PROC METALIB generates the following error message:

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

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M2 is available at: