Problem Note 4465: LIBNAME statement WAIT= option may cause
incorrect engine assignment
If a SAS data library is already allocated to another JOB or TSO
session and an attempt is made to allocate it, the WAIT= option of the
LIBNAME statement may be used to wait until the other session has
deallocated the library. However, the library is always (and possibly
incorrectly) assigned the default engine (BASE). The actual engine is
not checked.
You get a NOTE indicating the "LIBREF WAS SUCCESSFULLY ASSIGNED AS
FOLLOWS...", but a subsequent attempt to use the library results in:
ERROR: Library xxxxxx is not in a valid format for access method
SASE7.
A Technical Support hot fix for Release 8.1 TSLEVEL TS1M0 for this
issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/81_sbcs_prod_list.html#004465
A Technical Support hot fix for Release 8.2 TSLEVEL TS2M0 for this
issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/82_sbcs_prod_list.html#004465
For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this
hot fix should be downloaded from:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/82_dbcs_prod_list.html#004465
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 8 TS M0 | 9 TS M0 |
*
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 |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Access ==> SAS I/O
|
| Date Modified: | 2002-05-02 16:32:09 |
| Date Created: | 2001-03-09 09:49:03 |
