When using the SAS IOM driver for JDBC with user–defined formats that are enabled in the SAS^® system, you might see unexpected results if a user–defined format has been assigned for missing values. A NULL might be returned when calling the java.sql.ResultSet getString() method in your java application.

Note: If user–defined formats are disabled, then NULL is the correct result when you call the getString() method and the resulting value is empty.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Integration Technologies	z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.1 TS1M3 SP4

* 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 this issue for SAS JDBC Drivers 9.1.3 is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/jdbc913.html#034093

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JDBC IOM Driver is returning NULL for missing values even when USER-DEFINED Formats are being used.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2008-12-05 09:19:07
Date Created:	2008-12-01 08:54:38