Problem Note 35477: Invalid physical name error when a FILE statement contains certain Shift-JIS characters
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When using DBCS Shift-JIS with a SAS FILE statement that includes certain Shift-JIS (SJIS) characters, the following error occurs and no output is produced.
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ERROR: Invalid physical name.
The code might look like this:
%let outname=あーあ.txt; data _null_; file "&outdir./&outname"; put "aaa"; run;
Some specific FILE statement examples that fail are:
%a(形骸.txt); /** 骸 is 8A5B in SJIS **/ %a(あーあ.txt); /** ー is 815B in SJIS **/
This problem does not occur with non-DBCS filenames.
DBCS SAS regards 0x5B as a wildcard character. Because 0x5B characters are included in some DBCS characters in Shift-JIS system, you cannot use such DBCS characters in your file path.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#035477A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#035477| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2009-04-11 23:38:54 |
| Date Created: | 2009-04-06 16:50:09 |