Problem Note 43205: RECFM=S370V on ASCII platforms expects both Record Descriptor Word (RDW) and Block Descriptor Word (BDW)
When reading EBCDIC files on ASCII systems there is a problem reading a variable record length file that is unblocked. SAS expects to find the Block Descriptor Word (BDW), in addition to the Record Descriptor Word (RDW). If you have an unblocked variable record length file, SAS will generate an error and terminate.
There is no circumvention at this time.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | N/A | 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.
On the directory based platforms, when using RECFM=S370V, SAS still expects to find the Block Descriptor Word.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> DATA Step
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| Date Modified: | 2011-05-10 16:44:56 |
| Date Created: | 2011-05-09 13:12:55 |
