When you transfer an XML document across environments
(for example using FTP), you must be aware of the document's content
in order to determine the appropriate transfer mode. If the document
contains either an encoding attribute in the XML declaration or if
a byte-order mark precedes the XML declaration, transfer the file
in binary mode. If the document contains neither criteria and you
are transferring the document across similar hosts, transfer the file
in text mode.
When you export an XML
document using the XML engine, by default, the XML document contains
an encoding attribute in the XML declaration from the SAS data set's
encoding (for example,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"
?>). You can override the SAS data set's encoding
when you export the XML document by specifying the XMLENCODING= LIBNAME
statement option.