SUPPORT / SAMPLES & SAS NOTES
Problem Note 62500: "ERROR: Invalid sequence of commands..." occurs when you try to create a SAS® data set from an Oracle table
 |  |  |  |  |
When you use SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Oracle to create a SAS data set from an Oracle table, you might receive an error similar to the following:
ERROR: Invalid sequence of commands for file libref.table.DATA.
You also might see that hidden columns have a length of zero (0) if you run a procedure such as PROC CONTENTS on the Oracle table.
You might encounter this issue when you run code similar to the following:
libname x oracle user=oracle_user password=oracle_password path=oracle_path;
data test;
set x.table;
run;
set x.table;
run;
This problem occurs when the Oracle database administrator has applied the security policy.
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 | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||