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Problem Note 33666: The METAOPERATE procedure returns error messages when you specify the ACTION=PURGE option
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When you submit PROC METAOPERATE with the ACTION=PURGE option and you do not specify the NOAUTOPAUSE statement, the procedure terminates with the following error message:
ERROR: The DoRequest request failed because the server is paused for OFFLINE use
When you include the NOAUTOPAUSE statement, the text of the error is different, as follows:
ERROR: Requested function is not implemented. ERROR: Unsupported function
The errors occur because the PURGE operation is no longer supported in SAS® 9.2. In SAS 9.2, metadata records are always deleted physically at the time the deletion is requested. As a result, records are no longer marked as logically deleted. The functionality that is provided by the PURGE action in previous SAS releases is not required in SAS 9.2. Therefore, to avoid the errors, you should not use the ACTION=PURGE option in SAS 9.2.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Metadata Server | 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| z/OS | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||