When you use the simple.compare action to compare CHAR variables in one table to VARCHAR variables in another table, an error occurs:

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Viya	Linux for x64	3.5		Viya
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	3.5		Viya

* 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.

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Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at

http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.5&softwareContextId=softwareUpdates

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When you use simple.compare to compare VARCHAR and CHAR variables, the action fails with this error: "ERROR: The columns varA in table1 and varA in table2 are to be compared, but they have different value types (numeric vs. character), or different value sizes."

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	alert

Date Modified:	2020-05-14 16:36:52
Date Created:	2020-05-14 12:09:26