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Problem Note 63172: "Invalid character value for cast specification" occurs after you use the Bulk Copy (BCP) facility to append data into a SMALLDATETIME field

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Using the option BCP=YES in a LIBNAME statement in SAS/ACCESS® Interface to ODBC can cause an error.

The following error occurs in your SAS® 9.4 log after you attempt to append data in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 to an existing table that contains a SMALLDATETIME field:

ERROR: CLI execute error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid
character value for cast specification   

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBCMicrosoft® Windows® for x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 109.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R29.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 20169.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Professional x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.4_M59.4_M59.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M5
* 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.