I am preparing to execute some code and I submit the section with any options, libnames, pass words, user etc for odbc connections.
When I do that, the log comes back with the following
199 OPTIONS COMPRESS=YES;
63 63 63 63 63
201 /* Fill in Username and Password for HAL */
63
202 %LET USERNAME=OR0206965;
63 63 63 63 63
203 %LET PASSWORD= ; /* Fill in your PW but do not save the program with
63 63 63 63 63 63 63
203 ! it */
205 libname HAL odbc
63 63
206 dsn=HAL_METRIC
63 63 63
207 user=&USERNAME
63 63 63 63
208 password=&PASSWORD
63 63 63 63
209 schema=AQC;
63 63 63 63
211 libname AQC_PUF 'M:\AQC_PUF_2019\AQCPUF';
63 63 63 63
ERROR 63-169: The word currently being processed has exceeded the maximum length of 0 characters.
My password is unfilled for this purpose. Anyway we have SAS running on a new server and new version of SAS.
Suggestions to correct this error and what is causing it (so it doesn't happen again) will be very appreciated. Thank you.
wklierman
Clear your entire log.
Rerun the code.
Go to the log and copy the entry.
In the forum at the top of the message window are a row of Icons to perform different actions, the sixth one from the left looks like {I} (note that the stupid message window reformats single lower-case to upper-case I so it doesn't look exactly the same). Click on the icon just like many other programs. A window will pop up. Paste the copied log entry into the box.
Click on the OK button at the bottom of the window to keep the box.
Something pasted.
You would see something similar to the above after pasting.
Please post the log copied from your log into a code box opened with the forums {I} icon.
I suspect that if those "63"s appear on the first line of code then it means something prior to what you show is the actual issue. You may have to go further back in your log to look for odd notes or results.
Hello,
First-time user of the forums {l} icon. How is that done? Thank you.
Also the suggestion was made to go back in my log file to a certain line (line 63) to try and determine what might be causing the error
ERROR 63-169: The word currently being processed has exceeded the maximum length of 0 characters.
However, I deleted that line after the log became too long. So how can I go back to try and determine a possible cause for the problem?
Thanks for your help.
Wklierman
Clear your entire log.
Rerun the code.
Go to the log and copy the entry.
In the forum at the top of the message window are a row of Icons to perform different actions, the sixth one from the left looks like {I} (note that the stupid message window reformats single lower-case to upper-case I so it doesn't look exactly the same). Click on the icon just like many other programs. A window will pop up. Paste the copied log entry into the box.
Click on the OK button at the bottom of the window to keep the box.
Something pasted.
You would see something similar to the above after pasting.
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