Hello,

I have some problems with exporting data from castor edc to SPSS version 26. When i try to export the data, it keeps saying error 2265, unrecognized or invalid variable format. We exported this data in the past without any trouble, nothing significant changed since the last time i tried to export the data (no new variables etc). It is a huge file with a lot of variables, which makes it hard to check every single line. Is there a way to solve this in a relatively easy way or is there more information needed?

SET UNICODE=ON.

SET LOCALE=en_US.

GET DATA

/TYPE=TXT

/FILE= (removed the file name here, because the study name was visible)

/DELCASE=LINE

/DELIMITERS=";"

/ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED

/FIRSTCASE=1

/IMPORTCASE=ALL

/VARIABLES=

record_id A17

Kind regards,

Michelle

It seems that you are importing, not exporting.

The error stems from the VARIABLES subcommand, most of which you have not posted.

One possibility is that the syntax extends past column 255 and is being truncated. Otherwise, there must be an illegal variable name or an undefined format, including the possibility that the number of decimals exceeds the width.