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Problem Note 69705: Characters other than a period (.) are displayed instead of missing values in the data grid
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When you open a table into the data grid, characters other than a period might be displayed rather than missing values. The following factors need to occur to encounter this behavior:
- Version 9.44 OLEDB providers must have been installed on the client previously. The currently installed OLEDB provider can be version 9.45 or later.
- The SAS® table that you open must have been originally created on a UNIX system.
- You open the data directly into SAS® Enterprise Guide®, which forces the local data provider to open this table. This behavior occurs if you right-click the table in Windows Explorer and select Open with SAS Enterprise Guide 8.3.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 8.3 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||