Problem Note 62198: The "Error during in-database processing..." message might occur when you use the PUT function with SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Microsoft SQL
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When you use the SAS PUT() function with SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server, you might receive an error similar to the following:
ERROR: Error during in-database processing.
ERROR: Connection string, DSN or file DSN syntax or usage error
ERROR: Parsing failed at or near column 56: Columns 40-71 = "D=BIASAS;PWD=XXXXXX"
ERROR: Illegal value token specified.
ERROR: Connection string, DSN or file DSN syntax or usage error
ERROR: Parsing failed at or near column 56: Columns 40-71 = "D=BIASAS;PWD=XXXXXX"
ERROR: Illegal value token specified.
You encounter this issue if the user's password contains special characters.
To work around this issue, perform one of the following actions:
- Change the user's password to one that does not include special characters such as parenthesis or brackets.
- Use the SAS option SQLMAPPUTTO to specify NONE as shown below:
options SQLMAPPUTTO=NONE;
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server 9.44 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/G4F.html#62198
When you use the PUT function, you might encounter error messages similar to the following in SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL: "ERROR: Illegal value token specified." This issue occurs when the user's password contains special characters.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> MS SQL Server |
| Date Modified: | 2018-05-01 12:54:09 |
| Date Created: | 2018-04-25 11:19:28 |