I'm trying to convert the SAS dataset to XML, but I end up with error as mentioned below. Could you please help me understand the cause for this issue?
libname dds xml "/TST/wrk1/dynamic_pricing.xml";
data dds.dynamic_pricing;
set WORK.DPF_OUTPUTSAS_EXAMPLE1_0001;
run;
Make sure that the XML file does not exist already.
XML file doesn't exist before.
I see. When running this code:
libname out xml '$HOME/sascommunity/class.xml';
data out.class;
set sashelp.class;
run;
I get the same message, but the log
24 libname out xml '$HOME/sascommunity/class.xml'; NOTE: Libref OUT was successfully assigned as follows: Engine: XML Physical Name: $HOME/sascommunity/class.xml 25 26 data out.class; 27 set sashelp.class; 28 run; NOTE: There were 19 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS. NOTE: The data set OUT.CLASS has 19 observations and 5 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time): real time 0.13 seconds cpu time 0.02 seconds
clearly shows that the step worked. But EG can't display the resulting dataset, which seems to be a consequence of the internal SQL code that EG uses to retrieve data.
OTOH, doing
proc sql;
select * from out.class;
quit;
worked fine.
Edit:
But
proc sql;
select name, height from out.class;
quit;
produced totally wrong output, while not showing any problem in the log:
NAME HEIGHT ----------------- ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0 ÿÿþ 0
So it seems that SAS (at least with proc sql) has some serious problems working with that engine. Open a track with SAS TS.
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