Problem Note 63997: "ERROR: ORA" occurs when you try to read data from Oracle using DBCONINIT="exec " and DBSLICEPARM=ALL
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You encounter "ERROR: ORA" when you try to read data from Oracle using the DBCONINIT= option with DBSLICEPARM=ALL. For example, this issue occurs when you run code similar to the following:
options sastrace=',,t,d' sastraceloc=saslog nostsuffix DBSLICEPARM=ALL;
libname ora oracle user=user-ID pw=password path=path dbconinit="exec DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.set_client_info('abcd')";
proc sql noprint stimer;
create table x as
select * from ora.prdsale(dbslice=("country='U.S.A.'" "country='CANADA'" "country='GERMANY'"));
quit;
create table x as
select * from ora.prdsale(dbslice=("country='U.S.A.'" "country='CANADA'" "country='GERMANY'"));
quit;
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle | Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.43 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E7L.html#63997A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B6Q.html#63997A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.42 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/C7I.html#63997A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A3Z.html#63997A fix for this issue for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.41 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B4F.html#63997
When you try to read data from Oracle using the DBCONINIT= option with DBSLICEPARM=ALL, you encounter "ERROR: ORA."
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-05-17 09:40:03 |
| Date Created: | 2019-04-08 14:37:47 |