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Problem Note 34987: The SEND_ALERT_REMINDER macro does not support e-mail addresses that contain special characters
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The SEND_ALERT_REMINDER macro generates an error message if the e-mail address contains special characters, including hyphens, apostrophes, and so on. An example of the error message is as follows:
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable REMINDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS resolves to Mary.Allan- Smith@abcbank.com ERROR: A character operand was found in the %EVAL function or %IF condition where a numeric operand is required. The condition was: &reminder_email_address ne and &reminder_delete_ind = N SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable REMINDER_DELETE_IND resolves to N ERROR: The macro SEND_ALERT_REMINDER will stop executing.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Money Laundering Detection | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Windows Vista | 1.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||