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Problem Note 63674: The HTTP procedure applies percent encoding in a URL that includes a comma within a set of parentheses
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When a URL argument in PROC HTTP includes a comma within parentheses, the comma character is encoded as %2C.
The URL in this code provides an example:
proc http
url="http://site.com/path/comma,is/fine/and space/foo(ARG1:VAL1,ARG2:VAL2)"
method="GET";
run;
url="http://site.com/path/comma,is/fine/and space/foo(ARG1:VAL1,ARG2:VAL2)"
method="GET";
run;
The following information for the URL then appears in a web access log:
. . . path/comma,is/fine/and%20space/foo(ARG1:VAL1%2CARG2:VAL2) HTTP/1.1"
The comma that was inside the parentheses is incorrectly encoded.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| z/OS | 9.4 TS1M0 | Viya | ||