Problem Note 63183: The date value is missing when you bulk load an Oracle table using the Direct Path API
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When you use SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Oracle, you get a missing value for a SAS variable with a DATE format when you bulk load an Oracle table using the Direct Path API. This issue occurs when your SAS system runs on an operating system with a big-endian byte sequence, such as Solaris.
Here is an example:
libname db oracle user=user-ID pw=password path=host-string;
proc append base = db.oracle_date_data
(bulkload=yes
bl_load_method=append
bl_api_bulkload=yes
bl_direct_path=yes)
data = test_date;
run;
(bulkload=yes
bl_load_method=append
bl_api_bulkload=yes
bl_direct_path=yes)
data = test_date;
run;
To work around this issue, use the regular bulk-loading process rather than the Direct Path API bulk-loading process.
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 | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle | 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 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.42 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/C7I.html#63183A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.41 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B4F.html#63183
You can get a missing value for a SAS® variable with the DATE format when you bulk load an Oracle table using the Direct Path API.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-01-02 13:47:51 |
| Date Created: | 2018-11-07 09:55:44 |