Problem Note 62683: "ERROR: Unable to transcode data..." occurs when you use SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Netezza and the data contains special Latin characters
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When working with Netezza data tables, you receive an error similar to "ERROR: Unable to transcode data, status=0x803FE807" under the following conditions:
- You move data between a Unicode encoded database table and a Latin encoded SAS® session.
- You use special Latin characters, such as the euro sign (€).
Also, some Netezza NVARCHAR and NCHAR data could be imported with an expanded length of up to four times the original size.
To work around this issue, match the SAS session encoding to the database encoding.
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 Netezza | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.41 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Netezza 9.42 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/C9E.html#62683A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Netezza 9.41 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A7C.html#62683
When you encounter this issue, some Netezza NVARCHAR and NCHAR data also could be imported with an expanded length of up to four times the original size.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2018-07-27 14:33:58 |
| Date Created: | 2018-07-26 14:44:51 |