Problem Note 42807: Data elements might be replaced rather than concatenated when using the XML LIBNAME engine
Reading XML files using the XML LIBNAME engine replaces data with the last value encountered instead of creating a concatenated field when reading attributes from repeating elements. The problem occurs when an XML element is encountered multiple times between observation boundaries.
There is currently no circumvention for this problem.
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Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
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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.
Reading XML files using the XML LIBNAME engine replaces data with the last value encountered instead of creating a concatenated field when reading attributes from repeating elements.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2011-03-30 12:15:28 |
| Date Created: | 2011-03-29 07:32:57 |
