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Problem Note 49677: Modifying a stored process that includes multiple Asian characters in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.3 or 5.1 might cause a transcoding error
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In SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 or 5.1, when you modify a stored process file that includes many Asian language characters, you might receive the following transcoding error:
The problem can occur when you do the following:
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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.
[Error] Failed to transcode data from xxxxx to U_UTF_CE encoding because it contained characters which are not supported by your SAS session encoding. Please review your encoding= and locale= SAS system options to ensure that they can accommodate the data that you want to process.....
- Select File ► New ► Stored Process.
- Enter a certain amount of Asian characters. For example, more than 30 lines and each line has more than 50 characters.
- Deselect Run stored process when finished and then click the Finish button.
- Find and right-click the stored process file, and select Modify.
To prevent this problem, open and edit the stored process file using a Windows text editor instead of SAS Enterprise Guide.
A hot fix for SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 is available here.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||