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Problem Note 67612: Trying to access a Google BigQuery table might result in an error regarding column names not being unique
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Trying to access a Google BigQuery table might result in the following error, even when the names are unique and none are longer than 32 characters in length:
ERROR: This DBMS table or view cannot be accessed by the SAS System because it contains column names that are not unique when a SAS normalized (uppercased) compare is performed. See "Naming Conventions" in the SAS/ACCESS documentation.
This issue can occur when the table contains a variable defined as a RECORD data type. By default, the inner variable names that make up the RECORD variable do not have labels applied.
There is no workaround 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 Google BigQuery (on SAS Viya) | Linux for x64 | V.03.04 | 2020.1.2 | Viya | Viya |
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Google BigQuery | Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||