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

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC	Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	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.

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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#030464

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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#030464

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

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2008-02-27 08:51:02
Date Created:	2007-11-05 09:29:55