Encoding Error when using WRDS

hosein — Mon, 21 May 2018 11:38:38 GMT

Hello all,

Actually, I am a beginner using SAS. I face an error/warning when I want to download some data from WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services).

This is the error that I get:

"WARNING: The client session encoding shift-jis is not compatible with the server session encoding latin1. Data may not be transmitted correctly."

I tried to change SAS session encoding but it was not successful.

Is there anyone here who knows how should I deal with this problem?

Here is the simplest version of the code that I use:

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libname Mycrsp "C:\Users\H\Documents\My SAS Files\9.4\WRDS";

%let wrds = wrds.wharton.upenn.edu 4016; options comamid = TCP remote=WRDS;
signon username=_prompt_;

rsubmit;
libname WRDScrsp '/wrds/crsp/sasdata';
PROC SQL;
create table k as
select PRC
from WRDScrsp.dsf
where permno='14593';
quit;

proc download data=k out=Mycrsp.dsf;run;
endrsubmit;

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Best,

Re: Encoding Error when using WRDS

ChrisNZ — Tue, 22 May 2018 00:00:42 GMT

It seems like your SAS session uses Japanese encoding.

Try starting it with encoding wlatin1 .

hosein — Tue, 22 May 2018 09:27:08 GMT

I tried to change encoding by editing "sasv9.cfg" file but I cannot save it. An error appears telling that I need a permission to make any changes.