Problem Note 33414: An error occurs when you include the ENCODING option in the FILENAME statement
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If you use the ENCODING option in the FILENAME statement, SAS generates an error. For example, the following statement...
filename xml catalog "library.catalog.filename.xml" encoding='utf-8';
...generates the following error:
ERROR 23-2: Invalid option name ENCODING.
The ENCODING option is not available for the catalog access method because the FILENAME statement does not support the ENCODING option with the catalog engine. Catalog files would have to be read and written in session encoding.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
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#033414A 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#033414
The FILENAME statement does not support the ENCODING option with the catalog engine
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2008-09-29 09:00:24 |
| Date Created: | 2008-09-24 16:50:01 |