If you use PROC SQL to connect to SAS^® Scalable Performance Data Server^® and you use a SELECT statement to select an index whose name is longer than 8 characters, the name of the index is truncated to 8 characters.

This behavior is incorrect.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SPDS	Scalable Performance Data Server	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	4.52	4.52 HF6
		64-bit Enabled AIX	4.52	4.52 HF6
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	4.52	4.52 HF6
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Linux for x64	4.52	4.52 HF6
		Solaris for x64	4.52	4.52 HF6

* 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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A fix for this issue for Scalable Performance Data Server 4.52 is available at:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B57.html#45457

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If you use PROC SQL to connect to SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server®, and you use a SELECT statement to select an index whose name is longer than 8 characters, the name of the index is truncated to 8 characters.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	System Administration ==> Servers ==> SPDS

Date Modified:	2012-01-24 17:52:52
Date Created:	2012-01-23 11:00:06