ERROR: Incorrect length in SAS Metadata Repository

[DavidPhillips2]

Today I receive:

ERROR: Incorrect length in SAS Metadata Repository for column DISBURSEMENT_COMMENT.
ERROR: SQL View SASHELP.VCOLUMN could not be processed.

when I run:

data temp; set sashelp.vcolumn;
run;

Yesterday this worked.

[DavidPhillips2]

SAS: Please fix this bug.  I restarted Enterprise Guide and the Error went away.

[SASKiwi]

If you want to officially report what you think is a SAS bug then you need to raise a track with SAS Tech Support.

[DavidPhillips2]

I did they just closed the ticket for no reason though.

[SASKiwi]

Ask for an explanation then?

[DavidPhillips2 · Accepted solution]

SAS replied:

The common issue for this behavior is when the table registered in Metadata does not have the same column length as the physical table. To solve the problem, update table metadata so that it matches the physical data. Do this by running Update Metadata within SAS Management Console. From the Plug-ins tab, select the library containing the table Right-click the table and select Update Metadata from the popup menu. 

You can also run the PROC METALIB to update table metadata. Please see documentation for METALIB Procedure here

METALIB Procedure.

If this is not the case it is possible there was a loss of connection to the servers when the Enterprise Guide has been idle for a while and the restart reestablished the connection to SASApp.