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Running syntax after upgrade of IBM SPSS Statistics, Warning 237 displayed

Troubleshooting


Problem

Previously you had used an earlier version of SPSS, PASW or IBM SPSS Statistics and the syntax used worked without issue. Now when the syntax is run it displays a warning number 237 and fails to run the analysis.

Symptom

The message is similar to:
>Warning # 237
>SPSS Statistics read a line of syntax which contains one or more characters
>which are invalid in the current locale. These characters have been converted
>to question marks.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21637581