Usage Note 46357: Limited support when specifying DBCS or special character(s) for a SAS data set name using the SAS® 9.3 system option VALIDMEMNAME=EXTEND
When you use the system option VALIDMEMNAME=extend to create a SAS data set name that uses double-byte character set (DBCS) characters or special characters, an error similar to the following occurs when you open the data set:
This table "xxx" either does not exist or cannot be displayed. Would you like to choose a different table to display?
This is the expected behavior for SAS 9.3 software. The windowing environment supports the extended rules in the Editor, Log, and Output windows when VALIDMEMNAME=EXTEND is set. In most SAS windows, these extended rules are not supported. For example, these rules are not supported in SAS Explorer, the VIEWTABLE window, or windows that you open using the Solutions menu.
To prevent this error, do not create a data set name with DBCS or special characters using the VALIDMEMNAME=EXTEND system option.
For more information, review the documentation for VALIDMEMNAME= System Option in the SAS(R) 9.3 System Options: Reference, Second Edition.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Aster Data nCluster on Linux x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| DB2 Universal Database on AIX | 9.3 | | | |
| DB2 Universal Database on Linux x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Greenplum on Linux x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Netezza TwinFin 32bit blade | 9.3 | | | |
| Netezza TwinFin 32-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | | | |
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit S-Blades | 9.3 | | | |
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | | | |
| Teradata on Linux | 9.3 | | | |
| z/OS | 9.3 | | | |
| Z64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows Vista | 9.3 | | | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 | | | |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 | | | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 | | | |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 | | | |
| Linux | 9.3 | | | |
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 | | | |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 | | | |
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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: | Usage Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2012-05-21 16:38:41 |
| Date Created: | 2012-04-18 15:28:53 |
