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Installation Note 46197: An "Invalid third argument to function SUBSTR.." error appears when running load_named_lists.sas on UNIX
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In SAS® Enterprise GRC, errors might occur during development when executing load_named_lists.sas on UNIX. The error text is similar to the following:
NOTE: Invalid third argument to function SUBSTR at line 4004 column 238.
125 CHAR . 1
ZONE 0
NUMR D
properties_file=/install/dxd_grc/config/Lev1/Applications/
SASEnterpriseGRCServerCfg/4.3/Source/misc/sample/config/
named_list_options_de.properties
file_name=named_list_options_de.properties locale=de key=
value=
line=
pos=0 _ERROR_=1 _INFILE_=
_N_=125
line=x_risk_type.thr.txt = Gef\u00e4hrdung
pos=403
line=x_risk_type.opp.txt = Opportunit\u00e4t
pos=403
line=
pos=403
NOTE: Invalid third argument to function SUBSTR at line 4004 column 238.
The error is caused by properties files that have "control-M" (^M) characters at the end of each line. To work around the problem, remove the "control-M" characters and try again.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise GRC | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows Vista | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Linux for x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Solaris for x64 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||