Hi Jean,

It looks like your problem is that you've got a quote in a table name:

Additional'n=20

If it is possible to rename that table, that might work. =20

Also, if you use the import feature in SAS, it will write code for you =
that you can save and put in a program- you might try that to see if it =
can handle this kind of file name.  I'd rename the table in Access, =
though- a quote in a table name is likely to contiously cause you =
problems.

-Mary
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  From: JKamgang@Yahoo.com=20
  To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU=20
  Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:31 AM
  Subject: How to access automatically in SAS a MS Access table name =
which has more than 32 characters?


  Dear All,



              Happy New Year ,



   Please, I need your help in figuring out how to access in SAS a MS
  Access
  table name which has more than 32 characters. As this program merges 5
  databases, I need to have almost everything automated. That's why I
  don't want to rename manually the table names.



  Please find the program below.



  Thanks in advance for your kind assistance,



  Jean Baptiste



  The program:

  - - -



  options VALIDVARNAME=3DANY ;

  libname DBsource access 'S:\Data
  Management\External\Projects\MTCT-Plus\MTCT-Plus November 2007
  Data\Programs\Data\MTCT-PlusData All.mdb';

  /* Creating the Pediatric HIV result information additional */



  data* pedResultadd ;

  set dbsource.'tblInfantHIVTestResultsAdditional'n (keep =3D

  testid studyid labid i2 i2_da i2_mo i2_yr i2a i2b i2text

  );
  *

  run*;

  - - - The log - -

  1636

  1637 /* Creating the Pediatric HIV result information additional */

  1638

  1639 data pedResultadd ;

  1640 set dbsource.'tblInfantHIVTestResultsAdditional'n (keep =3D

  ---------------------------------------------

  211

  ERROR 211-185: Invalid data set name.

  1641

  1642 testid studyid labid i2 i2_da i2_mo i2_yr i2a i2b i2text

  1643 );



  Jean Baptiste,

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  Lead Data Manager - CDC Cameroon

  US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Mutengene, SouthWest Province Cameroon, Africa

  E mail: JBKamgang@cm.cdc.gov.

  Tel: + 237 3 335 1690

  Fax: + 237  3 335 1692

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