Problem Note 51079: An existing target table's column informat value might not be overwritten when you import a table with a column informat value that is set to (None)
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When you import a package that contains a source table with column informat values, the source table's column informat value should overwrite the target table's column informat value. However, the target table's column informat value is not overwritten when you import a source table that has a column informat value of (None) and when both of the following conditions are true:
- The target table already exists.
- The target table's column informat is set to a valid SAS® informat.
The problem does not occur when the source table's column informat is set to a valid SAS informat.
If the target table's column informat value is not overwritten by the source table's column informat value of (None) during the importation process, then you need to change the column informat value for the target table manually.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||