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Problem Note 63830: The EXPORT procedure with the DBMS=SPSS option in SAS® 9.4M5 creates SAV files that are larger in size than expected
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In SAS® 9.4M5 (TS1M5), you might notice that file sizes for SAV files are larger than expected.
This issue has been observed when you submit a PROC EXPORT statement with the DBMS=SPSS option in a SAS session that uses the Latin1 encoding value.
The workaround is to use UTF-8 encoding.
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 PC Files | z/OS | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| 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 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||