Problem Note 61434: CHARACTER variables are doubled in length when you import an Excel file using the SAS® PC Files Server on a non-wlatin1 SAS® session
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When you use the EXCELCS driver to import an Excel file, variables of type CHARACTER double in length.
This issue occurs when you run SAS® 9.4M4 with any non-wlatin1 single-byte encoding such as wcyrillic, wlatin2, or whebrew.
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 PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
Sample code to reproduce problem:
proc import datafile='c:\temp\test.xlsx' out=sasdata dbms=excelcs
replace;
run;
proc contents data=sasdata;
run;A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B7U.html#61434A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files 9.4_M4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A7I.html#61434
CHARACTER variables are doubled in length when you import an Excel file using the SAS PC Files Server. This problem occurs when you use a non-wlatin1 single-byte encoding SAS 9.4M4 session. This results in an impact on size of the variables and data sets.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2017-12-11 10:33:42 |
| Date Created: | 2017-11-19 01:14:39 |