Trying to bulk load data into Oracle might result in an error or truncation of the inserted data.  

Scenario1

The error might occur if the following are true:

• You use SAS^® 9.4M5 (TS1M5) or later, SAS^® Viya^® 3.5, or a SAS^® Viya^® release earlier than 2020.1.3.
• You use the BULKLOAD=YES and BL_API_BULKLOAD=YES options in your LIBNAME statement or as data set options.
• Your Oracle table contains a column that is defined as VARCHAR2(1 BYTE).

The error might look similar to the following:

Scenario 2

The truncation of the data might occur if the following are true:

• You use SAS 9.4M5 or later, SAS Viya 3.5, or a SAS Viya release earlier than 2020.1.3.
• You use the BULKLOAD=YES and BL_API_BULKLOAD=YES options in your LIBNAME statement or as data set options.
• One of your character columns is defined as NOT NULL.
• The data that is inserted into the not null column is blank.
• The NULLCHARVAL= option is set to a value that is longer in length than the Oracle column length - 2.

There is no workaround for these issues.

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

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