Usage Note 3583: v8.1 Import MSExcel 97/2000 Text Columns Imported with Length of 255
Using SAS 8.1/ACCESS Software for PC File Formats to read in an Excel
97/2000 text field, with PROC IMPORT or the Import Wizard, text columns
are imported with a length of 255.
This behavior is fixed in the following file:
PCFF_P81.ZIP
From http://support.sas.com -> Technical Support ->
FTP Site -> SAS System on Personal Computers -> pcff_p81.zip
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8.1 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8.1 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8.1 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 8.1 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 8.1 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 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: | Usage Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2003-06-04 09:03:07 |
| Date Created: | 2000-10-06 09:49:44 |
