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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 FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASz/OS9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
z/OS 64-bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 109.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Professional x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
64-bit Enabled AIX9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
HP-UX IPF9.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Linux for x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
Solaris for x649.4 TS1M49.4 TS1M6
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.