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In the UNIX environment, you might get the following error message if you attempt to display the content of SAS data sets that contain Japanese Kanji characters in SAS Enterprise Guide.

   [Error] Some code points did not transcode.

This error occurs when you attempt to display the contents on a SAS Workspace Server that accesses Netezza with either SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC or SAS/ACCESS Interface to Netezza. Some data sets will display successfully, while other data sets will not display. However, if you open and query the SAS data sets in base SAS^® software, ALL Japanese characters from ALL of the SAS data sets will display successfully. The problem occurs because the NCHAR and NVARCHAR types are not completely supported in SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC or in SAS/ACCESS Interface to Netezza.

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

This hot fix adds partial support for NCHAR and NVARCHAR data types in SAS/ACCESS Interface to Netezza. The hot fix also enables you to read, insert, and update data in NCHAR and NVARCHAR columns, but it does not transcode any Structured Query Language (SQL). Therefore, you might continue to see errors if you use characters in encodings other than Latin-9 in your SQL statements.

Full support for NCHAR and NVARCHAR data is planned for a future release of SAS/ACCESS Interface to Netezza.

Operating System and Release Information

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

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