SAS 9.3_M2

Overview of the Changes in the Second Maintenance Release

In August 2012, SAS shipped the second maintenance release for SAS 9.3.

SAS Procedures

To transform the XML document, the XSL procedure uses the Saxon-EE V9.3 software package from Saxonica.
In the SORT procedure, the NOUNIQUEKEY and UNIQUEOUT= options are new.

Changes in z/OS Operating Environments

z/OS resource names such as z/OS data set names, UNIX file system paths, and so on are processed without being converted to a different encoding.

Deprecated Functionality

  • The LIBNAME statement for the XMLV2 engine nickname no longer supports the WSDL markup type for the XMLTYPE= option.
  • The LIBNAME statement for the XML nickname no longer supports the EXPORT markup type for the XMLTYPE=option.
  • In the second maintenance release of SAS 9.3, these options in the SORT procedure were deprecated:
    • NODUPRECS
    • NODUP
    • NOUNIREC
    • NOUNIRECS
    • NOUNIQUEREC
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