[R] Problem reading a particular file with read.spss()

[Chuck Cleland]

Hi All:
   I have a seemingly typical SPSS data file with 219 rows and 486 
variables.  When I attempt to read this file into R with read.spss() in 
the foreign package, I consistently get a "crash".  This is the sequence 
of events:

 > library(foreign)
 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.7.1 Patched (2008-07-24 r46120)
i386-pc-mingw32

locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United 
States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United 
States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] foreign_0.8-27

 > read.spss("c:/chuck/mySPSSfile.sav")

"R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to 
close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience."

   It get a similar result trying to load the file under Rterm.exe.  The 
file opens without any trouble in SPSS version 16.0.2 (April 10, 2008). 
  For anyone willing to investigate, I placed a copy of the SPSS file here:

http://www.chuckcleland.net/mySPSSfile.sav

   I would be grateful if someone could help to figure out why this file 
causes a problem.

thanks,

Chuck

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