Problem Note 61283: When an Oracle user ID or password contains a special character, you receive an ORA-01017 error
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When you try to bulk load a SAS® data set to Oracle when the user ID or password contains a special character, you might receive the following errors:
SQL*Loader-128: unable to begin a session
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
The workaround for this issue is to include the BL_PARFILE data set option in your code. Here is an example:
BL_PARFILE='bulkload.par'
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 | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle | z/OS | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.41 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B4F.html#61283A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.4_M3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/Z38.html#61283| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2017-11-21 12:07:27 |
| Date Created: | 2017-10-23 13:25:34 |