Problem Note 38832: Rows cannot be edited or inserted when you use the SAS® 9.2 ODBC Driver from an external tool
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The following error might occur in a local edition of SAS® 9.2 when you use the SAS ODBC Driver (9.02.00.9225) to edit or insert data from an external tool:
----------------------------------------------------------------------- modify column on a table error: restricted data type attribute violation(-1) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
The problem occurs when you use an external tool such as Microsoft Query (via Excel). There is no workaround for this problem.
Click 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 Drivers for ODBC | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.21 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.21 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.21 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.21 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.21 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.21 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
A fix for this issue for SAS Drivers for ODBC 9.22 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B43.html#38832A fix for this issue for SAS Drivers for ODBC 9.23 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B90.html#38832
When you use the SAS ODBC Driver(9.02.00.9225) from an external tool (for example, Microsoft Query), positional updates in existing columns might fail with the following error: "modify column on a table error: restricted data type attribute violation(-1)"
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Access ==> Client/Server Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> Data source access |
| Date Modified: | 2010-03-29 10:41:36 |
| Date Created: | 2010-02-23 11:30:57 |