Problem Note 6874: The option DBGEN_NAME= renames variables incorrectly
In SAS Release 8.2 TS Level 2M0, the DBGEN_NAME= option is renaming
variables that contain invalid characters differently than it is
designed to.
If you specify DBGEN_NAME=DBMS, the DBMS columns are renamed to
valid SAS variable names. Disallowed characters are converted to
underscores, thus a column named "dept$amt" would be renamed to
"dept_amt". If a column is converted to a name that already exists, a
sequence number is appended to the end.
If you specify DBGEN_NAME=SAS, DBMS columns are renamed to the format
_COLn, where n is the column number (starting with zero). For example,
a DBMS column named dept$amt is renamed to _COLn.
Currently, regardless of the option setting, the column variables are
renamed to _COLn. These are valid SAS names but not what is expected for
the DBMS value setting.
A Technical Support hot fix for Release 8.2 TSLEVEL TS2M0 (with
Asian Language Support) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/82_dbcs_prod_list.html#006874
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| OpenVMS VAX | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Solaris | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| IRIX | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| z/OS | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| OS/2 | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Linux | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| HP-UX | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| CMS | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| AIX | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
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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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | System Administration ==> Installation ==> NLS (National Language Support)
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| Date Modified: | 2003-10-30 15:51:26 |
| Date Created: | 2002-02-07 13:16:45 |
