Problem Note 34730: Webcrawling using %TMFILTER returns the message "Unable to sample external file, no data in first 5 records"
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In SAS® Enterprise Miner™ and SAS® Text Miner, using the %TMFILTER macro to perform webcrawling might return the following message in the log:
Unable to sample external file, no data in first 5 records
The output from the macro will contain only the URL that is specified in the macro call. The depth value is ignored.
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 | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Text Miner | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 3.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 3.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 3.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 3.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 3.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 3.2 | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 3.2 | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 3.2 | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 3.2 | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Miner | z/OS | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Linux | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Text Miner 3.2 is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/tmine32.html#034730
When using the %TMFILTER macro for webcrawling, you might receive an "Unable to sample external file, no data in first 5 records" message in the log.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2009-04-17 10:49:59 |
| Date Created: | 2009-02-06 16:00:18 |