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Warning 5131 when merging two Statistics data files

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Problem

When trying to merge two data files - one as a table lookup file - and when running this command the following output comes up: >Error # 5131 >Duplicate key on a TABLE file. Each case on a TABLE file in MATCH FILES >must be uniquely identified by the BY variables. >This command not executed. Why is this?

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64649

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Modified date:
16 April 2020

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