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Unable to save a SAV file as a Stata type file in Statistics 19, receive an Error 7260 - The specified ENCODING subcommand value is invalid.

Troubleshooting


Problem

Customer is using Statistics 19 on Windows 7 and would like to save a SAV file as Stata type file. However, they are unable to save as a Stata type file. After applying the IBM SPSS Statistics 19.0.0 Client Hotfix Bundle (19.0.0.1 Hotfix). outlined in resolution #90994 we found that it did not resolve the issue of being unable to save data in Stata format in 19.0.0.1 or the later versions This issue is for all Stata types. There is no problem for Statistics 18 and later versions. [Steps to Reproduce] 1. Open the sample file 'Component_1 2.Press [File] > [Save As...] 3.Select Save as type: Stata Version 8 SE(*.dta). 4.Press [Save]. Syntax would be: SAVE TRANSLATE OUTFILE='C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\Statistics\19\Samples\English\accidents.dta' /TYPE=STATA /VERSION=8 /EDITION=SE /MAP /REPLACE. and the following message is is found in Output. >Error # 7260 >The specified ENCODING subcommand value is invalid. >Execution of this command stops. Why can't we export to our output to these file types?

Resolving The Problem

This problem has been reported to IBM SPSS Development and is addressed by FixPack of IBM SPSS Statistics 19. Please visit IBM Fix Central to obtain this Fix Pack.

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Historical Number

92280

Document Information

More support for:
IBM SPSS Statistics

Software version:
19.0

Operating system(s):
Windows

Document number:
426743

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21488255

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