18969 - Specifying an encoding for the _WEBOUT fileref does not work when you run a stored process with the Stored Process Server

Problem Note 18969: Specifying an encoding for the _WEBOUT fileref does not work when you run a stored process with the Stored Process Server

When you run a stored process with the Stored Process Server, any encoding value that you specify for the _WEBOUT fileref will be ignored. For example, in the following code, ENCODING='UTF-8' (in the FILE statement) is ignored:

data _null_; rv=appsrv_header("Content-type", "text/html; charset=UTF-8"); run; data _null_; file _webout encoding='utf-8'; put '<HTML>'; put '<HEAD><TITLE>Hello World!</TITLE></HEAD>'; put '<BODY>'; put '<H1>Â¡Hello World UTF-8!</</H1>'; put '<H1>' 'A1'x 'Hello World UTF-8!</H1>'; put '</BODY>'; put '</HTML>'; run;

The Stored Process Server first searches the metadata for the encoding value. If the default session encoding is not set in the metadata, the Stored Process Server then queries the Foundation SAS session for the default encoding of the system's locale.(For example, if the locale is Japanese_Japan, then the default encoding is Shift-JIS.) This default encoding is a server-wide parameter, so all requests use that encoding.

NOTE: In SAS^® 9.2, you can set the default session encoding via SAS Management Console.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Integration Technologies	Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.2 TS1M0

* 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:	System Administration ==> Servers ==> Integration Technologies

Date Modified:	2006-12-01 11:00:51
Date Created:	2006-11-13 16:12:42

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Problem Note 18969: Specifying an encoding for the _WEBOUT fileref does not work when you run a stored process with the Stored Process Server

Operating System and Release Information