Susan, I had no problem saving data using your .rec file. I entered 2 records no problem. I didn't try to fill in all of the fields with numbers/text, but entered a few random values. This isn't the way I would set up data entry, as you seem to have many sets of data for one individual and each set is actually quite small. Normallly, I would set up a relational database, or repeat the ID on each record and add visit# as a field; and only enter those small sets of data that are populated, but your approach should work. If all of the fields have actual data, then your approach is fine. You should test it out with a small amount of data

So the problem lies with your particular installation of EpiData or of the actual .rec file.

Are you running version 3.02 of EpiData? (the one that is available for download) Is the .rec file in a location where you have write privileges? Is the file/disk write-protected?

Jamie Hockin, MD, MSc Centre for Surveillance Coordination Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada ----Susan said---- What do we do? We entered a first observation into a form we created. Took us about 40 minutes as it is rather long. Trying to save we got a response that the program could not write the data. Any help? <<DiarySession4.1Qx.rec>>

Susan Verde Program Assistant Osher Center for Integrative Medicine UCSF 415.353.7561 415.353.9686