The problem is described as follows: There is the following SAS code to download files to the data table in the data sheet FileName H URL 'http: // wuyz: 80 / SASWEB / ASP / DOWNFILE.ASP? RPT_ID = 56' RECFM = f Debug; Data CS1 (compress = YES; Infile H; LENGTH Content $ 256 SN 8; Input Content $ Char256 .; RPT_ID = 56; Sn = _n_; run; After running, the following error is generated: Note: >>> Get /sasWeb/ASP/Downfile.asp?rpt_id = 56 http / 1.0 Note: >>> Host: Wuyz: 80 SAS system NOTE: >>> Accept: * / *. Note: >>> accept-language: en note: >>> accept-charSet: ISO-8859 -1, *, utf-8 Note: >>> User-agent: SAS / URL NOTE: >> NOTE: <<< http / 1.1 500 server error Note: <<< Server: Microsoft-IIS / 5.1 Note: <<< Date: WED, 06 APR 2005 01:40:47 Gmt Note: <<< Content-Type: Text / HTML Note: <<< Content-Length: 93 Note: <<< Error: Receive from HTTP Server Invalid response. Please use the test option to get more information. Note: The SAS system stops the process of this step due to an error. Note: SAS Settings Option OBS = 0 and will continue to check the statement. This may cause Note: There is no observation in the data set. WARNING: Dataset Work.cs1 may not be complete. When the step is stopped, there are 0 observations and 3 variables. WARNING: Dataset Work.cs1 is not replaced because it has stopped without being replaced.