Problem Note 33464: Applying a format or informat in the Viewtable window might return an error
When applying formats or informats to a table using the Viewtable window, you might receive an error when the available format/informat list is displayed. The error does not prevent the formatted/informatted data from being displayed.
Creating a FORMATS catalog in the WORK library removes the first error message: ERROR: Catalog WORK.FORMATS does not exist
. However, if user-defined formats/informats exist in the FORMATS catalog, then this second error message continues to appear: By variables are not properly sorted
The log below contains messages similar to what you might receive in these situations:
1 proc sql;
2 create view work._qwffmt as select fmtname from dictionary.formats where source='C';
NOTE: SQL view WORK._QWFFMT has been defined.
NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time):
real time 0.03 seconds
cpu time 0.03 seconds
3 proc format lib=work.formats fmtlib cntlout=work._fmtdesc noprint;
4 run;
NOTE: PROCEDURE FORMAT used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds
ERROR: Catalog WORK.FORMATS does not exist.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK._FMTDESC may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0
observations and 0 variables.
5 data work._fmtdesc2;
6 set work._fmtdesc;
7 by fmtname;
8 if first.fmtname;
9 run;
ERROR: BY variable fmtname is not on input data set WORK._FMTDESC.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK._FMTDESC2 may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0
observations and 0 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds
Operating System and Release Information
SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
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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 |
Date Modified: | 2008-10-07 16:43:00 |
Date Created: | 2008-09-29 14:51:11 |