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Problem Note 64179: "ERROR: The connection to the data source driver failed..." occurs when you import a DB2 table into SAS® Cloud Analytic Services (CAS)

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When using SAS® Data Explorer to import a DB2 table into CAS with SAS® Data Connector to ODBC, you might receive the following error:

ERROR: The connection to the data source driver failed.
ERROR: General Error - invalid Exception
ERROR: Unable to set driver connection attribute
ERROR: Function failed.
ERROR: The action stopped due to errors.

To work around this issue, you can load the table using code. 

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Data Connector to ODBCLinux for x64V.03.04V.03.05ViyaViya
Microsoft® Windows® for x64V.03.04V.03.05ViyaViya
* 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.