Problem Note 18704: Save As might cause data corruption in SAS® Enterprise Guide®
In SAS Enterprise Guide, a "Save As" action on a non-SAS data file, such
as a .txt file, might cause errors and data corruption. The errors that
may occur are:
An error occurred saving the file. Requested file already accessed
for update.
The process can not access the file, filename, because it is being
used by another process.
In addition to the error, if you open the data from the location where
the save failed, all the data will be gone.
If the goal is to edit non-SAS tables, such as .txt data files, and then
save the results, the best circumvention is to close the data window
after making the edits and click 'Yes' to the prompt to save the
changes. The changes will be successfully saved.
Do not use the Save As method for saving non-SAS data files until this
problem has been fixed.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.1 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | alert |
| Date Modified: | 2007-02-15 14:39:11 |
| Date Created: | 2006-10-04 11:50:53 |
