Problem Note 65449: The METALIB procedure returns a syntax error for Google BigQuery, MongoDB, Salesforce, and Snowflake databases
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Registering a table to the metadata or updating a table's metadata might result in an error similar to the following:
ERROR: Invalid option name <some-character-or-string>.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
The error occurs for libraries in the following databases:
- Google BigQuery
- MongoDB
- Salesforce
- Snowflake
This problem occurs when you use any of these methods to register or update tables:
- SAS® Management Console 9.4_M6
- SAS® Data Integration Studio 4.904
- PROC METALIB
The error returned is a syntax error caused by PROC METALIB using incomplete connection parameters to connect to the database. The error occurs even when the library definition in the metadata is correct.
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_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#65449
When you use PROC METALIB to register or update a table from certain databases, you receive a message similar to the following: "ERROR: Invalid option name..."
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | System Administration ==> Servers ==> Metadata Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> Metadata Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> SAS Libraries |
| Date Modified: | 2020-01-28 09:59:04 |
| Date Created: | 2020-01-27 12:33:32 |