Problem Note 18768: PROC EXPORT to Stata file on Windows platform creates incorrect datatype
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When using PROC EXPORT to create a Stata file with a .dta extension, numeric values are not converted to the variable datatype DOUBLE, as indicated in the documentation.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
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#018768A 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#018768| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2006-12-11 15:57:24 |
| Date Created: | 2006-10-13 16:09:13 |