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Problem Note 46408: Access to third party database tables via the META libname engine fails when the userid contains special characters
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If your database password contains a special character (such as the '@' symbol), and you attempt to assign a libname to that database using the META libname engine, various failures can occur depending upon the client application you are using.
For example, if you try to register tables in SAS® Management Console and do not put quotation marks around the userid in metadata, you will receive errors similar to the following:
ERROR: Libname ORA112 is not assigned.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name @.
However, if you add quotation marks around the userid in metadata, then the library fails to assign in SAS® Enterprise Guide® with an error similar to the following:
[Error] ORACLE connection error: ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied.
There is no consistent workaround.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Linux | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||