Usage Note 50116: The error "No catalog found to place format/informat" occurs when you import an SPSS file
An error might occur when the IMPORT procedure reads an SPSS file that contains field names that are longer than the SAS
® software allows. Here is an example:
PROC IMPORT OUT= WORK.ONE
DATAFILE= "C:\documents and settings\username\myfile.sav"
DBMS=SPSS REPLACE;
RUN;
The following error might also occur:
ERROR: No catalog found to place format/informat
Because the field names are too long, the SAS log might contain many notes similar to the following:
NOTE: Variable Name Change...< original_field_name_that_is_too_long_for_a_SAS_name- >
original_field_name_that_is_too_
This problem occurs because SAS is not able to write the catalog to the user's WORK library.
To correct the error, try redirecting the WORK directory to a drive with more free space.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows Vista | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3_M1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Date Modified: | 2013-08-16 17:04:51 |
| Date Created: | 2013-06-05 12:24:21 |
