You can create create a Databricks table by using PROC SQL, but you cannot insert data into the table. PROC APPEND cannot create a new table or append data to an existing table.

A DATA step and PROC SQL can round numeric values while creating and loading data into a new Databricks table via JDBC.

When you bulk load data into a Google BigQuery database, you might encounter this error: "Error while reading data, error message: CSV table encountered too many errors, giving up...Error detected while parsing row starting at position: 0...Data

When you add one row to an Oracle table using DBIDIRECTEXEC, you see the following misleading trace message: "ORACLE: 4294967296 rows inserted/updated/deleted." You should see something similar to the following: "ORACLE: 1 rows inserte

If your SAS Visual Analytics report contains many sections and objects, you might encounter performance problems when you are editing the report.   A hot fix is planned for this issue.

Severity: Medium Description: PROC PRINT might fail with a buffer overrun when you submit it in conjunction with certain malformed SAS statements.

Severity: Medium Description: SAS Enterprise Case Management contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the CASE_ID parameter. Potential Impact:

A custom sort might be sorted incorrectly when the data item is used in a custom category, which is then used in a hierarchy. The issue can occur in the following scenario:

In SAS  High-Performance Risk, a STRESS task might fail with a message like the following in the SAS log while the compute server is sending the ScenarioCF/Value data to the HPRisk Engine:

A set of PROC SQL queries that create a view, contain a constant column, contain a computed column, and a create a table do not generate a unique set of rows in the table that is created.

An issue occurs when code contains a complex SQL procedure query with a WHERE clause that contains multiple subselects. Incorrect results might be returned. Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to

When you read in a BigQuery table, the length of string variables might be longer than the length specified with the MAX_CHAR_LEN= option when running your SAS software   with UTF-8. By

You might see the following error in SAS Workflow Studio when you try to open the CECL_Cycle_AFS workflow template that is shipped with SAS Solution for CECL:

Under UNIX, the process of updating a lookup table in SAS Business Rules Manager does not work properly. The problem occurs when you perform these steps:  Open a lookup table. Cl

SAS Visual Data Builder might not enable you to create multiple time-event triggers. The + button to add another trigger is not available to select, as shown in the following display: imgalt="" src="{fusion_658

When you attempt to save a report distribution in SAS Visual Analytics Designer, you might see the error shown in the following display:  imgalt="" src="{fusion_65868_1_distributionerror.png}" />

Brian McCann still laughs about what transpired as he learned the Braves were calling him up to the Majors during the 2005 season. He remembers being summoned to Brian Snitker's room, where he found the then Double-A manager eating pizza while wearing nothing more than his underwear.

Astros outfielder Josh Reddick vows to start hitting to the opposite field more this year, which is something he did well in 2017, but not '18. Reddick hit .242 with 17 homers and 47 RBIs last year after hitting .314 with 13 homers and 82 RBIs to help the Astros to the World Series title in '17.

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London : Elliot Stock, 1886.

Londres : Paris, 1860.

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London : J. Churchill, 1837.

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Q: If Notes to File can be regulatory red flags, should we quit using them?
A: No, and here's why...

Regulatory inspections are often conducted long after the conclusion of the study. When an FDA investigator asks you a question about an anomaly five years after it’s happened, will anyone recall the circumstances well enough to satisfy the regulator’s concerns? You’ll be doing yourself a huge favor if you write NTFs that answer the questions regulators might one day be asking you.



NTFs can be used to effectively explain an irregularity, locate a document, or note a change in procedures. While there are no regulations or guidances that govern NTFs per se, ICH E6(R2) 2.10 states “All clinical trial information should be recorded, handled, and stored in a way that allows its accurate reporting, interpretation and verification.” A well-written NTF will not only describe an event, but will document who made the notation and when, why the problem occurred, what was done to fix it, and what changes were made to keep it from happening in the future. That’s a lot, so it’s a good idea to develop an NTF template to remind authors to include these elements.

Example of a poorly written NTF:
Informed Consent for study BH-90210 was revised by the IRB 01/7/2017. Subject 867-5309 was not re-consented at her next study visit, as per IRB instructions.

This NTF does nothing more than document the deficiency.

Improved NTF:
Informed Consent for study BH-90210 was revised by the IRB 01/07/2017 to include lab procedures on Visit 5. IRB instructions required a re-consent for all enrolled subjects at next study visit. Subject 867-5309 was not re-consented at her next (2nd) study visit, but was re-consented at her 3rd visit.

This version of the NTF gives us a little more context and lets us know that the subject was re-consented before the new lab procedures were performed. The oversight was corrected in time to preserve Jenny’s* rights, but we still don’t know why it happened; there’s not enough information to satisfy a regulator that failure to re-consent was not a pervasive problem. What were the site’s re-consenting procedures at the time of this study? Were they being followed? Who do we ask?


Complete NTF Using Template



Since the subject was consented before the additional lab procedures were performed, there was no violation of informed consent regulations. This was an oversight with no ill-effects, not a significant break with procedures. Discussing it at the departmental meeting is an appropriate, proportional response. (Note that if the subject had not been re-consented before the new lab procedures were performed, the site would have been in violation of consent regulations and an NTF would not have been sufficient. Both the IRB and the sponsor would have needed to be informed of the failure to consent.)

A poorly written NTF – one that doesn’t provide enough information, one that identifies a problem but no solution, one that is inadequately standing in for proper record keeping – won’t satisfy a regulator’s concerns. These are the sorts of NTFs that can actually do more harm than good. A well-written NTF, on the other hand, is something your future self will thank you for.

In case you missed it, our last post was about how GMP activities affect GCP study procedures.
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* If you know why Subject 867-5309 goes by “Jenny," one of your friends wore a pink tux with shoulder pads to prom.

A version of this article originally appeared in InSite, the Journal of the Society for Clinical Research Sites.