Usage Note 3138: Attempting to write or copy catalogs to a V6 library is not allowed
Version 6 catalogs are accessible in read only mode in Version 8.
Attempts to write or copy catalogs to a V6 library generate the
following error:
ERROR: Unable to open catalog LIBREF.CATALOG for write access.
Engine V6 does not support write access.
Version 6 catalogs can be converted to Version 8 catalogs by using
either PROC CPORT or PROC COPY. When PROC COPY is used to convert
this catalog to version 8 format, the catalog is still in Version
6 format until a Version 8 entry is written it to this catalog.
This restriction is amended in release 8.1. Format entries can be
written to a Version 6 catalog beginning in 8.1. The error message above
will still occur for all entry types other than FORMAT, FORMATC, INFMT,
and INFMTC.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8 TS M0 | |
| OpenVMS VAX | 8 TS M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8 TS M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8 TS M0 | |
| Solaris | 8 TS M0 | |
| IRIX | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS M0 | |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS M0 | |
| z/OS | 8 TS M0 | |
| OS/2 | 8 TS M0 | |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8 TS M0 | |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 8 TS M0 | |
| CMS | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | |
| HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | |
| AIX | 8 TS M0 | |
*
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: | Usage Note |
| Priority: | |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> FORMAT
|
| Date Modified: | 2000-12-11 10:40:02 |
| Date Created: | 2000-08-02 11:56:54 |
