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Problem Note 34905: E-mail accounts containing a hyphen generate an error message and no e-mail reports are sent after an Emerging Issues Analytic or Automated run
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For the Analytic and Automated alert categories of Emerging Issues, e-mail addresses that contain a hyphen (-) cause an error. The log file will contain an error message such as:
ERROR: A character operand was found in the %EVAL function or %IF condition where a numeric operand is required. The condition was: &l_email^= ERROR: The condition in the %DO %WHILE loop, &l_email^=, yielded an invalid or missing value. The macro will stop executing. ERROR: The macro ANL_EIANALYTICALERT will stop executing.
As a result of this error, no e-mail notifications of alerts will be sent.
A workaround is to use only e-mail addresses that do not contain hyphens.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Warranty Analysis | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.1 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.1 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.1 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.1 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.1 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.1 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||