Problem Note 1578: Version 8 may create Version 6 data sets with invalid formats
Version 8 supports variable (in)format widths not allowed in Version
6. For example, $CHARw. where the 'w' value is greater than 200.
Version 8 also allows users to create data sets with V6 engine.
On PC and UNIX platforms, it is possible to create a Version 6 data
set from Version 8 with (in)formats that are invalid in Version 6. No
error or warning is issued until the user attempts to access the data
set in Version 6. At that time SAS stops processing due to the
invalid (in)formats.
This problem is corrected in TSLEVEL 1M0 of Release 8.1.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | Base SAS | Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS VAX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| OS/2 | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| AIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
*
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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> LIBNAME Engines
SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Data Access ==> LIBNAME
|
| Date Modified: | 2000-01-07 16:44:16 |
| Date Created: | 2000-01-07 16:44:16 |
