18494 - Column length is doubled when MySQL LIBNAME engine settings are changed to any DBCS encoding values

Problem Note 18494: Column length is doubled when MySQL LIBNAME engine settings are changed to any DBCS encoding values

When using SAS^® to create a table with non-Latin1 data in MySQL, the MySQL LIBNAME engine settings should change to reflect non-Latin1 languages. However, when any DBCS encoding value is used, the table column length is doubled.

For example:

DBCONINIT="set names 'sjis';" (Japanese) DBCONINIT="set names 'euckr';" (Korean)

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/ACCESS Interface to MySQL	Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4

* 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.

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#018494

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#018494

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> LIBNAME Engines Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> MySQL

Date Modified:	2006-10-11 16:26:59
Date Created:	2006-09-12 09:57:40