Problem Note 36267: Column names with single quotation marks might cause syntax errors in the Query Builder in SAS® Enterprise Guide®
Syntax errors might occur when a query includes a column name that contains an embedded single quotation mark and spaces. For example, the following column name would cause the syntax error:
The problem occurs because the query does not always parse the column names correctly, especially when the columns are placed at the beginning or the end of a line of code, resulting in a SAS syntax error.
To circumvent the problem, arrange the query or filter so that the incorrectly parsed column is moved to the middle of the line of code instead of at the beginning or the end.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Windows Vista | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2009-06-18 14:33:45 |
| Date Created: | 2009-06-18 10:00:56 |
