Transferring data from Quantum
You can transfer data from any Quantum-format ASCII file by using the Quantum DSC. The Quantum format stores the responses to each question in fixed positions on lines of text. The positions are determined by card and column definitions that are stored in a separate questionnaire definition (.mdd) file. Typically, a suitable questionnaire definition file will not exist beforehand, so you will need to create one before you can start to read your Quantum data.
For more information, see
Reading from a Quantum file.
Reading from a Quantum file
In the connection string in the
InputDataSource section, specify
mrPunchDsc for the
Data Source connection property, and specify the name and location of the Quantum file for the
Location connection property. Then specify the name and location of the questionnaire definition (
.mdd) file for the
Initial Catalog connection property:
InputDatasource(myInputDataSource, "My input data source")
ConnectionString = "Provider=mrOleDB.Provider.2; _
Data Source=mrPunchDsc; _
Location=<name and location of .quantum file>; _
Initial Catalog=<name and location of .mdd file>"
End InputDatasource
Example
This example uses the Quantum DSC to read the first 100 records in the “Ski Demo” Quantum sample file provided with the UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library (DDL):
InputDatasource(myInputDataSource)
ConnectionString = "Provider=mrOleDB.Provider.2; _
Data Source=mrPunchDsc; _
Location=C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\7\DDL\Data\Quantum\skidemo.dat; _
Initial Catalog=C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\7\DDL\Data\Quantum\skidemo.mdd"
SelectQuery = "SELECT * FROM vdata WHERE serial <= 100"
End InputDatasource
This example is in the
QuantumToDDF.dms sample file, which is installed with the UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library. For more information, see
Sample DMS files.
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