Extended ASCII characters, such as ` (angled quotes), are present in several metadata files, including message data sets, supporting various SAS-supplied standards in SAS® Clinical Standards Toolkit. Double-byte character sets (DBCS) do not transcode extended ASCII. This can result in unexpected SAS errors when running SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit processes on DBCS systems. This issue has also been reported with SAS® Clinical Data Integration (CDI).

To correct the problem, extended ASCII characters should be removed from SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit metadata files.

The STDM message data set can be found in the following location:

!SASINSTALL\SASClinicalStandardsToolkitSDTM311\9.2\standards\cdisc-sdtm-3.1.1\messages\message.sas7bdat

This includes any of the following ASCII extended characters:

Decimal	ASCII	Decimal	ASCII	Decimal	ASCII	Decimal	ASCII	Decimal	ASCII	Decimal	ASCII	Decimal	ASCII	Decimal	ASCII
128	€	144		160		176	°	192	À	208	Ð	224	à	240	ð
129		145	‘	161	¡	177	±	193	Á	209	Ñ	225	á	241	ñ
130	‚	146	’	162	¢	178	²	194	Â	210	Ò	226	â	242	ò
131	ƒ	147	“	163	£	179	³	195	Ã	211	Ó	227	ã	243	ó
132	„	148	”	164	¤	180	´	196	Ä	212	Ô	228	ä	244	ô
133	…	149	•	165	¥	181	µ	197	Å	213	Õ	229	å	245	õ
134	†	150	–	166	¦	182	¶	198	Æ	214	Ö	230	æ	246	ö
135	‡	151	—	167	§	183	·	199	Ç	215	×	231	ç	247	÷
136	ˆ	152	˜	168	¨	184	¸	200	È	216	Ø	232	è	248	ø
137	‰	153	™	169	©	185	¹	201	É	217	Ù	233	é	249	ù
138	Š	154	š	170	ª	186	º	202	Ê	218	Ú	234	ê	250	ú
139	‹	155	›	171	«	187	»	203	Ë	219	Û	235	ë	251	û
140	Œ	156	œ	172	¬	188	¼	204	Ì	220	Ü	236	ì	252	ü
141		157		173	­	189	½	205	Í	221	Ý	237	í	253	ý
142	Ž	158	ž	174	®	190	¾	206	Î	222	Þ	238	î	254	þ
143		159	Ÿ	175	¯	191	¿	207	Ï	223	ß	239	ï	255	ÿ

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit	Solaris for x64	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	1.3	1.5	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 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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Due to the presence of extended ASCII characters such as `(angled quotes) in SAS® Clinical Standards Toolkit data sets, errors might occur on double-byte character set (DBCS) systems.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2013-05-17 17:03:41
Date Created:	2010-10-14 15:23:30