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Problem Note 43901: SAS® Enterprise Guide® projects might fail and result in the error "SDS failed to provide the decoder for the data set"

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When you run a large or complex project in SAS Enterprise Guide, you might encounter the following error:
SDS Failed to provide the decoder for the data set. Unspecified error --->
SAS.EG.SDS.SDSException: Unspecified error --->
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Unspecified error
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal..ctor(OleDbConnectionString
constr, OleDbConnection connection)at
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions
options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionowningObject)

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Enterprise GuideWindows Vista for x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows Vista4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Ultimate x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Professional x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Home Premium x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Enterprise x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft® Windows® for x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition4.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x644.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
Microsoft Windows Server 20084.224.39.2 TS2M39.2 TS2M3
* 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.