Problem Note 34196: Errors are received when reading a SAS® 6.03/6.04 data set in a 64-bit SAS® session
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The following error is issued when you try to read a SAS® 6.03/6.04 data set in a Microsoft Windows 64-bit SAS® session:
ERROR: The value is not a valid SAS name.
In order to use a SAS 6.03/6.04 legacy data set in a Windows 64-bit SAS session prior to the third maintenance release of SAS® 9.4 (TS1M3), you must use a two-step process to convert the data to a later SAS release. Step two can be omitted from the process if you are using SAS® 9.3 or higher in the 64-bit environment or if you are comfortable using CEDA (Cross Environment Data Access) processing to access the 32-bit file in your 64-bit SAS session.
- In a Windows 32-bit SAS session (SAS 6.12 or later), create a SAS file in Windows 32-bit file format.
- Convert the 32-bit data set in a Windows 64-bit SAS session.
If you no longer have access to a Windows 32-environment, see Usage Note 38880: General questions and answers regarding converting customer data to a more current SAS release.
Sample code for the two-step process identified above, follows:
/* Example code to convert a SAS 6.04 (.ssd) data set to 64-bit Windows */ /* USE THE V604 ENGINE IN 32-BIT SAS */ /* Note that SAS 9.2 (TS1M0) requires a hot fix for V604 engine */ libname mytest v604 'c:\'; /* Point to the target folder. */ libname newdat 'c:\'; /* Use the COPY procedure with the NOCLONE option. */ proc copy in=mytest out=newdat noclone; /* If individual SAS 6.04 files, use SELECT statement. */ /* Default is all 6.04 files in the library. */ select accident; run; /* Use PROC COPY or PROC MIGRATE ON 64-BIT MACHINE */ /* Note that if you used SAS 6.12 file in previous step, */ /* you will need to specify v612 as the engine in the LIBNAME statement. */ /*libname source v612 'c:\';*/ libname source 'c:'; libname target 'c:\sasdemo'; proc copy in=source out=target noclone; select accident; run;
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2008-12-17 10:18:23 |
| Date Created: | 2008-12-15 01:14:48 |