SIR Save File

The output records all have the same format and record type. Variables carry with them all variable schema information, including valid values, variable ranges, missing values, variable labels and value labels.

SIR SAVE FILE does not produce an INPUT FORMAT or DATA LIST with input columns. Using this procedure is equivalent to having defined a record schema using the variable declarations of internal storage types and sizes. Once the new database has been reloaded, the schema may be modified to specify input columns for Batch Data Input use.

Many of the options on this command specify schema information for the database that is created when the file is reloaded.

Note that the SIR SAVE FILE procedure cannot be run from a PROGRAM. It must be run from a database RETRIEVAL.

SIR SAVE FILE
         { {DATABASE  = database_name | FILENAME = filename } |
            DATABASE = database_name  / FILENAME  = filename  }
           / RECTYPE = recnum [, recname]

     [ / {CASEID   = varname [(D | A)] | NOCASEID }]
     [ / VARIABLES = var_list ]
     [ / SORTIDS   = variable [(D | A)] ...  ]
     [ / NOFCASES  = number  ]
     [ / RECSCASE  = number  ]
     [ / MAXTYPES  = number  ]
     [ / MAXRECS   = number  ]
     [ / MAXKEYSZ  = number  ]
     [ / SAMPLE    = fraction [, seed] ]
     [ / BOOLEAN   = (logical_expression) ]
     [ / NOLABELS ]

Example

SIR SAVE FILE    DATABASE  = EDUCAT /
                 FILENAME  = SAVE /
                 CASEID    = GRADE /
                 RECTYPE   = 10 , STUDENTS/
                 SORTIDS   = STUDNO /
                 VARIABLES = STUDNO , GRADE , AGE , SEX ,IQ