Warning: The transport file is from an earlier SAS release. If the file contains non-English data, there may be problems importing national characters. If problems do occur, the transport file will need to be imported again. If the transport file was created by a Unicode SAS session, start a new SAS session, set the ENCODING startup option to UTF8, and redo the import. Otherwise, set the LOCALE option to match the LOCALE of the SAS session which created the transport file and redo the import.
Note that with this warning, SAS imports the transport file. If the transport file is not imported, you will need to look for additional notes, errors, and/or warnings which might explain the failed import.
The warning above is generated whether or not you are importing the file into a SAS session with compatible encoding. The warning informs you to check your character data for possible invalid characters.
PROC CONTENTS can be used to check for invalid data in the variable names or labels. Methods for checking character values include PROC FREQ with the _CHAR_ keyword in the TABLES statement. An example follows.
proc freq data=sashelp.class; tables _char_; run;
Some sites do not like to see any warnings in the SAS Log even if they are informational. Unfortunately, there is not a way to turn off the warning. However, the approaches below might be useful methods to prevent the warning from appearing in the SAS Log.
/* Opens the destination */ proc printto log=fileref; proc cimport infile=trans lib=work; run; /* Closes the destination */ proc printto; run;
PROC CIMPORT will crosscheck the encoding and notify you if there are problems using other warnings and/or errors. Click here for access to online documentation about transport files and encoding problems.
Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
Reported | Fixed* | |||
SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Solaris for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 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#020578A 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#020578Type: | Problem Note |
Priority: | medium |
Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> CIMPORT |
Date Modified: | 2007-08-23 11:57:44 |
Date Created: | 2007-07-10 16:20:33 |