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Problem Note 62417: Spaces are replaced with semicolons in pathnames specified with the DATAPATH= option in LIBNAME statements defining SAS® SPD Engine libraries
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The DS2 procedure connects to a data source by using active LIBNAME statements. When a SAS® Scalable Performance Data (SPD) Engine library is defined with a LIBNAME statement, the DATAPATH= option must be specified. When this pathname contains a space, a semicolon is erroneously substituted for the space. This causes errors like the following:
ERROR: Client unable to establish connection.
ERROR: The DATAPATH= option specifies physical paths, listed above, that do not exist or are
inaccessible
ERROR: PROC DS2 initialization failed
ERROR: The DATAPATH= option specifies physical paths, listed above, that do not exist or are
inaccessible
ERROR: PROC DS2 initialization failed
There is currently no circumvention for this issue except to remove the spaces from the pathnames in the SPD Engine LIBNAME statement.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||