Problem Note 64376: Transcode errors occur when you attempt to view a SAS® Scalable Performance Data (SPD) Engine data set with Hebrew or Arabic encoding
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The following error messages are generated after you use the SAS SPD Engine in a LIBNAME statement with a Hebrew or Arabic encoding specification and a session encoding of WLATIN1:
ERROR: The destination buffer size was not sufficient for the transcoded data.
ERROR: Unable to transcode the table label
ERROR: Unable to transcode the table label.
ERROR: Unable to transcode the table label
ERROR: Unable to transcode the table label.
You can determine the SAS session encoding with this code:
proc options option=encoding;
run;
run;
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 | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
A fix for this issue for Threaded Kernel National Language Support 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/F4Z.html#64376
Opening a data set from a SAS SPD Engine library that has a different encoding than the SAS session might cause errors.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-10-16 07:05:21 |
| Date Created: | 2019-06-24 19:19:44 |