When you use SAS/ACCESS^® Interface to DB2 with a user ID that is case sensitive, running code against DB2 might lead to this error: The error occurs because your SAS^® software is sending the user ID in uppercase characters to the database.

Workaround

SAS has a new LIBNAME option to maintain the case when passing the user ID to the database. Use the LIBNAME statement option as follows:

To set this option globally, use the environment variable as shown here:

Set the environment variable on your Windows system as follows:

1. Select Start ► Control Panel.
2. Click System to display the window that contains your system information.
3. Click the Advanced system settings link, in the upper left part of the window.
4. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Environment Variables button.
5. Under System variables, click New to open the New System Variable dialog box.
6. Enter the variable name: SAS_DB2_PRESERVE_USER NAME
7. Enter the variable value: YES
8. Click OK, OK, and OK.

To set the option on a UNIX system, add it to the !SASROOT/bin/sasenv_local file where !SASROOT is the directory in which you installed your SAS software.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2	Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows Vista for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		Linux	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1
		Solaris for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.4 TS1M1

* 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 SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2 9.31_M1 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/J39.html#50535

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Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2014-01-31 12:38:23
Date Created:	2013-07-29 13:27:29