the 
import process fails all together.
Therefore I believe it is important to do something about



Michael Bibo wrote:
> I  don't know if this is relevant in your particular case, but the error
> messages you quote are precisely what you get if the SPSS .sav file has
> been created with the SPSS Data Entry product.  If this is the case, it
> is covered by section 3.1 of the R Data Import/Export document.
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> If that is the problem, and if you don't have access to SPSS Data
> Entry, I could do a data export for you.  If I can help, please respond
> on both my work email (below) and mbibo at aanet.com.au, as I'm not sure
> which one I would see first.
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