Problem Note 56354: The error "Invalid option name. . ." occurs when you use the METALIB procedure
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PROC METALIB generates the following error message:
ERROR: Invalid option name special-character
This error occurs when you have the DBUSER= and DBPASSWORD= options in the DBAUTH statement, and one or both of these options contain a special character in the option value.
For example, you might have a METALIB procedure with the following DBAUTH statement:
proc metalib; omr(library="oralib_prompt"); select(dept); dbauth(dbuser=scott dbpassword="tiger@mycompany"); run;
In this example, the special character @ appears in the DBPASSWORD value.
To circumvent the problem, create database user IDs and passwords that do not contain special characters.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Metadata Server | Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| z/OS | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/R19.html#56354
The DBAUTH statement enables PROC METALIB to pass database credentials when it accesses a database library. An error occurs when a special character is used as part of the value for either (or both) the DBUSER= or DBPASSWORD= options in the DBAUTH statement.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2015-08-12 14:11:40 |
| Date Created: | 2015-08-05 11:23:57 |