Problem Note 62819: PROC GLM and PROC ANOVA generate "ERROR: Invalid characters were present in the data"
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The following error message might be generated when you use PROC GLM or PROC ANOVA:
ERROR: Invalid characters were present in the data
The error occurs in SAS® Studio University Edition or SAS® Studio Basic edition when all of the following conditions are true:
- The browser language is set to French.
- The ODS HTML5 destination is open (the default for SAS Studio).
- The SAS system option for encoding is set to UTF-8 (the default for SAS Studio University Edition and SAS Studio Basic).
- The SAS system option for locale is set to French.
To circumvent the problem in SAS Studio, change the browser language to English.
The error occurs in SAS® Foundation when all of the following conditions are true:
- The ODS HTML5 destination is open.
- The SAS system option for encoding is set to UTF-8.
- The SAS system option for locale is set to French.
To circumvent the problem in SAS Foundation, use ODS HTML instead of ODS HTML5.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-07-16 16:04:00 |
| Date Created: | 2018-08-23 15:55:08 |