Problem Note 18792: Text strings greater than 32767 are stored as a blank field when read
into SAS® with the DBMAX_TEXT option set
When a Sybase TEXT column contains more tahn 32,767 characters and the
field is read into SAS with the DBMAX_TEXT option specified on the
LIBNAME statement, the field will be stored in SAS as a blank.
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Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Sybase | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
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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: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> LIBNAME Engines
Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> Sybase
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| Date Modified: | 2007-01-03 09:02:33 |
| Date Created: | 2006-10-17 11:25:22 |
