Problem Note 59234: When you use PROC APPEND to update a Microsoft SQL Server NVARCHAR or NCHAR field, "ERROR: Error binding parameters...invalid precision value" occurs
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When you submit APPEND procedure code to update an NVARCHAR or NCHAR field, the following error might occur:
ERROR: Error binding parameters: [Microsoft][XXX]Invalid precision value
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You are running a Unicode SAS® session (UTF-8 encoding).
- You assign the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) library to a Microsoft SQL Server using the SQL Server Native Client 11.0 or the SQL Server ODBC driver.
- The NVARCHAR or NCHAR fields that you are updating has a length greater than 1333 characters.
There are two possible workarounds for this issue:
- Limit the length of the NVARCHAR or NCHAR fields to less than 1333 characters.
- Redefine the NVARCHAR or NCHAR fields from within the database to NVARCHAR(MAX) or NCHAR(MAX), respectively.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC 9.4_M4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B7S.html#59234
The "Invalid precision value" error occurs when you attempt to update a Microsoft SQL Server NVARCHAR or NCHAR field.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-07-24 08:28:32 |
| Date Created: | 2016-10-25 15:58:29 |