Problem Note 40346: Using the BL_ENCODING option with SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Greenplum to bulk load data results in 'Invalid option name "BL_ENCODING"' error
 |  |  |  |  |
The following error can result when specifying the BL_ENCODING option with the bulk load facility with SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Greenplum:
ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name "BL_ENCODING".
The BL_ENCODING option is not currently recognized as a valid option when using the bulk load facility.
The following example code generates the error:
libname myconn greenplm dsn=MyDSN user=MyUser password=MyPassword;
data myconn.mydata (BULKLOAD=YES BL_FORMAT=CSV BL_ENCODING=gb18030
BL_QUOTE="'" BL_DELIMITER=',' BL_NULL=. BL_HOST='111.111.111.111');
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 | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Greenplum | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Greenplum 9.21_M1 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B92.html#40346
'ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name "BL_ENCODING"' can result when using the BL_ENCODING option with SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Greenplum to bulk load data.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> GreenPlum |
| Date Modified: | 2010-07-26 10:10:20 |
| Date Created: | 2010-07-14 15:35:58 |