When sending files as SMTP email attachments from SAS^® 9.2 and later, the following error might occur:

   ERROR: An attachment record was truncated. The attachment LRECL is too small.

However, increasing the value of LRECL does not prevent the error.

To circumvent, specify the CONTENT_TYPE= (or CT=) option in the FILENAME statement for the attachment as shown in the example below:

   filename sendit email from="user@company.com" 
   to="someone@domain.com" 
   subject="Excel files from SAS"
   attach=("myfile.xls" content_type="application/vnd.ms-excel");

The value for CONTENT_TYPE can be determined by looking at the MIME type of the file. For example, some common file extensions with content_type values are:

    *.html  text/html
    *.pdf   application/pdf
    *.rtf   application/rtf
    *.xls   application/vnd.ms-excel

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Solaris for x64	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
		Linux for x64	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
		Linux	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.21		9.2 TS2M0
SAS System	N/A	z/OS			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition			9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional			9.2 TS1M0
		Windows Vista			9.2 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64			9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX			9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX			9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris			9.2 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF			9.2 TS1M0
		Linux			9.2 TS1M0
		Linux for x64			9.2 TS1M0
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity			9.2 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64			9.2 TS1M0

* 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.

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Beginning with SAS 9.2, when you attempt to send files as email attachments, you might receive errors that an attachment record was truncated and the LRECL is too small.

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:

Date Modified:	2014-07-25 17:21:20
Date Created:	2010-06-15 09:46:41