Problem Note 31711: Formatting errors might occur when exporting SAS® data sets to Stata
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When you use the EXPORT procedure to export a SAS data set with user-defined formats to Stata, the following error might occur:
PROC EXPORT DATA= WORK.test_format OUTFILE="C:\temp\fmt_test.dta" DBMS=DTA REPLACE; RUN; ERROR: The format FMT_NU was not found or could not be loaded.
User-defined format names appear to be truncated when exporting to Stata (.dta), leading to a format load error. The correct format name in the example above is FMT_NUM.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 | 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#031711A 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#031711| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2008-09-10 09:14:36 |
| Date Created: | 2008-04-08 13:45:29 |