When you try to read an Oracle table name with more than 30 bytes using SAS/ACCESS^® Interface to Oracle, an error similar to the following occurs in the log:

Trying to open this table from the SAS Explorer window or trying to register this table in the SAS metadata causes the same error.

To work around this issue, you can create an Oracle view name that is 30 characters or less and access the view from SAS.

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 Oracle	Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 10	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		HP-UX IPF	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Linux for x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M5
		Solaris for x64	9.4_M3	9.4_M3	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 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.

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A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B6Q.html#63230

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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#63230

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A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M4 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A3Z.html#63230

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A 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#63230

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In SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Oracle, you receive the following error when you try to read an Oracle table name with more than 30 bytes: "ERROR: The file ORA.NCFAST_DW_NFDENORMALIZEDDECISION.DATA has too long a member name for the ORA library."

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2019-01-02 13:45:51
Date Created:	2018-11-14 21:22:59