Problem Note 43515: SAS® fails when you use a %INCLUDE statement that references an explicit data set stored on a volume whose serial name contains less than 6 characters
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A %INCLUDE statement that references an explicit path of a cataloged disk data set might fail if the disk data set in which it is stored has a volume serial name of fewer than six characters. The failure causes the following message to appear in the SAS log:
ERROR: SVC99 error rc=C, reason=035C : IKJ56231I DATA SET catalog.data set.name
NOT ALLOCATED, SYSTEM OR INSTALLATION ERROR+IKJ56231I TEXT
UNIT X'0010' CONTAINS INVALID PARAMETER.
The following is an example of an explicit path %INCLUDE statement:
The error occurs because SAS, when it encounters a serial name that has fewer than 6 characters, pads the name with zeros. As a result, the SVC99 text unit DALVLSER is invalid, which causes a dynamic allocation failure with the reason code 035C.
To work around this problem, copy the data set to a volume that has a volume serial name with 6 characters.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 |