Problem Note 54488: Connection and parsing errors occur when you try to use in-database procedures with SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Greenplum
If the password that you use to log on to Greenplum contains special characters such as brackets { } or parenthesis ( ), errors occur when you try to use in-database procedures. The errors that might occur include the following:
ERROR: Error during in-database processing.
SAS_SQL: Unable to convert the query to a DBMS specific SQL statement due to an error.
ERROR: Connection string, DSN or file DSN syntax or usage error
ERROR: Parsing failed at or near column 145: Columns 129-160 = "partial password displayed;SCHEMA=saslib;"
ERROR: Expected list item separator.
Workaround
Update your Greenplum password to remove special characters.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Greenplum | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Linux | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
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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.
Passwords that contain special characters can cause an error for Greenplum in-database processing.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> GreenPlum
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| Date Modified: | 2014-11-03 12:03:46 |
| Date Created: | 2014-10-29 16:32:37 |
