Problem Note 45429: An error occurs when you use SASHELP.VTABLE
Depending on the value for the VALIDVARNAME option, an error might occur when you use SASHELP.VTABLE.
For example, the following error might occur if, when you are using the SASHELP.VTABLE view, a metadata value is encountered that does not conform to the current setting for the VALIDVARNAME option:
ERROR: SQL View SASHELP.VTABLE could not be processed
Changing the value for the VALIDVARNAME option to "ANY" should prevent this error.
options validvarname=any;
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
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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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2012-02-06 14:10:35 |
| Date Created: | 2012-01-19 10:26:19 |
