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Problem Note 57205: PROC IMPORT does not honor the VALIDVARNAME=ANY system option when a variable name begins with a special character
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When a variable name begins with a special character like a number and the VALIDVARNAME=ANY option is specified prior to PROC IMPORT, an underscore is added in front of the variable name by PROC IMPORT instead of honoring the VALIDVARNAME=ANY option.
For example, a variable name of 3bla should be '3bla'n. However, it is created as _3bla when you use PROC IMPORT to read in the external file when the VALIDVARNAME=ANY option is specified.
There is currently no circumvention for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||