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
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 Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B7V.html#63172| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2020-03-05 15:28:42 |
| Date Created: | 2018-11-05 11:56:07 |