Problem Note 13562: SAS® tables compressed as CHAR cannot be copied to SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server
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If a SAS® table is compressed as type CHAR, and you attempt to use PROC COPY to copy the table to a SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server® table, one of the following errors occurs:
ERROR: Parameter value is invalid for operation. ERROR: Load of external converter shared library failed.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this Note to access the hot fix for
this problem.
This problem is also fixed at SAS Scalable Performance Data Server
version 4.4m13.
Note: In addition,
SAS tables compressed as
BINARY cannot be copied to SAS Scalable Performance Data Server.
Use the SPDSDCMP macro (%let SPDSDCMP=YES;) or the NOCLONE option
to copy these tables.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SPDS | Scalable Performance Data Client | Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows Vista | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Linux | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 4.5 | 4.52 HF4 | ||||
A fix for this issue for Scalable Performance Data Server 4.52 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B57.html#13562A fix for this issue for SPD Server 4.4 is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/spds44.html#013562| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2005-09-01 14:26:36 |
| Date Created: | 2004-10-11 16:19:12 |