18792 - Text strings greater than 32767 are stored as a blank field when read into SAS® with the DBMAX

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

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
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

* 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#018792

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#018792

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

Date Modified:	2007-01-03 09:02:33
Date Created:	2006-10-17 11:25:22