Problem Note 1695: ERROR: Data set option IDXNAME=xxx specifies nonexistent index
If you use the IDXNAME= DATA set option to refer to an index, you can
receive the following ERROR message:
ERROR: Data set option IDXNAME=xxx specifies nonexistent index
where xxx is the name of the index. This error occurs when you create
a SAS data set with the variable name specified as upper case, create
a simple index on the SAS data set for that variable, and then use the
IDXNAME= data set option specifying the index name as lower case.
Creating a simple index for the SAS data set using upper or lower case
to reference the variable that was created using upper case does not
result in an error. However, the IDXNAME= option only accepts the
index name specified using the same case that was used when variable
was created.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | Base SAS | 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 |
| Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| IRIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| OS/2 | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| z/OS | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| CMS | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 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 |
| Date Modified: | 2000-02-15 14:18:14 |
| Date Created: | 2000-02-15 14:18:14 |
