https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-CLI-prepare-error-Unable-to-retrieve-error-message/m-p/794373#M254716 <P>Looks like this is an error coming from an external database query. What database are you querying and what SAS/ACCESS engine are you using?</P> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:46:55 GMT SASKiwi 2022-02-03T23:46:55Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-CLI-prepare-error-Unable-to-retrieve-error-message/m-p/794360#M254712 <P>I'm getting this error message.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>ERROR: CLI prepare error: Unable to retrieve error message.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This is not a very descriptive error. Can someone please help me with this?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:31:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-CLI-prepare-error-Unable-to-retrieve-error-message/m-p/794360#M254712 mith123 2022-02-03T21:31:42Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-CLI-prepare-error-Unable-to-retrieve-error-message/m-p/794363#M254713 Can you share the code and full log? Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:43:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-CLI-prepare-error-Unable-to-retrieve-error-message/m-p/794363#M254713 Reeza 2022-02-03T21:43:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-CLI-prepare-error-Unable-to-retrieve-error-message/m-p/794373#M254716 <P>Looks like this is an error coming from an external database query. What database are you querying and what SAS/ACCESS engine are you using?</P> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:46:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-CLI-prepare-error-Unable-to-retrieve-error-message/m-p/794373#M254716 SASKiwi 2022-02-03T23:46:55Z